Showing posts with label links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label links. Show all posts
Thursday, June 28, 2007
But this one is "Number One Son"
"Charlie Chan" is a homeschooling parent we know whose "Number One Son" is working in Asia this summer. The blog is called "Number One Son Report" and I've added a link on the right.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
New Links
The evolution of the sidebar continues. Recently I've added links for the day's reading from Spurgeon's Morning and Evening, as well as my friend Scott Brown's pastoral blog, Scott Brown Online. Both are worth careful consideration!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Workshop info on having large families
Here are a few resources to go along with our workshop "Yes, We Know What Causes That",
North Carolinians for Home Education Annual Conference
Session 11 -- Saturday, May 24, 2007
Theodore Roosevelt on a tour of the Midwest:
"Three cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Bower and their really satisfactory American family of twelve children!"
Books to Help You Make the Decision or Explain It To Others
A Full Quiver: Family Planning and the Lordship of Christ by Rick and Jan Hess
Be Fruitful and Multiply: What the Bible Says About Having Children by Nancy Campbell
The Bible and Birth Control by Charles Provan
The Way Home: Beyond Feminism and Back to Reality by Mary Pride
Email Groups to Encourage You
Quiver-Full! is an email discussion group for those committed to or interested in the Lord planning their family.
MOMYS Mothers of Many Young Siblings is for mothers who have ever had four or more children eight years and younger at the same time -- others can subscribe as "read only MOMYS". This one is a great encouragement and you know the advice comes from people who really know.
Biblical Resources - "To the Law and to the testimony!" (NKJV unless noted)
Man and woman were created to be fruitful
Genesis 1:27-28 - The Mandate from Creation, before the Fall
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; ...
Genesis 9:1, 7 - Repeated to Noah after the Flood
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth ... And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”
Genesis 35:10-11 - Repeated at the establishment of God's covenant people
And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Children are a primary purpose of marriage
Malachi 2:14-15
Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant. But did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring.
Children are a blessing and a gift from God
Psalm 127:3-5
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
God's people should expect to have children from Him
Psalm 128:1-4
Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
Leviticus 26:9 - God's promise to His people
"For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you."
1 Chronicles 25:5 - Seventeen children given as a special blessing
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman. (NASB)
God provides for His children
Psalm 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
Raising a family is meant for hard times, too
Exodus 1:7-9 - Israel as a refugee nation in a time of famine
But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there arose a new king over Egypt, ... And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we ... "
Jeremiah 29:5-7 - God's word to His people carried off to Babylonian exile
"Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters—that you may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace."
North Carolinians for Home Education Annual Conference
Session 11 -- Saturday, May 24, 2007
Theodore Roosevelt on a tour of the Midwest:
"Three cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Bower and their really satisfactory American family of twelve children!"
Books to Help You Make the Decision or Explain It To Others
A Full Quiver: Family Planning and the Lordship of Christ by Rick and Jan Hess
Be Fruitful and Multiply: What the Bible Says About Having Children by Nancy Campbell
The Bible and Birth Control by Charles Provan
The Way Home: Beyond Feminism and Back to Reality by Mary Pride
Email Groups to Encourage You
Quiver-Full! is an email discussion group for those committed to or interested in the Lord planning their family.
MOMYS Mothers of Many Young Siblings is for mothers who have ever had four or more children eight years and younger at the same time -- others can subscribe as "read only MOMYS". This one is a great encouragement and you know the advice comes from people who really know.
Biblical Resources - "To the Law and to the testimony!" (NKJV unless noted)
Man and woman were created to be fruitful
Genesis 1:27-28 - The Mandate from Creation, before the Fall
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; ...
Genesis 9:1, 7 - Repeated to Noah after the Flood
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth ... And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”
Genesis 35:10-11 - Repeated at the establishment of God's covenant people
And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Children are a primary purpose of marriage
Malachi 2:14-15
Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant. But did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring.
Children are a blessing and a gift from God
Psalm 127:3-5
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
God's people should expect to have children from Him
Psalm 128:1-4
Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
Leviticus 26:9 - God's promise to His people
"For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you."
