tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66120702673854310102024-03-05T08:18:08.802-08:00Well-Meaning Gentlemen With Different Ideashymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.comBlogger837125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-45982166427351518612022-09-30T16:41:00.001-07:002022-09-30T16:41:38.928-07:00****OCTOBER IS PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH OCTOBER IS PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH
Who is the loneliest person in your church? It
just might be your pastor.
In a survey conducted about ten years ago, the
Fuller Institute of Church Growth reported the following statistics:
· 70% of pastors surveyed had no one they considered to be a close friend.
· 80% felt that their ministries negatively affected their families. hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-74140286071273165752022-09-25T12:19:00.002-07:002022-09-25T12:19:44.325-07:00AMERICA'S WAR CASUALTIES
America’s War Casualties
This
chart provides a graphic illustration and comparison of the number of war
casualties in all of America’s wars. Each cross represents 25,000 people
killed.
Revolutionary War, (25,324) - +
Civil War
(498,332) - +++++++++++++++++++
World War I (116,516) - +++++
World War II (545,108) - +++++++++++++++++++++
Korean War (54,108) - ++
Viet Nam War (hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-12873638996166927562022-09-25T12:04:00.001-07:002022-09-25T12:04:16.015-07:00ELECTIONS AND THE MY FLATULENCE DOESN'T STINK SYNDROME Elections and the “MY FLATULENCE DOESN’T STINK”
SYNDROME
I noticed something a few years ago that I call
a “minority equals a majority phenomenon.” I first noticed it in opinion polls
about public education. It went something like this:
Most Americans (approx. 84%) believe that
public schools are failing miserably in educating children. But the weird thing
is that approximately 84% of hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-31803174205885278852022-09-25T06:52:00.002-07:002022-09-25T06:52:48.415-07:00THE GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB THE GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB
Nearly every morning for over 40
years, it has been my habit to meet with some Good Old Boys for coffee.
Over the years, some have moved, and some have died, but we always managed to
pick up new acquaintances along the way. The faces have changed but the
dynamic of the meetings has not. A few months ago, I said goodbye to my old
friends on hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-76384305547076799802022-09-11T13:09:00.003-07:002022-09-24T15:18:00.536-07:00Jesus and Judas (revised)
About ten years ago, I promised a Facebook friend that I would address a concern he had about a newly released movie, “The Son of God.” For the record, I have NOT, nor will I ever see the movie so I really cannot offer an informed critique. If you are looking for that, there is ample on the internet.Nevertheless, there is one major, troubling bit of subtle heretical content of hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-49813893327859372552022-06-19T16:18:00.003-07:002022-10-20T14:33:13.351-07:00CONSTITUTION DAYIf you believe that our federal government is devoted to protecting our constitution and our civil rights, then you must be either brain-dead or a willing participant in the destruction of America. Four days ago, Sept. 17, was the anniversary of our nation's Constitution, so I want to take this opportunity to remind or inform you of some facts. Our rights do not come from our government. They hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-52233773743910041992022-06-19T15:35:00.008-07:002022-10-18T16:40:56.238-07:00Your Representative Swore An Oath To YOU I don't care what political party you identify with; I don't care what color you are; I don't care about your gender, your ancestry, your economic status, or your religion. If you are a citizen of the United States of America and you value your freedom, this post should mean something to you.Your congressional representative, when he (or she, or it, or whatever) was elected, stood up, hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-27449395000363039682022-06-19T15:31:00.007-07:002023-05-14T14:04:31.906-07:00MY FIRST LETTER TO JOE BIDEN (revised)This was my FIRST letter to Joe Biden.Dear Mr. Biden.Why am I on your email list of Democrat supporters? Do you know? Not a day goes by that I don’t get donation appeals to support your presidential campaigns or your party's foolish falderal. So, I'm asking again; do you know who I am and why I am on your list?Well, I do know so allow me to tell you. You see, for several years now, I have hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-3626547369016219302022-05-30T11:38:00.029-07:002022-10-23T14:51:32.983-07:00 content list ALWAYS RIGHT, SOMETIMES WRONG Published Opinions 1. 2-19-20 Long Live the Good Old Boys Club 2. 9-14-20 A Reader's Letter To President Donald Trump 3. 7-31-20 &hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-24677777854261172502019-05-21T20:24:00.002-07:002021-08-20T15:29:39.550-07:00THINGS I WANTED TO SAY BUT MY WIFE WOULDN'T LET ME<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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But now, since we have closed her store, we have moved far, FAR away from hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-45974332763297436242018-04-13T12:24:00.006-07:002022-07-11T15:34:24.406-07:00SO THAT WE NEVER FORGET
I’m posting this for two reasons:
1. SO THAT WE NEVER FORGET
2. To inform a generation of ignorant young people who have wasted years in public indoctrination facilities (schools) where they learned NOTHING worthwhile about real science, history, biology, or basic reading, writing, and math skills.
REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST
Most people have heard the numbers – approximately 6 million Jew were hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-31287517307459904152018-02-15T18:57:00.011-08:002022-09-05T10:59:09.582-07:00****LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT(This is NOT an open letter; it is a copy of my real letter sent on April 2, 2022, to Joe Biden, the President of the United States.)
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I am in full agreement with your Democrat party,
your predecessor, Barack Obama, and the mainstream, fake news media; it is time
for you to step up and do something about mass shootings andhymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-72989172467768965562017-11-14T20:47:00.002-08:002017-11-15T12:11:33.604-08:00Does Antinomianism Characterize My Church's Doctrines?
Because this year marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we reviewed the “Five Solas” that are sometimes called the Doctrines of Grace. After discussing Sola Gratia (salvation by grace alone), someone asked me, “Is ours an antinomian church?” Here is my answer:
I hope not but it seems to be evident in the minds of a lot of church attendees, these days, who wanthymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-29279706094701813032017-11-14T16:35:00.005-08:002022-07-11T16:40:18.463-07:00***Believe It Or Not, Everyone Has A Personal Relationship With God!
The God of creation; the God of the Bible, is your God whether you want Him or Not.
Does everyone have a personal relationship with God? I would say, “Yes” but not in the way most Christian use that phrase today. In fact, I would have to say that no one has that kind of personal relationship with Jesus.
It is true that authentic, born-again Christians have a unique and intimate hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-58734602140249087272017-10-29T17:38:00.002-07:002021-10-12T17:36:27.533-07:00****WHO IS YOUR GOD? (part 5. The Omnipresence of God)
Who’s your GOD?
A brief description of the Attributes of God.
We can know nothing about God, except that, and ONLY that, which He has revealed to us. And those attributes are found in Scripture. If the god you worship is less than, more than or different from the ONE TRUE GOD of the Bible, then your God doesn’t exist.
Ralph M. Petersen
THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD
hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-44465494151515605862017-10-26T13:45:00.001-07:002020-09-21T17:58:31.262-07:00Does God Love Everyone?
'It has been customary to say God loves the sinner though He hates his sin. But that is a meaningless distinction. What is there in a sinner but sin? Is it not true that his “whole head is sick” and his “whole heart faint,” and that, “From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness” in him? (Isa 1:5-6).
Is it true that God loves the one who is despising hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-35836576243370698992017-10-25T11:42:00.002-07:002021-10-12T17:36:47.784-07:00****WHO IS YOUR GOD? (part 4. The Holiness of God)
Who’s your GOD?
A brief description of the Attributes of God.
We can know nothing about God, except that, and ONLY that, which He has revealed to us. And those attributes are found in Scripture. If the god you worship is less than, more than or different from the ONE TRUE GOD of the Bible, then your God doesn’t exist.
