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On Sacramental Solemnity and Awe

April 24, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

“God greatly requires [the sealing of the covenant], for in this public covenanting there is a Great Solemnity & awe of God upon the soul, but now in sealing there is this public covenanting. But where this  is not, there…

On Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ and Marine Le Pen

April 22, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

In following up my post from Thursday, I want to briefly focus on ‘Imagine’ as a summary of the Baby-boomer, liberal establishment project. Lennon’s song represents the hope that all the characteristics that distinguish cultures and peoples, being divisive as…

On Living For Today and Serving Others (Or: Lennon v Dylan)

April 20, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I have always hated the 1971 song ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. The song celebrates and longs for the elimination of the things that make us distinctly human. It does it under the guise of wanting to break down the dividing…

Briefly, On God’s Love and Being In Jesus

April 6, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I appreciated this post from Scott Sauls, particularly this opening quote from Rankin Wilbourne: “God does not love you to the degree that you are like Jesus. Rather, God loves you to the degree that you are in Jesus. And that’s 100 percent.”…

On Joy and Solemnity

April 2, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I am changing the tagline for my site, which changes its title appearance. I thought that ‘Joyful Curmudgeon’ was a fun tagline, but the number of Reformed/Evangelical blogs and social media accounts with ‘x curmudgeon’ as their title was high….

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