Jeremiah 3:15-17 - The blog of pastor.ctj

So folks have been asking, so I'll put it out there. 40 odd days ago, my wife and I began to walk in the mornings. Those of you who have been following the journey have been keeping up with our updates, and encouraging us. It means more than you know... 14 days ago, I went back 27 years. What does that mean? in the 80's, I was a vegetarian, following a set of religious beliefs that I now know where erroneous. While I have not picked the beliefs back up, I have returned to the diet. My daughter joined me 7 days ago. We are waiting on my wife. What do I mean by vegetarian? If it is capable of independent movement, be it walking, running, swimming, flying or crawling, (or has the potential to) I do not eat it. Yes, I who have been know to have 'a bowl of bacon' , no longer touch the stuff. Additionally, I now avoid processed food as much as I can, with the basic rule of thumb that if I cannot recognize what it grew out of the ground as, I won't eat it. The...

It was announced on July 6, that CJ Mahaney (at right) is taking a leave of absence from Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM). For those of you who do not know who this man is, I suggest that you ‘Google’ him. I will wait for you to come back… Ok, you’re back? All right. So, CJ is taking a leave from his position as President of SGM. According to Charisma magazine : In a blog post on SGM's website, Mahaney says pastors and leaders within Sovereign Grace have made charges against him and other leaders over the last few years, and he is taking a leave of absence “in order to give time to considering these charges, examine my heart and receive the appropriate help from others.” Click Here to read the Charisma magazine article in full… It goes on to say: "Mahaney says the charges, which have been difficult to read, “are not related to any immorality or financial impropriety, but this doesn’t minimize their serious nature, which include various expressions of pride, unentreatability,...