The Tulip Driven Life

By: Thomas F. Booher

By: Thomas Fletcher Booher You can read part 1 here. "She didn't want the baby, and neither did I. We had long stumped for the pro-choice cause, so we were prepared for such a scenario, if you will. We went to the clinic to end her pregnancy and rid ourselves of the complications and fear of raising a child we didn't plan for. There were a few in our family who were opposed to what we were doing. I knew a minister who tried to talk me out of it, but I wasn't concerned about God punishing us for this. I felt we were justified in what we were about to do. We comforted ourselves in how early the pregnancy was, and that the baby wouldn't feel any pain. If we didn't end it now, the baby would be born into a hard world, one we couldn't help him with. The doctors said the pregnancy could be risky, that her health, and the baby's, could be in jeopardy. We also used that as a panacea. Our pro-choice friends comforted us, recounting their own abortion...

“Isaiah 2, Joel 2, Acts 2, and the Eschatological Temple of the Church” By: Andrew G. This article was originally published on Post Tenebras Lux In Acts chapter two, Luke records the Apostle Peter’s famous sermon in Jerusalem at Pentecost. There were Jews present from all around the Roman Empire: men from “Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs” (Acts 2:9-11). Prior to Peter’s address, the Holy Spirit was outpoured on those present, thus resulting in the miracle of enabling the different peoples to understand each other in their own native dialect. While some were amazed at this miracle of tongues, others perceived the people as being drunk. Luke then records Peter’s sudden intervention and subsequent sermon, of which the first part is qu...

By: Thomas F. Booher "I can't wash my hands of these sins? I won't wear a fur coat but I'll abort a baby because it's my choice you say... what sins have I committed?"  This was what she said to me. Never mind that it was my child she carried. Never mind that she was all for having the baby at first, until the pain came, and the shame. Her strict religious family condemned her for getting pregnant, and me for getting her pregnant. Everything was against her, so everything was against my child.  "You killed our baby. I know you don't see it like that, but don't you feel even a bit of guilt? You are so sure that what you did was moral, was normal, was right, that you don't even consider the fact that your choice ended the life of a human being?" She tilted her head back and sighed.  "I didn't want to get pregnant. It was just sex. This wasn't supposed to happen. It's ruined my life. So I left town to ...

By: Thomas F. Booher I can't think of a better way to get labeled a legalist than to title a post like this. Hopefully by the end you will not see this as legalism and will see this as what it is- my attempt at describing what I believe is proper ecclesiology as defined by God in Scripture. So then, what is church? What does Scripture say we should be doing and not doing on Sunday mornings? That's what I want to explore. The Bible says to gather together in Christ's name; to teach, encourage, and admonish one another; to sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in our hearts to God (Heb. 10:24-25; Mat. 18:20; Col. 3:16). There are to be deacons (Acts 6:1-6) and elders (Ti. 1:5) in the church who act as overseers, and in the case of elders, are the shepherds of the flock who teach the word and rebuke with authority (Ti. 1:9).  God must call one to be a pastor/elder (Eph. 4:11). As such those who are called by God to preach the word are held to a ...

By: Thomas F. Booher For more posts about The Tulip Driven Life E-Book, go  here. As usual, I refer to piety as Calvinistic because I believe Calvinism is an accurate reflection of what Scripture teaches. However, I also believe that those who hold to the doctrines of grace will find certain temptations greater than others who hold to a different theology of Scripture. If God is sovereign, why evangelize? If God is sovereign, why pray? If God is sovereign, why discipline yourself and your children? If God is sovereign, why concern yourself with piety and holiness at all? Won't God grow us when He is good and ready by Himself? Those who hold to a free will theology do not have the aforementioned issues inherent in their theology. Rather, their problem is that they must evangelize, pray, and discipline themselves and their children without an all-sovereign God. Further, they believe that they can do these things without God being sovereign. What this does do is put the im...