Seaman’s Bethel

During my childhood, my family vacationed on Cape Cod for several successive summers.  I still remember those trips very fondly, and I hope to take my wife and daughters to the Cape in the future.

I remember on one of those trips that we visited New Bedford, the capital of whaling in New England.  We visited a chapel in New Bedford called Seaman’s Bethel.  This was the place where I first learned the story of the four chaplains in my last post.  The chapel has a memorial to the chaplains, but I digress.  The chapel was one of the last places the whaling seamen would visit before setting sail.

 

Jesus Junk

For many years I have been bothered by the commercialization of Christianity.  I have watched with dismay a local “Christian” bookstore which has made a clear and deliberate transition from bookstore to souvenir shop, a change I did not welcome in the least.  A store that used to sell solid books now sells literature that is

 

The Four Chaplains

Tomorrow is the sixty-seventh anniversary of an amazing event in American history.  Several years ago, I read a book by the title No Greater Glory, which tells of this event.  The book recounts the lives of four

 

Website Facelift

Over the next week or so, the website will receive a new look.  I will be experimenting with different themes to determine which features are best suited for the website.

 

He Must Increase; I Must Decrease

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” (John 3.30)

Charles Spurgeon once said,

 

Missions Hymn

Since I came to Grace Bible Chapel, I have tried to write a hymn for each year’s missions conference, which we call World Outreach Week.  Our theme for the 2009 conference week was

 

Why Blog?

Until a few weeks ago, I was seriously considering not blogging any longer.  I have been blogging for over a year and a half, and my only regular reader checks the blog faithfully two or three times a week (thank you, whoever you are).

At the same time, I am the administrator of another blog and co-administrator of four other blogs. Why would I continue blogging in other sites and discontinue this one, especially since my wife encouraged me to start this blog as well as given me suggestions along the way.  I began to think about why I blog.  Here are a few conclusions which I reached.  As a rabbit trail, I was thinking about presenting a “lecture” on the merits of blogging at a yet to be determined venue.

 

My 2010 Reading List

Updated January 17

This is a list of books I have read in 2010.  I will add books as I finish them (if I remember; I wasn’t too good at remembering to include books read in 2009).

 

Bible Reading Plans

I’ll give a shout out to my wife who is doing a GREAT job at Bible365.  Her website is a daily reading schedule.  She posts

 

We Can’t Have Enough of Christ

I have been following a blog that gives daily quotes from J. C. Ryle (pictured).  This blog has been a big encouragement to me.  I recommend that you visit www.jcrylequotes.com and get a daily subscription by RSS or on your Facebook page.

The quote for New Year’s Eve 2009 was excellent.