I respectfully ask anyone reading this blog to keep Travis Tamerius, my pastor at Christ Our King Presbyterian Church, in your prayers. He left on the 14th of September for South Africa and Zimbabwe. I did not know anything about Zimbabwe until about a year ago. I'll sum up: It's not a good place to be right now. That dictator, Robert Mugabe, is not a friend of humanity. Predictably, the 'international community' (Europe and the UN) seem to like the guy. Figures. Anyway, the folks at City Presbyterian in Bulawayo are courageously contending for the faith, and trying to shed the light of Christ on the humanitarian situation there. Please pray for them as well.
Hilarious Com-Box Quote of The Day: "I was caught immediately because it is the Acts of the Apostles, not the Acts of the Holy Spirit Acting Erratically."--Donald Todd, reacting to the inartful opposition of the Holy Spirit and the Magisterium. Mark Galli, an editor at Christianity Today, had suggested that today's "confusion" in evangelicalism replicates a confusion on the day of Pentecost. Mr. Todd commented after this reply , and the original article is here. My thoughts: By what means was this Church-less "consensus" formed? If the Council did not possess the authority to adjudicate such questions, who does? If the Council Fathers did not intend to be the arbiters, why do they say that they do? At the risk of being rude, I would define evangelicalism as, "Whatever I want or need to believe at any particular time." Ecclesial authority to settle a particular question is a step forward, but only as long as, "God alone is Lord of the con
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