1 Chronicles 25:5 - Seventeen children given as a special blessing
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman. (NASB)
God provides for His children
Psalm 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
Raising a family is meant for hard times, too
Exodus 1:7-9 - Israel as a refugee nation in a time of famine
But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there arose a new king over Egypt, ... And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we ... "
Jeremiah 29:5-7 - God's word to His people carried off to Babylonian exile
"Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters—that you may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace."
Monday, May 14, 2007
Online Interlinear Greek NT
In the New King James version, Ephesians 2:1 reads, "And you He made alive, who were dead in trepasses and sins ...", the italics indicating a translator's insertion. I though that was a pretty significant phrase to insert, so
I went online to see what the other versions' readings were:
NKJV: And you He made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins
KJV: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
NASB: And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
NIV: As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins
So off to the Greek:
Stephanus 1550 :
και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις
Westcott-Hort 1881:
και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις υμων
I went online to see what the other versions' readings were:
NKJV: And you He made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins
KJV: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
NASB: And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
NIV: As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins
So off to the Greek:
Stephanus 1550 :
και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις
Westcott-Hort 1881:
και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις υμων
Not that I can read much of it. However, this site, Scripture4All.org encourages readers to "overcome the language barrier and get in touch with the Original". They offer, along with a Hebrew counterpart, an online interlinear Greek New Testament that includes the koine text, transliteration, grammatical notes, direct translation, and suggested reading, along with the KJV rendering for comparison. (Interestingly enough, the KJV is based on the Textus Receptus, while this interlinear uses the Westcott-Hort text; on this verse it doesn't make much difference, it seems.) Here's a screen shot of a later verse if you can read it:
Their rendering for Ephesians 2:1 is something like "And ye being dead in the offenses and sins of ye".
Regardless of the translation, one thing's for certain -- apart from God's redemption and forgiveness, we're all dead.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Speaking at Lighthouse
This evening I was privileged to speak at the monthly meeting of Lighthouse Christian Homeschool Association, in Wake Forest. I've had the opportunity to meet with them and their leaders several times and they are one of my favorite groups in the Triangle. Thanks to all fifty of you for having me over!
I promised the group I'd post the link to the two articles I mentioned, so here they are:
I promised the group I'd post the link to the two articles I mentioned, so here they are:
"North Carolina's Wall of Educational Separation"
The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty (Foundation for Economic Education), July 2005
"Homeschooling in North Carolina"
Family North Carolina (N.C. Family Policy Council), October/November 2006
And some other links of interest:
North Carolinians for Home Education
- Statewide homeschool news blog
- 2007 Conference Page
- 2007 Conference Speakers
- Volunteer for Conference! Collect valuable benefits!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Updating Scott
Friend Scott Somerville has stopped posting on his old Homeschool Blogger site, Somerschool (a good title, sorry to see it go!) but has moved his mission over to "The K-Dad Network". I've updated his link accordingly here.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
New Links
I've added a few new links for easy reference:
Bible Gateway is an excellent tool for checking nearly any translation or version of the Scriptures and the one I use to link passages for this blog.
The Online Parallel Bible links to a number of useful study tools though it doesn't have my translation of choice, the New King James Version.
Monergism is a Reformed website with numerous useful pages, including doctrinal articles, translations, classic Christian books, confessional statements, and many historically-proven commentaries, all available and searchable online.
Bible Gateway is an excellent tool for checking nearly any translation or version of the Scriptures and the one I use to link passages for this blog.
The Online Parallel Bible links to a number of useful study tools though it doesn't have my translation of choice, the New King James Version.
Monergism is a Reformed website with numerous useful pages, including doctrinal articles, translations, classic Christian books, confessional statements, and many historically-proven commentaries, all available and searchable online.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Link to a friend
Our friend Ken Porter just let us know about his blog, The Handsome Doorkeeper, which he's running to keep in touch with friends while he's in preparation for the Ecuadorian mission field. It looks good so far so I've added a link on the sidebar -- thanks, Ken, and say hi to Robin for us.
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