There has been a little talk at Southern as to whether there is an unhealthy obsession with John Piper amongst Southern students… I really do not care to even entertain that discussion - just to say that while self-examination is no doubt an essential part of the faith, I’d drive a great distance to [...]
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Posted in Family on March 30, 2007 | No Comments »
A hymn written in 1860 for the first graduation ceremony at Southern Seminary, sung again in chapel this week, and tonight in the Giddens home…
Soldiers of Christ, in truth arrayed,
A world in ruins needs your aid:
A world by sin destroyed and dead;
A world for which the Savior bled.
His Gospel to the lost proclaim,
Good news for [...]
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Posted in Christ on March 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The school week was kicked off with an intrusion into the hallway outside of Dr. Mohler’s office by the homosexual activist group, Soulforce, who conducted a “sit-in” demanding an apology from Dr. Mohler for his remarks concerning hormone therapy for fetuses that may have the “gay gene”. After reading a few pre-written statements, [...]
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For those who have not read this article summarizing a broadcasted conversation between Richard Land of the SBC and Russell Moore, the vice president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I highly recommend it to anyone with a voter’s registration card. They raise some extremely interesting points concerning the 2008 presidential race, namely that neither [...]
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Posted in Misc. on March 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My maiden voyage here at wordpress… Let’s see if she floats, and for how long. Why is the whole concept of blogging so alluring? That’s really a question I do not know how to answer. If it was just derived from an enjoyment of writing, well, then why not just keep a [...]
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