Kia kaha

For those that care to read - and those that don't too! (I can see you...)

My thoughts go out to everyone impacted by the recent 'quake(s) in Christchurch. Family and friends escaped bodily harm - those who have family/friends who didn't...
Ahakoa he uaua, kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui -
Although there may be difficulties, be strong, be brave, be patient and take heart.

That is all, for now.

Sunday Sermon: You Are Dearly Loved By God (A Message Real Christians Don't Hear Enough)

A little belated... listen on SermonAudio: You Are Dearly Loved By God (A Message Real Christians Don't Hear Enough)

Sunday Sermon: Offering Your Bodies by Paul Washer

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Sunday Sermon: Law and The Kingdom

The Law of God in Light of the Kingdom - Listen on SermonAudio.com

The Sermon on the Mount · 1 of 6

Monday Morning Musical Musings

Rez Band - White Noise

Defective youth, the writing's on the wall


Decline of the West, see the fallout fall

Violence, banner of the tough

Politicians playing blind man's bluff



Now what, whose deal?

What's truth, what's real?

Turn it down, turn it off

It's all white noise to me



America's missiles, a superpower blessed

A hungry child is crying, pretend it's just a test

Russia's got the gulag, Pretoria the bomb

Making sure the weak keep silent, move along



Defective man, the writing's on your heart

Reality of evil, tearing you apart

Hanging in the balance, you hear the Savior call

Make Him Lord of everything or see the nations fall



Now what, whose deal?

He's truth, He's real

Open up, start to feel

No more white noise for me
 

Sunday Sermon: The Table of Nations: Are There Many Races, or One?

Voddie Baucham - Destroying the myths of Darwinian race-based classification of people listen on SermonAudio.com

Monday Morning Musical Musings

REZ Band  - Gameroom (1984)

The lyrics below describe in very vivid detail a part of my time as a 'troubled teenager'.
Push that button, squeeze that coin
Finger sweating, see the numbers climb
Graphic action, flashing screen
But who is the pilot, and what does it mean

My friends and my foes
My thrills and my woes
They live on
In memory cells, in fantasy wells
We press on and on and on
I am king, king of the gameroom
Here I'm lord, chairman of the board
I am king, king of the gameroom

I got nothing at home
I'm no one at school
The jocks and the rockers
They think I'm a fool
But this is my kingdom
And here I'm the man
No one can touch me
And I can command

So push that button, squeeze that coin
Fingers sweating, see the numbers climb
Graphic action, flashing screen
But who is the pilot, what does it mean

I am trapped
Prisoner in the gameroom
Deep inside I don't know what life's about
I'm a prisoner
A victim of the gameroom
God where are you
Shoe me how to get out
God where are you
Show me how to get out

Sunday Sermon: A Biblical Defense of the Resurrection of Christ by Voddie Baucham

A Biblical Defense of the Resurrection of Christ - sermonaudio.com stream here.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a Cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith. According the Paul's argument in 1 Corinthians 15, those who deny the resurrection have denied Christianity. There is no Christianity without the resurrection. Paul offers three arguments; the argument from authority, the argument from evidence, and the argument from logic, to refute those who deny the resurrection while attempting to embrace Christianity.

Monday Morning Musical Musings

While not fond of Keeping Stock's Christian music, we (me, myself and I) do enjoy music in its various forms. While digging through some old piano music stored in a box in a dark corner far away... I found this little gem called The Coloring Song - by Petra.


Red is the color of the blood that flowed


Down the face of Someone Who loved us so

He's the perfect man, He's the Lord's own son,

He's the Lamb of God, He's the only one

That can give us life, that can make us grow,

That can make the love between us flow.



Blue is the color of a heart so cold

It will not bend when the story's told

Of the love of God for a sinful race

Of the blood that flowed down Jesus face

That can give us life, that can make us grow

That can keep our hearts from growing cold.



Gold is the color of the morning sun

That shines so freely an every one

It's the sun above that keeps us warm

It's the Son of love that calms the storm

That can give us life that can make us grow,

That can turn our mornings into gold.



Brown is the color of the autumn leaves

When the winter comes to the barren trees

There is birth, there is death, there is a plan

And there's just one God, and there's just one man

That can give us life, that can make us grow

That can make our sins as white as snow



That can give us life, that can make us grow

That can turn our mornings into gold.

That can give us life, that can make us grow

That can keep our hearts from growing cold.

That can give us life, that can make us grow

That can make the love between us flow.

