Good goals to have-

John Piper - Recap from T4G 2008 from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

If only I had a Blu-Ray player

Thank you Dr. Sailhamer

Thank you Dr. Sailhamer for sharing the fruit of your study.

Veteran's Day Fun

For Veteran's Day we went to Mount Vernon and Dad and I played really hard!We had lots of laughs!






Cute :)






Dear Gabbi, thank you for my Gator hoodie! I sure do love it!

Don Carson on the existence of God

How do I know God exists? from A Passion for Life on Vimeo.

Piper: Sailhamer

Piper: Sailhamer’s The Meaning of the Pentateuch Will Rock Your World

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November and here recently...

Hanging out with Dad on Halloween.

Last winter, I would've had to glue hats on Jack for them to stay on. Now, he finds them and brings them to me to help him put them on and wears them all over the house. So funny. Thankfully, this winter I will put far less effort into keeping that little head warm :)

This little guy is the sweetest in the morning. He's having his smoothie here and loving it.

Nice hairdo. Thanks, Dad!

Jackson is a happy little guy.

My son is a happy little guy.

He loves mom's famous smoothies.

He loves his new footies!

He loves full tummies.
He loves to watch music videos w/Dad.

Way to go Congressman Rogers!

Jack, will you read to me please?

Hall and Oates the Up and Close Tour

I had the pleasure of seeing Hall and Oates up close and personal at the D.C. 9:30 club last Wednesday night.

Oates no longer has the signature mustache.

Can you say "great view" ?

We were so close to the stage and the band played all the greatest hits.

Left to Right- Nathan, TaNeesha, Wensa, Michael and Me.

It was a blast! They were a well behaved group (no cursing from the stage).

Here are a couple more clips

Guess who I saw in concert?

I have confidence in my state leadership.

God Exposed: Awkward Preaching In A Comfortable Age

We loaded up the church van and headed down to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary to go to the God Exposed Conf. (Southeastern and 9Marks are collaborating to do one mark of the nine each year for nine years.)

Here we are in the van with our fearless leader.

Gus and I were pretty much beside ourselves.

It was so nice to see one of my favorite places again.
Looking for a great seminary?

Mark spoke at NC State Univ on "Is becoming a Christian committing intellectual suicide?"

We handed out 9Marks materials to the college students.

I saw some old buddies (left to right- Pri, Ben, Me, Tyler, and Mark).

Mark addressing nearly 1500 students

Matt Schmucker (executive director for 9marks)

Back at the God exposed conf. at Southeastern- CJ preaching

Enjoying some grub

In between sessions the boys played.

Baptist21 panel-(Dever, Greer, Anyabwille, Leidebach, and Akin)

Breakfast at the hotel

We're still so excited

Thabiti!

Tim and I's old pad

Panel

CJ asked us to critique his talk. (seriously) Bookstore with uncle Mark means... free books!!
I love this guy.

Games in the van all the way back to D.C.

We had a great time. Thank you CHBC and 9Marks.

Baby Courtney is here!

On September 2nd we welcomed a new addition to the family. My sister Erin gave birth to her third child and only daughter- Courtney. Tucker (aka Tucky) loves his new little sis!
Nap time with Dad

Bootsy (aka Tanner), Tucker, and Dad were so excited for her to come home.

Uncle Garrett and Aunt Lara can't wait to meet her!

Big Gator!

Mistakes pastors make in practicing church discipline

(Because this subject is so close to home; I thought I would post this.
If only pastors would apply it right. Here are some examples I found very helpful.)

Here is a post by Jonathan Leeman (pic below) on the 9marks blog.

http://blog.9marks.org/

"...10. They treat the processes of church discipline entirely as a legal process with little consideration for shepherding the unrepentant individual’s heart.
11. They give little attention to the differences between kinds of sinners and how that might affect how long we should bear with a pattern of sin before proceeding to subsequent stages of discipline (see 1 Thessalonians 5:14).
12. They forget that they too live by the gospel’s provision of mercy, and therefore prosecute the discipline from a posture of self-righteousness. Other mistakes follow from this wrong posture, such as an overly severe tone and stand-offishness.
13. They fail to truly love the sinner…
14. …and beg the Lord for his or her repentance.
15. They demand too much from a smoldering wick or bruised reed. In other words, they stipulations for repentance and restoration are too high for this one who has been deeply enslaved in sin’s grip. ..."

Saying one thing; but meaning something different.

Recent Article from The Examiner - The President's New Name: President Barack Obortion

(The article has been edited down for a quicker read.)

The President guaranteed to the nation that, "under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions," the American people are finally waking up to the political reality surrounding this issue. When it comes to abortion, the President is not telling the truth.

The truth is, President Obama is the abortion President. The President, his administration, and the majority of his own political party are risking the passage of comprehensive health care reform because of their unwavering support of abortion rights.
... - just listen to a Congressman from the President's own party.

Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI), a pro-life Democrat, says "They are wrong. The amendment in the health-care bill, that went through the energy committee, we have been involved for a couple of weeks -

• - public funds, public auctions in particular will not have abortions in the public option plan. But, as the premiums are paid, at least one dollar and no more than twelve dollars per month goes into this fund that pays for abortions.

We tried to defeat the amendment in committee, but we lost the vote 28-30. Therefore, it is not a part of HR 3200 as reported for consideration. That is just not correct."

Under the "Baucus" plan,

• "No tax credit or cost-sharing credits may be used to pay for abortions beyond those permitted by the most recent appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services." That may sound good until you know the facts.
• If the Hyde Amendment is not renewed by September 30, any tax credit or cost-sharing credits referenced in the Baucus plan can be used to pay for abortions. As of today, there is no scheduled vote on the renewal of the Hyde Amendment.

There are many more abortion distortions in the "Baucus" plan which you can read about in the American Center for Law & Justice analysis of the plan.

... the President got up there last week and said there would be no funding for abortion found in the bill. That is not true." Mr. Stupak is right - President "Obortion" is not telling the truth and because of his lies, each one of these health care proposals - whether they contain a public option like HR 3200 or do not like the "Baucus" plan - is destined for failure.

Do not believe the political pundits who tell you abortion is just a wedge issue used during campaign season. As we see here in the crucial debate over health care, abortion may be the only issue that prevents the President and the left-wing of his party from finding enough votes to pass any comprehensive health care reform.

The President, willing to risk a chance at real reform because he sold himself to the abortion industry during the 2008 campaign, has a new name.

-Jordan Sekulow is the Director of International Operations for the American Center for Law & Justice and the co-host of Jay Sekulow Live. Fore more information go to www.ACLJ.org.

A must see!

COLLISION - 13 min VIMEO Exclusive Sneak Peek from Collision Movie on Vimeo.

Os Guinness

Yesterday I had the honor of meeting Os Guinness who is a prolific author and Christian Apologist. 9Marks conducted another interview with him and it was so interesting. It will be available in a few months.