Howdy! Welcome to lawngospel!
You’ve reached a blog dedicated to faithfully pursuing biblical ethics in marriage, family, and culture at large.
As Michael Novak writes in “Awakening from Nihilism“:
“Truth is not ‘merely subjective,’ not something we make up, or choose, or cut to today’s fashions or the morrow’s pragmatism - we obey truth. We do not ‘have’ the truth, truth owns us, truth possesses us. Truth is far larger and deeper than we are. Truth leads us where it will. It is not ours for mastering.”
Christ prays this way in John 17:17, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” And we know from Scripture that Truth is ultimately not a thing, but a person: “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
Friends, let us do all that we can, with all that we have, to pursue that Truth!
If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email. I hope you enjoy your visit to lawngospel, and come back soon!
‘Brother Hank
19 Comments
November 4, 2007 at 2:04 am
Like the bio and the wordplay. I will try and keep up with your musing and reflections!
November 4, 2007 at 11:46 pm
thanks for the visit and the comment brother! and welcome to Lawn Gospel!
December 26, 2007 at 1:01 am
In case anyone else asks or complains about this:…
Your seasonal “falling snowflake” script is eating, oh, about 100% of my CPU. ANd it’s a 1.6ghz cpu with 1gb ram).
Because of this, any attempt to watch one of your videos is futile because my processor is far too busy making sure that the snowflakes fall DOWN instead of sideways. With all that on it’s mind, there’s no way it can fit in a video codec and 27 or so frames per second. Now if you had just ONE snowflake, it might handle serving that up along with a side order of streaming video and a soundtrack on the side….
And to think that God so effortlessly watches the trajectory of every snowflake on earth.. Man, what a cpu that is!
December 26, 2007 at 10:14 am
Thanks for the heads up Kirby. Consider the processor flakes gone…
Now watch some videos! lol.
‘BH
December 29, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Hey Hank! It was awesome meeting you… and your blog too. Indeed “All things work together for the good of those who love Him, for those called according to His purpose”.
May we live up to the glory of Him who gave us life to enjoy Him forever!
January 6, 2008 at 9:09 pm
So, I decided to do a little investigating outside of the world of FB…and…I like what I found so far! This blog is amazing…truly…what a God we serve!
January 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm
bro im seriously considering going to Boyce College and i want your honest opinion of Southern Seminary. what is it like? do you like it?
January 19, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Well brother, I can’t tell you a lot about Boyce, but I do have a couple of buddies that go there, and they seem to really enjoy it. The Seminary on the other hand, I can personally vouch for and say, if you’re called there, it is one of the most amazing places a man can go to prepare for the ministry. Be prepared to be humbled, challenged, and stretched. God is doing some awesome things there (as He is all over the world!), and I am abundantly blessed to be a part of it.
Email me if you have any more questions, and I’d be glad to answer them at length!
‘Hank
January 21, 2008 at 9:12 pm
thanks Hank!
February 10, 2008 at 9:47 am
Just curious — did you know that the division of Law and Gospel was one of Luther’s primary insights that led him in the reformation? The quote from Bradford is a restatement (almost quotation) of Luther’s writings. For example — “Hence, whoever knows well this art of distinguishing between Law and Gospel, him place at the head and call him a doctor of Holy Scripture.” Anyhow, the wikipedia has some interesting things under law and gospel.
February 15, 2008 at 8:43 pm
W. Hank may the grass keep growing in TX while you are the Bluegrass state and may the Lord bless law-n gospel to the eyes of many graced landscapers in all God’s creation. You are like big rock under my lawnmower chassis. You got my attention and I stopped and took a look. God bless.
February 26, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Have a nice day !
April 17, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Your header picture on your blog is very powerful. I just love the emotion in conveys. Gives me a feeling of hope, seeing those people praying for the horrors of our world.
April 18, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Dear Brother Hank,
God has a great sense of humor. 
I can’t tell you how blessed I am to read what you’ve posted on BC. i’m sad to say that I was 32 before I heard any such teaching. I was pregnant with our fifth child, and even then we struggled over whether or not to “try” for another child or adopt. Today we have 7 children, ages ranging from 16 years to 8 months. I praise God for His continual provision and faithfullness. Like you, I get more passionate about this topic especially the larger our family grows. I find, though, that it is a difficult topic to broach. When it comes to the older generation there’s the threat of having to admit that maybe their ‘choice’ wasn’t the right one, and then with my peers, and especially the younger generation, you find more and more young women who are unteachable. I was one such young mother. I was ready to stop at two!
I just wanted to encourage you to continue to speak out. I sense in you a desire to accurately expound the scriptures and you have done so gently, with humility, and passion, all at the same time. It reminds me of how when Jesus came people were amazed at His teaching because He spoke with authority. I always like to say “Jesus wasn’t a mamby-pamby ya know!”
If you ever find yourself in New England (Maine) among the ‘frozen chosen’, let me know. I can reccomend a great church to visit and fill you in on places to see.
Sister Genoise
April 18, 2008 at 11:41 pm
MW -
Thanks for the comment. The picture is from the Planned Parenthood I prayed in front of in College Station, Texas. It is quite a battlefield, that much is for certain.
Genoise -
Thank you for the encouragement. I look forward to continuing to address this issue in light of the Cross. And if I’m ever upon in NE, I will definitely give you a shout!
‘BH
May 26, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Hank do you have a brother/cousin named Alan who lives in Illinois?
May 27, 2008 at 5:39 pm
lol! not that I know of! but I haven’t done any genealogy in a while, so I could be wrong.
May 27, 2008 at 8:51 pm
well he’s from Texas originally, is into reformed theology (he was attending John MacArthur’s church in LA), and shares your last name. not that those are all super rare things but still…
August 14, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Hey BH!
I just bought the documentary “Demographic Winter”. Wa–how! It was amazing to see a feature like this done by a ‘non’ religious group. It was an eye-opening experience.
Here are two quotes from the end of the DVD I thought you might like:
“We liberate slaves chiefly for the purpose of making out of them as many citizens as possible; we give our allies a share in the government that our numbers may increase; yet you, Romans of the original stock, including Quintii, Valerii, Iulli, are eager that your families and names at once shall perish with you.”
~Caesar Augustus addressing Roman knights
“In our time all Greece was visited by a dearth of children and general decay of population…
This evil grew upon us rapidly, and without attracting attention, by our men becoming perverted to a passion for show and money and the pleasures of an idle life.”
~Polybius circa 140 B.C.
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