This morning I woke up and went to get one of our children (whom shall remain nameless for posterity’s sake) out of bed. As I went in, I saw him sitting up with a big grin and a bare bottom half, amid brown smears and an unmanned dirty diaper. If you are a parent, youContinueContinue reading ““Filthy” Stains and Paedobath-tism”
Author Archives: Chad C. Ashby
Self-Actualization: Allow Me to Illustrate…
Illustrations are a great thing. They spice up the sermon; they further explain your point; they add rhetorical punch. However, they are just that—illustrations. The orator is the master, and the illustration is the slave, not vice versa. It is the speaker’s job to determine whether an illustration, analogy, or story fits the points theyContinueContinue reading “Self-Actualization: Allow Me to Illustrate…”
“A Good Northern Cornbread Is Hard to Find”
I try my best to keep the posts on this blog focused on Biblical topics; however, I have been reading my favorite author Mark Twain’s autobiography, and the guy puts thoughts into words like no one I have ever read. Last night I read as he reminisced about boyhood and all of the Southern foodContinueContinue reading ““A Good Northern Cornbread Is Hard to Find””
Salvation Is Not and Never Has Been Easy
“Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in EgyptContinueContinue reading “Salvation Is Not and Never Has Been Easy”
Ad Free Is Not So Free
I was mortified today when I noticed someone had clicked through this link from my site: http://en.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/. As a relatively new WordPress user, I was totally unaware that free WordPress sites would “occasionally” contain ads to help cover the costs of hosting the blog. Being the naive and well-intentioned person that I am, I assumed thereContinueContinue reading “Ad Free Is Not So Free”
Andrew Fuller on The Broad and Narrow Way
Here are some apt words from the “Elephant of Kettering”; concerning Matthew 7:13-14, he writes– Our Lord now proceeds to set before his hearers life and death, exhorting them to choose life. From the whole of what he had advanced, it must appear that the way of the world was broad, and that his ownContinueContinue reading “Andrew Fuller on The Broad and Narrow Way”
“Do You Hear the People Sing?”
A couple of weeks ago, I sat in our living room with a couple of church members after dinner. As we talked, I asked them, “Why don’t people sing during our church service?” It was an honest question. What ensued was a long discussion about the role of music in the church and a rehashingContinueContinue reading ““Do You Hear the People Sing?””