The Plodding Preacher

The horrific murders in Colorado in and around a Planned Parenthood Clinic will be ammunition in the days to come for all the pro-abortion anger against pro-lifers.  The one story that I am sure the media won't cover is the that of the pro-life Christian police officer who died trying to save people at the clinic who were doing the very thing he hated.  This posting is from the blog-site Cripplegate.  The link is found in the title. NOVEMBER 28, 2015 Swasey’s Last Sermon by   Jordan Standridge Garrett Swasey was the officer killed trying to rescue people   at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs . Swasey was shot while saving people at a place he abhorred. He was an elder of a church that believed in the inerrancy of Scripture, and that abortion is evil. Let that sink in. A man who hated abortion and hated murder–who gave his life helping others–didn’t hesitate about going to Planned Parenthood to save lives. Garret...

Rod Dreher E-mail Rod   Many of us have wondered when a university president was going to stand up and push back against the student bullies, instead of grovel and coddle them. The president of Yale has not, nor has the president of Princeton. All across the country, presidents of universities have mewled and kowtowed. Until now. May I draw your attention to the words of Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University , an Evangelical school: This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a university chapel service and complain because he felt “victimized” by a sermon on the topic of 1 Corinthians 13. It appears that this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love! In his mind, the speaker was wrong for making him, and his peers, feel uncomfortable. I’m not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic! Any time their feelings are hurt, th...

A timely quote from the late Adrian Rogers before the biggest shopping day of the year: It’s about time we stopped buying things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.

It is Thanksgiving Eve for our neighbours to the south.  As a result a wealth of wonderful thanksgiving material is appearing on blog-sites today.  I was really struck by this article by Darrin Patrick.  What is sabotaging your contentment today? The 6 Assassins of A Man's Contentment You have enemies as you try to live as a content man. Most of the time we think the enemies are from without—people around us and circumstances upon us. But the true enemies of contentment are within in us, which is where contentment is either fed or starved. At the heart of contentment is an embrace of the present and a willingness to enjoy the good things we have right now. These enemies distract us from the present and prompt us to either idolize or demonize our past and future. We either worship or hate the past or future, but doing so makes it impossible to embrace the glory of the contented life. The following 6 assassins are at work within you to destroy your enjoyment of the ...

“Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in others. Grace is a gift of the humble to the humiliated. Grace acknowledges the ugliness of sin by choosing to see beyond it. Grace accepts a person as someone worthy of kindness despite whatever grime or hard-shell casing keeps him or her separated from the rest of the world. Grace is a gift of tender mercy when it makes the least sense.”   ―   Charles R. Swindoll

Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them. Billy Graham

The National Association of Evangelicals and Lifeway Research have come up with four criteria for what is means to be an Evangelical as reported by Christianity Today . The criteria are: The Bible is the highest authority for what I believe.  It is very important for me personally to encourage non-Christians to trust Jesus Christ as their Savior. Jesus Christ’s death on the cross is the only sacrifice that could remove the penalty of my sin. Only those who trust in Jesus Christ alone as their Savior receive God's free gift of eternal salvation. How do you measure up?