tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52851078363779655292012-01-30T15:46:27.392-08:00Douglas Bond"Everything Douglas Bond writes is a fascinating read." Joel Belz, WORLD MagazineDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-31148404925020576722012-01-29T16:26:00.000-08:002012-01-29T16:31:14.349-08:00Song to Synergism, what a hymn would sound like if Jesus only paid most of it...
Man and God cooperating in creation
I’ve long thought that one of the significant problems with synergistic theology is that it doesn’t sing very well. “Jesus paid it all,” would have to sound something like, “Jesus paid most of it; most of it to him I owe,” which of course is far worse than just bad poetry.
What I’ve observed is that whatever their declared theology, when hymn writers set Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-55832852619524516662012-01-15T16:37:00.000-08:002012-01-15T16:37:26.149-08:00Cheryl and I had a wonderful time hearing PAUL TRIPP at Mars Hill, Bellevue
Parenting by GRACE ALONE!
PAUL DAVID TRIPP -- Getting at the Heart of Parenting
Mars Hill Bellevue – January 13-14, 2012 [my notes and comments as I listened, so apologies to Paul if it looks like I’m putting words in his mouth, not my intention; don’t read these as exactly what he said; they’re through my filter]
Judges 2:6 an entire generation of children grew up who did not know God or Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-55707751644482132492012-01-06T09:11:00.000-08:002012-01-06T09:11:43.985-08:00INKBLOTS covered important ground last night--critical writing topics<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]-->
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mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-89018776264416905192011-12-17T14:47:00.000-08:002011-12-17T15:01:33.046-08:00My Son Cedric Featured in Challenger Films, The Winning EdgeAiring on Fox and other media outlets in cities across the US, is a feature film on my second eldest son (it aired in Seattle area at 8:30 Saturday morning). Cedric is an athlete, training for the Olympics. He is a flat-water sprint kayak racer who has been a multiple National Champion, has been on 3 US Junior Worlds teams (racing in Russia twice, Czech Republic, and training in Slovakia and Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-47158067911698705762011-12-16T15:39:00.000-08:002011-12-16T15:39:36.035-08:00INKBLOTS had a rousing evening of reading, critiquing, chatting, and allINKBLOTS, December 15, 2011Four men and a crackling fire, Chateau Saint-Michel Merlot.
Doug McComas leads off with a chapter from our new adult biography on Savonarola. He broke off a few times to express his frustration at the challenges of the new genre, adult non-fiction. Reading aloud is like sweeping a dusty room on a dry hot day—dust flying everywhere. “Wow, I’m starting to break into a Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-53601892826944031422011-12-09T14:57:00.000-08:002011-12-13T15:00:15.648-08:00Listen FREE! Ryle, Thoughts for Young Men, read by Douglas BondMerry Christmas! I have benefited so much from reading and rereading John Charles Ryle's incomparable little volume THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG MEN over the years that I finally decided to do it as an audio book. My friend Rich Young (former heavy-metal guitarist) plays his original classical guitar renditions of some of my favorite hymns in the background. I hope you and the young men in your family and Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-56765874404787036332011-12-01T20:37:00.000-08:002011-12-01T20:37:47.972-08:00Author Interview: Another P&R author asked for interview--probing questions<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-40808962011267158592011-11-30T17:06:00.000-08:002011-11-30T17:06:29.892-08:00Inkblots dude has a BOOK CONTRACT from UK publisher!<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-7120664604091637302011-11-26T09:55:00.000-08:002011-12-03T12:52:51.436-08:00They won't play with the box! Author-signed books make great giftsThis offer is going fast! Gillian and I hauled armloads of book orders to the post office the other day. We have eleven more Knox books to give away FREE when you buy 3 at www.bondbooks.net
