Biblical preaching

I got to the point a few months ago that I felt it was very important to teach the children how to judge whether preaching was truly biblical or not. We read through pastoral epistles noted what Paul said the topic of preaching was to be. Then we took some examples of preaching we had heard recently and put them to the test.

Baptists generally call what I did with the children wrong because it isn't showing respect to the preacher. I am going to argue with that and say that my first duty is to the Word of God.
If a man is not true to Scripture, can he rightfully he called a preacher of the Word? I say unequivocally NO. He must be faithful to the Word.

If he on occasion messes up, that is one thing;if he consistently gets it wrong, that is entirely different. No one should stay at a church where the preaching is not consistent with Scripture.

We cannot fail to employ our brains and test what we are hearing if we are to keep the Church pure from our known faults. When church members fail to give heed to the truth of Scripture over the doctrines of men, the church will waver and crumble.

Open your Bibles and make sure that the things you are being taught are consistent with Christ.

It's official

We are officially showing puppies now to anyone who is interested in having one.  There may be a small re-homing fee which will be applied to Sammy's spaying.  We are not doing puppies again.  Nope.  

Birthdays and such

Happy birthday, Sarah!  She's four.  Four years ago at this time, this wee little thing had no name, though we had been holding and snuggling her for nearly 5 hours already.  Nothing seemed to fit her.  Then, we talked about names the kids had picked out and Sarah it was.  What a wild ride this little has been!  (Understand that I would not trade a moment of her in my life.)

Just this evening, while I was preparing dinner, she was singing a song about how unhappy she was that she was happy.  It was a very cheerful unhappy song.  Then, she informed me that she wanted to born again so that she could meet Tuna.   Life is good when your only worry is what trouble your invisible friend is going to cause next.

On the other hand, Sammy has decided not to feed the puppies anymore.  They've been hungry and she won't feed them.  Today, upon the advice of a reputable breeder, I made some puppy chow gruel for the things and wow! did they go at it!  They ate and fell into a food coma.  We still have to make Sammy nurse them for a couple more weeks, but that's okay.  She may be stubborn, but she's neurotic and I can make her stay.

Puppies are cuddly, puppies are cute

Lugnut and Sarah were playing together.  Sarah giggled while Lug sniffed and kissed.

Have you ever seen a cuter puppy pile? 

What's keeping me busy?

Sarah has decided she wants a tae kwon do uniform so she can be a real martial artist. This is Mccalls pattern 6184.

These puppies are growing like mad. At 2 weeks the smallest was 2lbs 11 oz. The largest were 3 lbs 1 oz. Their eyes are open and they are beginning to play. A lot. They are an easy distraction in this house.