Ralph M. Petersen
THE HOLINESS OF GOD
I hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-20930522697465753082017-10-23T13:05:00.001-07:002021-10-12T17:37:03.715-07:00****WHO IS YOUR GOD? (part 3 - the Sovereignty of God)
Who’s your GOD?
A brief description of the Attributes of God.
We can know nothing about God, except that, and ONLY that, which He has revealed to us. And those attributes are found in Scripture. If the god you worship is less than, more than, or different from the ONE TRUE GOD of the Bible, then your God doesn’t exist.
Ralph M. Petersen
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
Is hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-81483411730230074352017-10-20T09:12:00.002-07:002017-10-20T09:18:16.334-07:00SOLUS CHRISTUS (In Christ Alone)
We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in CHRIST (Acts 4:12). We should, therefore, take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else.
If we seek salvation, we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is ‘of HIM’ (1 Cor 1.13).
If we seek any other gifts of the Spirit, they will be found in HIS anointing.
If we seek strength, it lies hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-8628782950992503522017-10-19T12:53:00.003-07:002023-08-20T05:15:53.892-07:00My Very Own Original Poem about Poetry
Poetry’s nice,
It’s quite the device
For speaking in language, sublime.
But seldom I rhyme;
I don’t have the time,
To fiddle with fluff, so concise.
Why be so terse,
And blather in verse,
That flows with cadence and beat?
I’d rather explete;
Use words more concrete,
So thoughts are made simple, not worse.
An original poem by Ralph M. Petersen
Oct. 19, 2017
hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-88285858520120601852017-10-11T16:20:00.002-07:002017-10-11T16:20:56.941-07:00Of Morons and Intelligence Quotients
I expect several people may be upset by this but, any REAL men over the age of 50 will understand.
I have been in the habit of meeting with other men for coffee nearly every morning for over 40 years. It started when I was a young contractor. Over the years, some have died and some have moved away but we always managed to pick up new acquaintances along the way. The hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-65715547640004720102017-10-10T17:19:00.002-07:002021-10-12T17:38:09.882-07:00****WHO IS YOUR GOD? (part 2 - the Spirituality of God)
Who’s your GOD?
A brief description of the Attributes of God.
We can know nothing about God, except that, and ONLY that, which He has revealed to us. And those attributes are found in Scripture. If the god you worship is less than, more than or different from the ONE TRUE GOD of the Bible, then your God doesn’t exist.
Ralph M. Petersen
THE SPIRITUALITY OF GOD
God ishymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-74943525121518145872017-10-05T14:46:00.002-07:002021-08-28T17:39:12.202-07:00****WHO IS YOUR GOD? (part 1 - The Aseity of God)
Who’s your GOD?
A brief description of the Attributes of God.
We can know nothing about God, except that, and ONLY that, which He has revealed to us. And those attributes are found in Scripture. If the god you worship is less than, more than or different from the ONE TRUE GOD of the Bible, then your God is one you have created in your own imagination. And that&hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-62642155874151207502017-09-07T13:45:00.001-07:002021-10-10T16:52:30.367-07:00****BIBLICAL CHURCH GROWTH
Does anyone remember, in 2008, when Pastor Rick Warren compromised his position about homosexuality.? I don’t know why so many of his swooning, conservative Christian fans suddenly feigned outrage and irritation. It should come as no surprise. In fact it was predictable; his waffling and tap dancing was the natural result of his signature brand of man-centered, market driven church growth plans.hymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-84440852675850733842017-08-29T18:52:00.004-07:002022-09-08T16:04:41.886-07:00****Rescued and Restored (revised)
This beautiful pulpit
was custom-made in 1980 and was the centerpiece of all the furnishings in our
newly constructed auditorium for the First Baptist Church of Hemet in California.Our pastor, then, was
Jerry Wilke and his assistant pastor was Dr. Edward Rodda who had faithfully
served as senior pastor for many years. The membership had grown to over 1400
but the seating capacity of the originalhymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.com0