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I'm deeply grateful for how well THE MIGHTY WEAKNESS OF JOHN KNOX has Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-47262787462457604522011-11-21T12:26:00.000-08:002011-11-21T15:06:23.719-08:00Pre-Release readings and audio of my forthcoming book on AUGUSTUS TOPLADYI was so blessed in writing this concise biography of Augustus Toplady. Thank you David Woolin (EP's wear-many-hats dude in the UK) for asking me to do it! Big thanks to the Spear clan for beating up another manuscript for me. Visit my new web page featuring just posted material on my forthcoming book on AUGUSTUS TOPLADY, Debtor to Mercy Alone, to release with Evangelical Press sometime in 2012. Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-51382367435519819912011-11-20T20:54:00.000-08:002011-11-20T20:54:06.580-08:00SPECIAL INKBLOTS with Marketing Director, Ian Thompson<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-4537672220976752872011-11-18T15:11:00.000-08:002011-11-18T15:11:25.304-08:00NEW HYMN! Sung by Judy Rogers, written by Douglas BondClick to listen to my New Reformation Hymn, WE RISE AND WORSHIP, sung by Judy Rogers and produced by Mitch Nutt. I am honored that Judy Rogers (known to so many for her wonderful children's music) has put her marvelous musical talent to work on one of my hymns. This is a fresh-cut musical rendition of the hymn I wrote in 2007. Judy collaborated with composer Mitch Nutt (more about both of them Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-90150146981627180232011-11-10T22:08:00.000-08:002011-11-10T22:08:48.052-08:00INKBLOTS - one of those nights that particularly reminds us why we're doing this<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-62136552635323250722011-11-10T09:48:00.000-08:002011-11-10T09:48:10.115-08:00SPANKING, a means of grace?Having thoughtful Christian friends is such an encouragement to me. And even though I'm loathe to admit that electronic technology has its advantages, being able to keep in touch with a friend who is living and serving on another continent by means of electronic media is a great blessing. Just yesterday a good friend of mine wrote and opened the discussion about when a child may be too old for Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-69530481348178349722011-11-04T15:54:00.000-07:002011-11-04T15:54:46.695-07:00Son Giles and a real bear! watch KING 5 news video of him... themDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-26448051233070378082011-10-31T14:51:00.000-07:002011-10-31T14:51:52.622-07:00Birthday sonnet from one of my students (shmoozing for extra credit)Thanks to the many of you who sent me birthday greetings and good wishes! It is heart warming to hear from so many of you. One of you (ahem... Looocy!) especially warmed my heart with a sonnet for my birthday--all in iambic pentameter. Thought I'd share it (she's delusional through much of the thing--rabbit trails? What's that?)
Again another year has come around!
No worries: not a thing to cry Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-28624643806598246552011-10-28T08:10:00.000-07:002011-10-28T08:11:52.483-07:00Take a tour of Wales with Isaac Watts in this awe-inspiring videoSit back for a few short minutes and worship with the Welsh male Fron Choir from Llangollen, Wales. They sing Watts' When I Survey the Wondrous Cross like few others I have ever heard--absolutely thrilling. What's more, they sing on-location in a wonderful gothic setting, like many we will visit on THE HYMNS FOR ALL TIME TOUR, August 11-21, 2012. Early registration discount deadline approaches. Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-53556239420378523472011-10-27T12:47:00.000-07:002011-10-27T12:47:32.840-07:00Kissing at the YMCAWhile waiting at the local YMCA today, I observed something that deeply touched my heart. I'll set it down as I did then.
"He also serves who only sits and waits," said the elderly woman, her voice gaspy.
