I just finished listening to the MacArthur piece on Amillenialism. My greatest fears were realized. It's as bad as I've been hearing. He seemed utterly unable to understand the Amil view of a number of Scripture passages, and therefore mischaracterized it. He seemed unable to interpret passages through anything other than a dispensational grid, which leads to all kinds of error. Mac has been so important to my development and growth as a Christian. This is really sad, and represents a low point, IMO. I don't need to go into a lengthy explanation of what was wrong with his presentation - that's been ably covered by Jason Robertson, and others.

I had to go on an overnight business trip to Altus a couple of days ago, and took my youngest son with me. It was an opportunity to spend a little time together. Everything went well, and I'm trying to find other similar opportunities for us. We stopped in OKC on the way home to see my two oldest daughters - I always stop by when I get the chance. They seemed to be doing well. I always ping them about school and the future - I'm sure they love that. I also stopped to see my dear brother Royce. I met with him weekly when I lived in the area. I sure miss that.

I did my annual fitness test a few days ago. The test is required for all AF personnel, and consists of pushups, crunches, weight/waist measurement (if you're under on BMI, you get full credit), and a 1.5 mile run. I aced it for the fourth straight year. :)

For family devotions, I've been doing something different this year. We're going through the Westminster Shorter Catechism using "Training Hearts, Teaching Minds" It's an excellent resource. Of course, I'll skip the paedobaptism stuff when I get to it. :) This reminds me - many people I respect hold the paedobaptist view. Although I've been a baptist ever since I've been saved, I've been very open on this point. About 10 years ago, I studied this issue very carefully. I was open to being pursuaded they were right, and we credobaptists were wrong. I read book after book on the subject - the best they had to offer - and came away utterly unconvinced. There's a couple of credobaptist books I highly recommend, and I should read them again. One is "Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace" by Paul Jewett, and the other is "The Baptism of Disciples Alone" by Fred Malone - which I just found out is out of print - my copy is available for loan.