http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp The Ptp web of TWiki. TWiki is a Web-Based Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise. en-us Copyright 2008 by contributing authors frbc webmaster [gary@fieldsfam.com] The contributing authors of TWiki TWiki http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp http://www.frbaptist.org/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/T-logo-140x40-t.gif http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic1994-05-23 It is the best of times . . . the worst of times. Thus wrote Charles Dickens over a century ago. The phrase however, appropriately describes the world in which we ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-07-22T11:57:26Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080711150503 Jesus' physical resurrection stands as the unique landmark of the Christian faith. At the core of the New Testament faith lives the Christ who was raised from the ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-07-11T18:56:04Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080707170550 God is Truth. That He is Truth distinguishes Him from idols which are false. In contrasting the Lord from idols, Jeremiah said, "But the Lord is the true God . . ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-07-07T21:47:18Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic1994-08-22 Sometimes life doesn't seem to play by the rules. Bad things happen to good people, even to God's people. Cancer strikes the body. Tornadoes blow across the landscape ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-06-30T12:07:12Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080616132030 One writer describes the "silence" of mystical prayer: "When one enters the deeper layers of contemplative prayer one sooner or later experiences the void, the emptiness ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-06-26T21:34:59Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic1993-11-01 The scene: a TV talk show. The issue: couples still married and living together, yet for various reasons, estranged from one another. The question: what issues, personal ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-05-28T19:08:49Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080513102433 These days, pastors and churches will seemingly stoop to anything to build a crowd. Rock 'n' roll, the culture's dominant music, is fast becoming "the" staple of so ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-05-17T20:12:03Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic2005-12-12 The decision of Judge David Hamilton outlawing prayer in Jesus' name at opening sessions in the Indiana Statehouse is troubling for constitutional, societal, and theological ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-05-08T10:30:20Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic2002-10-28 Israel?s on a roll. Sihon and Gog have fallengThe Canaanites and their surrounding nations are on red alert. The armies of Israel are poised for war, and there is ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-30T18:40:08Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic2000-05-01 These days, media Christianity gives the impression that the visible church is experiencing genuine revival. Television spirituality pictures the spectacle of people ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-29T12:35:21Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic2005-10-03 Between law and grace in the Christian life, antinomians ("against law") see no common ground. They view the two concepts, one deriving from the Old Testament and ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-27T22:00:14Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic1998-08-24 All of us like good reports. A bad report is a turn off, yet within the working out of the gospel we must understand that the bad report is the backdrop against which ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-25T22:34:45Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080322035657 In the Old City of Jerusalem, I stood reverently before the massive stones that comprise the base and foundation of the mount upon which the Jewish temple once stood ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-22T23:24:54Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080103113745 What's in a name? If the name is Tom, Dick, Harry, or Larry, then probably nothing . Ordinary people have ordinary names. But if your name is Peyton, or Tiger, then ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-22T08:05:45Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080417111715 Over three and one half decades ago, John Lennon came out with the hit song Imagine . The lyrics project a utopian vision of the world in which, because there is ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-19T00:12:33Z LarryDeBruyn http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/Ptp/PtpTopic20080331205303 Throughout this inter advent age the time between Jesus' Incarnation and Second Coming, or Parousia Jesus and John warned that false prophets would arise preaching ... (last changed by LarryDeBruyn) 2008-04-09T16:44:38Z LarryDeBruyn