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Well, I’ve tried to keep this blog relatively anonymous until now, but, rightly or wrongly, I’m going to ease up on that a bit. You may have noticed (if you read her blog) that the SmockLady has done this to a certain extent too.
Why the secrecy/anonymity in the first place? In a word: [...]

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Mark has been searching for the definitive Red Velvet Cake (not shaped like an armadillo, though). Here are two from Calling All Cooks, the cookbook of the Alabama Telephone Pioneers. (If you don’t have this book, you need it. It is one of the best.)

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I said I would explain why I think “blended” worship generally has not worked in the PCA. I think the General Assembly that just concluded in Atlanta is a good case study.
Now, first of all, it is not my intention to impugn the motives of anyone involved with the planning or execution of the [...]

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Several years ago, Letterman did a Top 10 list of things that sound cool when James Earl Jones says them. Of course, they had James Earl Jones come out and read the list. The only two items I remember from that list were “Heebie Jeebies” and “Oprah,” both of which did sound excessively [...]

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Lest some of you non-Presbyterian readers think we Presbyterians are a homogeneous bunch, (Hoo-boy! I won’t even touch that line!) rest assured the influence of latter-day Gnosticism is felt in many Presbyterian churches too. A couple of years ago, as a matter of fact, I had interviewed with a PCA church in NC [...]

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OK, this is a little late, but really, it’s never too late for a hoedown.
HT to Mark.

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Suppose you’re moving to a new town and you’re looking for a good, solid PCA church. You’ll probably be looking for a church that:
1. Affirms that justification is received by faith alone and is not grounded in any sense upon man’s works.
2. Denies baptismal regeneration.
3. Affirms the teaching on election in [...]

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Hey, people, I know you’re out there: I can hear you breathing.
However, for the past two weeks, the spammers have the real comments beaten by about 10 to 1. Apparently a lot of people out there want you all to play Texas Hold’em online.
Several days ago, I talked about the variety of services [...]

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Paul sent me this item from Purgatorio’s blog.
Now I’m all for diversity, but there’s diversity and then there’s, uh, I’m not sure what to call this.
Morris, I’m sure she’s available for your next revival.
Vrouw Jonker, Princess Ramona should cut a duet album with the “Yodeling the Classics” lady.

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I’m not referring to the Rod Temperton song which was a #2 R&B hit for the Manhattan Transfer in 1983 (from the Bodies and Souls album). Not that any of you were thinking that anyway (except maybe Mark –BTW Mark their rendition of “Mystery” on that album is still my favorite, much better than [...]

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