http://blog.fpckosciusko.org blog of First Presbyterian Church, Kosciusko Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:26:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1 Peter 5 says that elders are to shepherd the flock of God. Shepherding the flock involves defending and confirming the Gospel, pursuing lost and wandering sheep, restoring the repentant, equipping and building up the saints, and encouraging practical godliness. These are tasks your elders take seriously. It’s hard work. ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/07/24/shepherding-and-transformation/ Here's some profound insight from Dr. J.I. Packer from a recent interview in Modern Reformation: J.I. Packer: “I’m a great believer in the importance of Trinitarian thinking in discipling. A lot of what has weakened discipling is the result of thinking of only one person of the godhead at any one ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/07/21/what-a-team-of-friends-we-have-through-jesus/ Andy and Bev Warren, MTW missionaries to Ethiopia (and dearly beloved by all of us at FPC Kosciusko) have launched a new website to explain and chronicle the Ethiopia AIDS project. http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/07/18/new-website-for-warrens-in-ethiopia/ The Sweet Dropper is named for English Puritan Richard Sibbes (1577-1635). Read our tribute to Sibbes. These words come from Sibbes' The Soul's Conflict, and Victory over Itself by Faith: It were an easy thing to be a Christian, if religion stood only in a few outward works and duties. But ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/07/16/a-word-from-our-namesake-2/ Wycliffe Bible Translators informed us today that John Brawand, 84, entered the Savior's presence on 18 June. FPC Kosciusko has supported John and his wife Alice for many years. The Brawands went to Guatemala in 1961 to translate the Scriptures for the Rabinal Achi people. Before leaving Guatemala in 1973, ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/07/14/ave-atque-vale-john-brawand/ Joe Holland, FPC's uber-blogger, has, in the altered words of George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life,  finally shaken the dust of this crummy little blog off his feet and has joined the line-up of big-league bloggers and writers such as Carl Trueman, Derek Thomas, Philip Ryken, Mark Johnston, et. ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/06/09/blogging-with-the-big-boys/ Our own Andy and Bev Warren are featured in the current issue of byFaith, the web magazine of the PCA. The Warrens have been in Ethiopia with MTW since the mid-90s, and have been involved directly with ministry to AIDS patients in Addis Ababa since 2002. http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/06/03/andy-bev-warren-in-pca-mag/ From Gadsby’s Hymns (1838), #408 O what shall I do my Saviour to praise, So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace; So strong to deliver, so good to redeem, The weakest believer that hangs upon him? How happy the man whose heart is set free, The people that can be joyful in thee! Their joy is ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/05/15/share-in-the-gladness/ About once a month I look through John Piper's blog. Here are some links to some good things from his mighty keyboard: 6 ways to respond to the cyclone in Burma some profound thoughts on clothing and nudity from Genesis 3:7ff how your 'economic stimulus' income tax rebate might testify about the greatness ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/05/14/nota-bene-sweets-from-john-piper/ A couple of folks have asked for the text of the Charles Wesley hymn I quoted in yesterday's sermon on Genesis 8. Here it is--a hymn that the eight who emerged from the ark into the world previously submerged beneath the flood would have heartily sung: And are we yet alive, And ... http://blog.fpckosciusko.org/2008/05/12/and-are-we-yet-alive/