Her husband looked up from his magazine. In her left hand swung a portable oxygen bottle, defacing tubes criss-crossing her features, harnessed to her nostrils like a bridle. Easily in her Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-27894156932140872582011-10-26T09:49:00.000-07:002011-10-26T09:49:48.161-07:00INTERVIEW podcast on HYMNS FOR ALL TIME TOUR of England & WalesRR PODCAST 7: DOUGLAS BOND ON REFORMATION TOURSRAISING READERSTHE PODCASTPlenty of Americans dream of taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe…to see the Eiffel Tower, hear the chiming of Big Ben, and float along the romantic canals of Venice. But for many devoted Christians, the idea of a Reformation Tour never crosses their minds. Today, Douglas Bond tells us about the Reformation Tours he Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-48913379615811615962011-10-21T14:55:00.000-07:002011-10-21T14:55:41.987-07:00Join me in being weak for Jesus, and you don't even have to break your neck to do it<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-76206825114325643052011-10-21T11:02:00.000-07:002011-10-21T11:02:34.983-07:00"Legalism is tidy. Grace is messy"<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-81514006856602520562011-10-19T22:18:00.000-07:002011-10-20T17:39:08.376-07:00Toplady biography finished--read a sampleINTRODUCTIONWhat are we to make of a man described as “strangely compounded, peculiarly constituted, and oddly framed”? It conjures up in the mind an image of Stevenson’s Mr. Hyde, or Shelley’s Frankenstein, or Hugo’s Quasimodo. But such is J. C. Ryle’s (1816-1900) description of Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778), author of what has been called the best-loved English hymn. One wonders why Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-55412804504686965492011-10-08T09:14:00.000-07:002011-10-08T09:14:14.945-07:00Pre-Release Reader Comments on WEAPONS OF VENGEANCEI have several kind folks who read manuscripts for me before they get sent off to the publisher for their knife. My rule is that they can't gush only; they must give me meaningful critique, helpful analysis of how things are working, and help me find my typo blunders. My publishers tell me my manuscripts are some of the cleanest that they get from their authors. As I am tempted to preen myself Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-88733840817406717242011-10-05T15:15:00.000-07:002011-10-05T15:29:21.940-07:00Cedric featured on OKC TelevisionCedric was featured on an Oklahoma City television spot about paddling and rowing sports being centered in OKC. Check out the article here:
http://www.kfor.com/community/greatstate/kfor-northwest-paddler1-20111003,0,6758407.story
There's a video but not behaving right now so maybe I can get it up later.
Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-14799475142883195912011-09-30T16:12:00.000-07:002011-09-30T16:12:58.556-07:00Toplady's 4 Essential Guidelines for Gospel Preaching<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-55335030164976524792011-09-29T19:12:00.000-07:002011-09-29T19:14:56.632-07:00Reader Question about killing and bloodshed in my booksI had a communication from a reader who read all my Mr Pipes series than started in on the Crown & Covenant Trilogy and the Faith & Freedom Trilogy. They seem to have recently discovered that I am a Calvinist and have perhaps been helped to conclude that that is not a good thing, as they understand things. They are dear folks who asked a question about why I justify killing in my books on the Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-74103201243416012232011-09-27T21:13:00.000-07:002011-09-27T21:13:46.107-07:00INKBLOTS-our first play wright joined us tonight<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-1268685233994245782011-09-23T18:40:00.000-07:002011-09-23T18:40:47.447-07:00Singing Hymns at Camp Snake Pit, IraqWith about 100 high school aged young people, I explored the Veterans Museum in Chehalis, Washington on Wednesday this last week. Many sobering things to see and read about--soldiers taking great risks to secure peace and freedom, all too often for others to enjoy.
I was particularly struck by the story of twenty-two year-old Marine, Joseph P. Bier, a local boy from the small Washington town of Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-59224887822630190462011-09-16T17:54:00.000-07:002011-09-16T17:54:49.222-07:00New book contract: biography on AUGUSTUS TOPLADYEvangelical Press (EP) contract on AUGUSTUS TOPLADY. After a number of emails this week, we decided to scratch the EP Isaac Watts bio in favor of an all new one on Toplady. I feel really good about this and am already researching and immersing myself in his writings. Yes, it will still be a complimentary volume to my RT Watts, both on important hymn writers. It will likely release far soonerDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-8543850783165606412011-09-08T16:30:00.000-07:002011-09-08T16:52:30.779-07:00PASTORS & WIVES RETREAT, Olympic RefugeMy wife and I had such a delightful time at the conference. Jim and Robbie Edgrin are some of the most gracious visionaries I have ever met. And the Olympic Refuge is an absolutely beautiful location tucked in the mountains bordering the Olympic National Park; the lodge and all of its rustic splendor is the result of many years of labor and of partnership with many Christians in the region. ThereDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-86233840029875032982011-08-22T21:18:00.000-07:002011-08-22T21:18:38.604-07:00INKBLOTS - Anatomy of fiction discussion and more<!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-41736107929012832412011-08-13T21:23:00.000-07:002011-08-13T21:23:24.935-07:00INKBLOTS - vigorous discussion: Swearing in fiction writing...<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-46816581577303369352011-07-27T13:14:00.000-07:002011-07-27T13:14:08.069-07:00Cedric at the Children's Center, working with special-needs kidsI just watched this youtube clip of Cedric working with special-needs kids in Oklahoma City. I miss him so much and wish he were here, but God is using him there. So I should stop feeling that way, right? Right.
Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-52379895629618654702011-07-26T11:37:00.000-07:002011-07-26T11:37:09.994-07:00INKBLOTS welcome to two new men who joined us!<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-39274502416601626322011-07-21T11:19:00.000-07:002011-07-21T12:49:42.699-07:00Interview today with KNOWING THE TRUTH talk radio 660, Greenvile, SCJust finished an interview with Kevin Boling on Knowing the Truth radio in South Carolina this morning (our time). We talked about THE MIGHTY WEAKNESS OF JOHN KNOX, and especially about how Knox was a man empowered not by his or personality, or methods, or technology, or erudition, or status--he had none of these. Knox was a nobody in his world, a timorous and fearful nobody. Of the Reformation Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-1790458088997416902011-07-20T10:40:00.000-07:002011-07-20T10:44:49.964-07:00Ligonier interview on my new Knox biography
At Newcastle where Knox preached
Here's the text of an interview with the folks at Ligonier on THE MIGHTY WEAKNESS OF JOHN KNOX, my newest book released just a couple of weeks ago.
1) What does the title—The Mighty Weakness of John Knox—mean? We tend to think of Knox as the bold, thundering, charge-into-the-fray, no-holds-barred Reformer. Sort of a giant who walks into the room and says "Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-69546416935100712462011-07-19T22:47:00.000-07:002011-07-19T22:47:31.953-07:00Scotland Tour Group Shots with audio from archeologist at VindolandaI really enjoy setting up group shots of the families on the tour with the various sites we visit. It's lots of fun later to see the whole (some of these images are of smaller sub-groups) tour group to see themselves (I'm rarely in these, being the one behind the camera). Hope you all enjoy this montage of all of you.
Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-24065226482305613532011-07-16T10:34:00.000-07:002011-07-16T10:34:21.875-07:00Enjoy a virtual Crown & Covenant Tour 2011 in picturesThis video is made up mostly of images that I took while leading the tour with my wife Cheryl (who actually does all the hard important work that makes these tours so much fun--good food, good accommodations,good fellowship--the real experience). The audio is from our first day at Glasgow HighKirk.
And here's another angle on the tour, this video made up of pictures taken by various participantsDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-44915694969787716492011-07-13T21:24:00.000-07:002011-07-13T21:24:13.190-07:00Podcast interview while I was in Scotland
Scotland Tour 2011 at Loudoun Keep--Rebel's Keep
Redeemed Reader arranged ahead to connect on skype for an on-location interview while we were in Scotland these last 2 1/2 weeks. We chatted about Mr Pipes and about Crown & Covenant Trilogy books and about THE MIGHTY WEAKNESS OF JOHN KNOX. As we talked, I was sitting a stone's throw from Loudoun Keep, Drumclog battle field, and Barr Castle whereDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-17165932352223390922011-07-13T18:02:00.001-07:002011-07-13T18:02:26.298-07:00Recent interviews with Redeemed Reader, Janie Cheaney and Emily Whitton's great blogRedeemed Reader, the excellent blog of Janie Cheaney (columnist for WORLD magazine) and Emily Whitton asked me if they could do some interviews. The first one focused mostly on my FATHERS & SONS series; the podcast was a featured post for Fathers' Day. Here's the link: http://www.redeemedreader.com/2011/06/rr-podcast-4-douglas-bond-on-fatherhood/ Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-40410837400492148172011-07-11T09:13:00.000-07:002011-07-11T09:13:51.334-07:00Here's a fun slideshow from the tour--more to comeDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-22773181129651680112011-07-10T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-10T06:00:01.417-07:00Final day--a flurry of wonderful sites
Stirling Castle
Duke of Argyll's Lodging
Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn
We headed off from St Andrews for our final day of the Crown & Covenant Trilogy Scotland Tour, 2011. Rain stopped and sun breaks as we de-coached in Stirling (God's gracious pattern for the weather on this tour, praise Him!). The castle, the Argyll lodging, and of special interest was The Church of the Holy Rude, Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-91927888946803748482011-07-10T05:44:00.000-07:002011-07-10T05:45:38.249-07:00Henderson, M'Cheyne, Knox... Leuchars, Dundee, Perth
