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"As long as we have only just started on the way to the cross, we fancy ourselves the main object at stake; it is our happiness, our honor, our future--and God added in.  According to our idea we are the center of things, and God is there to make us happy.  The Father is for the sake of the child.  And God's confessed Almightiness is solely and alone to serve our interest.  This is an idea of God which is false through and through, which turns the order around and, taken in its real sense, makes self God, and God our servant."                                                Abraham Kuyper in To Be Near Unto God On Sunday, I reviewed a book on Amazon called  Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality  by Wesley Hill.  When I like a book, I'm always curious about the negative reviews.  There wa...

This afternoon I had a chance to look up the Larry King Live episode on Youtube with Jennifer Knapp.  The interview made a lot of things clear about what Jennifer Knapp believes about God, the Bible, and her right to be happy and be "herself".  It was a good, interesting interview.  The pastor, Bob Botsford, who was also interviewed did a good job in the interview, I thought.  I was proud of him for standing firm and speaking the truth in love. Derek Webb is touring with Jennifer Knapp, so I was curious where he stands on this issue and if he's made any public statements.  Officially, I gather that he hasn't.  If you're curious about some of the discussions going on about this, this blog had some interesting comments.   h ttp ://www.dennyburk.com/what-about-derek/   One of the comments that really struck me was when one of the people commented that many denominations have come to a "fuller and better understanding of what the Bible says abou...