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- 04/08/10
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Praying for T4G - Kevin DeYoung has a good post on how to pray for the upcoming Together for the Gospel conference.
The Good News We Almost Forgot - While we’re on the subject of DeYoung, Westminster Books is offering a great sale on his new book. I actually wrote an endorsement for the book. Here’s part of what I said: “In Good News We Almost Forget Kevin DeYoung dusts off that old Catechism and proves that it is as relevant today as it was 450 years ago. Its truths are timeless, its encouragement unchanged. I am grateful to Kevin for introducing this venerable document to a new generation of believers. May they find hope and joy in the One it celebrates.”
The Preaching of John MacArthur - Phil Johnson excerpts “a brand-new volume by Hughes Oliphant Old, The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 7: Our Own Time, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), 551-58. Dr. Old’s series on preaching is a landmark achievement, and this sample is typical of his crisp writing style and careful, objective analysis. If you’re interested in the history of preaching, you will love this series.”
The Burden of Paying - This article discusses how people pay for weddings when the average wedding apparently now costs $28,000. “Couples are relying not only on the kindness of the bride’s parents, who have traditionally borne most of the burden, but also on that of the bridegroom’s parents, along with the couple’s stepparents and even grandparents, aunts and uncles.”
iSix:5 Unpacked - If you’re into Christian rap, you may be interested in this album which is available as a free download. I’m afraid that I am singularly unqualified to judge whether or not it’s good quality!
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Comments (7)
I read this post earlier on the cost of weddings. It insinuates that instead of having such lavish weddings, the money would be better spent on relationship - building.
Agree!David
If the average cost of a wedding is over $28,000 and the average cost of a funeral is around $5,211.00 (twice as much for a couple) (not including the cost of the vault, clergy, florists, etc., according to the Federated Funeral Directors of America, 2003), and the results of the wedding are not necessarily long- lasting while the results of the funeral are forever (without getting into specific religious beliefs), then people should stop complaining about the cost of funerals and/or change their spending priorities!!
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Cake and pillow mints I say. Let them eat cake. And maybe some punch. The family gathered around in the church basement or fellowship hall.
I’m sure that I’m too old and I just don’t get it. Most of the weddings I go to are for the Eagle Scouts that I was Scoutmaster for. They are usually in the church sanctuary and fellowship hall. We snack on cake, peanusts and pillow mints in the middle of the afternoon. The couple leaves to start their honeymoon at dinner and the rest of us go home to bask in the glow.
I love weddings but I hate loud, obnoxious, $30,000 receptions. Been there. We shake hands, maybe wait a few minutes to see how loud it’s going to get, and then scram. Most of the family ends up outside in their good clothes (and the Florida heat) chatting and trying to enjoy themselves while a few hormone energized children thrash around inside. I don’t get it.
Thanks for the rap link. I like their stuff.
Didn’t know challies gets down with Christian rap. Thanks for the link!
isix5 to my church. that album is solid as are the men behind it!