Truth is ancient; it's grey hairs may make it venerable;
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15 August, 2006   comments: (0) Today's Methods   Some Important Posts From a Year of Blogging Why Old Truth?: "For some reason 'progress' makes people, more often than not, despise the past. (As though it no longer offers anything of any value). This is especially true in our own day (amongst this present generation. . . who live in the lonely age of iPods, CD-Roms, the Internet, and cellular technology). Even among today's professing Christians there is a subtle rejection of historic Christianity at the cost of presently remaining restless, in the shallow fads of a modern 'Christianity'; a Christianity that has taken on the attributes of a shallow culture, and not knowing why." That was a quote from a Jerry Marcellino book, and it really expresses my concern for the modern church. He goes on to ask: But what will return the Christendom of this present generation to a "salty Christianity" (as Matthew 5:13 calls a Christianity that is vital, and that acts as a powerful preservative against sin)? What will return modern-day Christendom to a Christianity that will act as a "preserving agent" to a decaying society? What can offer certain hope . . . to a nation of families that are in utter disarray? ANSWER: "A present return to the old paths". That is so true, and it has been my goal in this first year of blogging to serve as a small reminder of the "old paths". My writing and book excerpt selections have not always hit that mark, but here are ten posts from the past twelve months that, I believe, communicate an important message for today's church: A Puritan Compass That Leads To Doctrinal Truth 'Decisions For Christ' - The Measure of Success? A Linchpin Doctrine, Forgotten in Today's Pulpits The Message HAS Changed (Not Just The Methods) Is Synergism The Cause of Seeker-Centered? Are You Evangelizing For All The Wrong Reasons? Our Credibility in Godly Living, Not World-Appeal Error in Doctrine Leads to Error in Practice Learning From How The Reformers Preached (or the text version) How Much Do You Love Christ? (Take The Test) (or text version) In the future, I would love to see Old Truth become more about what past-centuries of believers have had to say, and less about what I have to say. One of the ways that I would like to accomplish this is in converting old sermons into high quality MP3 audio files that people can download. I really don't have the kind of voice that would be needed for such an endeavor. So if you know of anyone (preferably men between 30 and 60) who have a professional sounding voice, are smooth readers, and have a computer (to record audio files on), I'd love to hear from you. As an example of what I'm after, Charles Koelsch does an excellent job of reading Spurgeon's sermons, and I'm confident that Max McLean does Jonathan Edwards better than . . . Edwards himself. I don't know when (or even if) all of this will take place, but it's an idea that has been in the back of my mind for a while. Thanks again, to everybody who participated on Old Truth over these past 12 months. Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.345   Be the first to post a comment about this article        Home  |   About  |  Videos   |  Calvinism