I have a cat, I have a Christmas Tree

I have a cat. His name is Captain Jack. He is stupid. He likes to look out the window and watch the birds and squirrels in the trees.

I have a Christmas Tree. My wife bought it Saturday night because it was the last tree in the store and needed a family for Christmas, just like Percy, the Puny Poinsettia. It also was priced right! We added a canary as part of the decorations.


Sunday morning when I came down the hall towards the living room I heard jingling sounds coming from the tree. I guessed that Jack was swatting at one of the ornaments and looked all around the base of the tree for him, but he was not there. Then I looked in the tree and there he was, stuck in the beads. He must have wanted to play with the bird in the tree.

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Building Bridges Conference MP3s

Two weeks ago a conference was held at Lifeway's Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. The conference was titled Building Bridges: Southern Baptists and Calvinism. I was unable to attend the conference because I was in Orlando beginning my training as a show host with The Healthy Gourmet.

Lifeway graciously provided MP3s of the conference sessions on their website. However, I had a difficult time downloading the files because when I right-clicked and saved the links I ended up with a HTML file instead of an MP3 file. I was eventually able to download the files through a slightly complicated process. As a result, I am providing direct links to the MP3s below in case you want to listen to the sessions. Left-click to listen or right-click to download.

11/26/07 - Calvinism and SBC Leadership: Key Findings and Evangelistic Implications
Ed Stetzer

11/26/07 - The Historical Record
David Dockery
Tom Nettles

11/27/07 - Calvinism: A Cause for Rejoicing, A Cause for Concern
Malcolm Yarnell
Jeff Noblit

11/27/07 - The Atonement: Its Design, Nature and Extent
David Nelson
Sam Waldron

11/27/07 - Theological Stereotypes: Let's Be Fair and Honest with Each Other
Charles Lawless
Nathan Finn

11/27/07 - Election and Calling: A Biblical/Theological Study
Ken Keathley
Greg Welty

11/28/07 - Panel Discussion moderated by Daniel Akin, with Nathan Finn, David Nelson, Tom Ascol, Ken Keathley, Malcolm Yarnell, and Greg Welty
Part 1
Part 2

11/28/07 - Conclusion
Ed Stetzer

11/28/07 - Working Together to Make Christ Known
Tom Ascol
Daniel Akin

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Remembering a former teacher

This morning I read an article by C. Michael Patton that reminded me of something Dr. Preson Phillips (my favorite professor) said in Doctrines class at Temple many years ago.

Patton's article is titled An Encouragement for Christians to Question Their Faith.

Here is the portion that reminded me of my former teacher:

I do believe that we can be assured of our salvation. But it does not have to do with whether or not you said the sinners prayer, walked and isle [sic], or were baptized in the past. It has everything to do with whether or not you are enduring in your faith in the present. Do you trust Christ now? Do you know Him today? Are you still broken about your sinfulness? Will your faith endure?

The entire article is worth reading.

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