Sunday Sermon: The Supremacy of Christ in Truth in a Postmodern World - Voddie Baucham

The Supremacy of Christ in Truth in a Postmodern World - stream on SermonAudio.com

Sunday Sermon: The Wide and The Narrow Gate - Voddie Baucham

The Wide and The Narrow Gate - Voddie Baucham stream via SermonAudio.com

Preacher Profile: Paul Washer

Found here.


Paul Washer became a believer while attending the University of Texas studying to become an oil and gas lawyer. He completed his undergraduate studies and enrolled at Southwestern Theological Seminary where he received his Master of Divinity degree. Paul left the states shortly after graduation as a North American missionary to Peru.

Paul ministered as a missionary in Peru for 10 years, during which time he founded the HeartCry Missionary Society to support Peruvian Church planters. HeartCry's work now supports over 80 indigenous missionaries in 15 different countries throughout Eastern Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

At the present, Paul serves as the Director of HeartCry Missionary Society. He and his wife Charo have two sons Ian and Evan, and one daughter Rowan.

Preacher Profile: Voddie Baucham

Voddie Baucham wears many hats. He is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter. He currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, TX, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary.


Voddie makes the Bible clear and demonstrates the relevance of God’s word to everyday life. However, he does so without compromising the centrality of Christ and the gospel. Those who hear him preach find themselves both challenged and encouraged.
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Sunday Sermon: Is Your Jesus an Accessory? Paul Washer

Is Your Jesus an Accessory?

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Sunday Sermon - The Gospel of Christ & the Meaning of the Cross (Part 2) - with Dutch Translation - Paul Washer

The Gospel of Christ & the Meaning of the Cross (Part 2) - with Dutch Translation

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Thursday Theology 101 - A Sermon on Christ for Atheists - with Dutch Translation

A Sermon on Christ for Atheists - with Dutch Translation - details
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Sunday Sermon - The Gospel of Christ & the Meaning of the Cross (Part 1) - with Dutch Translation

The Gospel of Christ & the Meaning of the Cross (Part 1) - with Dutch Translation

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Sunday Sermon: Regeneration and Self-denial - Paul Washer

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Project Euler - for the Maths Geek

Project Euler - brain bending fun if you like maths and computer programming. No need for anything fancy - so far I have completed 14 solutions most using Excel 2003/2007. A few I have re-done using C++ just for getting the speed that Excel does not have!

Separation of Church and State?

Yes the Church and State need to be separated – from each other. Ultimately they still come under God’s authority, take a moment to read an excerpt from "Box Theology"

In the modern world, the humanistic state claims this sovereignty: it is the modern god walking upon earth.-The modern state claims sovereignty and catholicity; the United Nations is the attempt of humanistic statism to attain true and full universality and catholicity.

Meanwhile, the Christian Church is busily departing from the doctrine of God's sovereignty and His necessary catholic jurisdiction. Christianity is increasingly limited to a "spiritual" realm (of which it now concedes vast areas to. psychology and psychiatry), and the rest of the world is granted to the state.

The result is box theology. To understand what box theology is, let us compare the universe to the Empire State Building, a great, modern, skyscraper office building. In box theology, the church claims one small office among hundreds for Christianity. All the rest of the building is given over to the jurisdiction of the state and the sciences. One area after another is deemed non-religious and is surrendered. This is done despite the fact that God is the Creator and Lord of the whole universe and therefore has total and absolute jurisdiction over all things. God's law-word, jurisdiction, and authority must govern all things. "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made" John 1:3).

The jurisdiction of the church is a limited one, but the jurisdiction of the triune God, of Christ our King, and of the Bible, God's law-word, cannot be limited. Every area of life and thought must be under the dominion of the Lord: He alone is truly sovereign. To limit the jurisdiction of Christ is to posit a limited god, one who cannot survive because a limited god is a contradiction and is no god at all. If God is God, if He truly is the Lord or Sovereign, everything must serve Him and be under His dominion, the state, schools, arts, sciences, the church, and all things else. To limit the jurisdiction of the God of Scripture to the soul of man and to the church is to deny Him. A limited god cannot save man, because he is not in control of all things; what he does today can be undone tomorrow, and his "salvation" is at best temporary.

However even if they are separated it does not prevent either institution (Church or State) from speaking out when the lines of jurisdictional authority are crossed. Why was there a profound silence from church leaders when the state crossed the line and stepped into the jurisdiction of parental authority? Why do churches apply for an exemption from tax when the state has no authority to tax what is given to God’s church for His work on this planet? These are questions that need to be answered and addressed – from the pulpit and from God’s Word.