Alexander Henderson's church in Leuchars
We began our day trip from St Andrews in some pretty serious Scottish rain squalls, the first real need for umbrellas while off the coach--amazing for this northern land. Alexander Henderson a colleague of Rutherford and author of the National Covenant, 1638, and of the Solemn League and Covenant, 1643. Then Dundee and a wonderful time with Hugh, a Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-30669267787006770122011-07-05T14:52:00.000-07:002011-07-05T14:52:04.691-07:00Hear Scots preacher, Phillip Hair at Holyrood Abbey ChurchDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-72799585195005945672011-07-05T14:47:00.000-07:002011-07-05T14:47:44.936-07:00Unexpected blessings in St AndrewsToday we toured St. Andrews, beginning with San Salvator's College, and the site on which Patrick Hamilton was martyred for his bold proclamation of Christ and his gospel of free grace, February 28, 1527. Hamilton was only 24 years old. Here's an excerpt from THE MIGHTY WEAKNESS OF JOHN KNOX:
<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false falseDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-34976811093099663612011-07-04T15:02:00.000-07:002011-07-04T15:03:27.716-07:00And here's lots more. Follow the Crown & Covenant Trilogy Tour in picturesDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-50943308019037097602011-07-04T14:57:00.000-07:002011-07-04T14:58:06.958-07:00Heaps of images from Edinburgh and etc! EnjoyDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-19365218452623311362011-07-04T14:23:00.000-07:002011-07-04T14:23:43.907-07:00King born in a closet! Edinburgh clips of interest--changing of the guard, Refomers, more bagpiping...Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-70166226133699810122011-07-04T00:56:00.000-07:002011-07-04T14:09:17.791-07:00Singing at St. Giles, High Kirk, EdinburghYou've got to hear Daniel Roberts singing at St. Giles, High Kirk, Edinburgh, JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING, by JS Bach. There's nothing quite like the acoustics of a 12th century gothic church for music. Click on the video and be dazzled with the singing, but more importantly with the object of that singing, Jesus himself. Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-20111208667821909222011-07-03T15:11:00.000-07:002011-07-03T23:52:32.267-07:00Some of the gifts God has given the kids on this tour! Remarkable!
Glorious Lord's Day in Edinburgh, worshiping with Chris and Jackie and their beautiful children, Julien and Eliza at Holyrood Abbey Church, Phillip Hair preaching a fine sermon from Matthew's account of the Day laborers: god is Sovereign, God is gracious, God is persistent...
We then had a fine lunch at the Tolbooth, formerly prison for Covenanters from 1661-1688, a sobering place to eat a Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-56831063453769287222011-07-03T00:14:00.000-07:002011-07-03T00:14:55.183-07:00Appendicitis in EdinburghPlease pray for one of our teen travelers who began having sever abdominal pains while we were staying at Saughy Rigg Farm at Hadrian's Wall. She went on the extended wall hike, and was a trooper at Melrose Abbey, and she was game to stomp the moors at Rullion Green. After settling into our hotel in Edinburgh and a visit to the martyrs monument at the Grassmarket and to Greyfriars Abbey, her painDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-309116428728982592011-07-02T15:07:00.001-07:002011-07-02T15:07:34.344-07:00Hadrian's Wall "night" walkDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-10633452881439189592011-07-01T11:02:00.000-07:002011-07-01T11:02:40.494-07:00ancient Roman fort, St Nicholas Newcastle, Hadrian's Wall trek!After a full-English breakfast, we set off for Vindolanda, I reading a chapter from HOSTAGE LANDS, a farmer out working his sheep with an all-terrain vehicle in the moorlands as we passed (no kidding). At the fort, I talked to Robin Birley's son Andrew while he supervised a couple of dozen volunteers digging at what they believe to be a refugee camp built beside the fort. A few months ago they Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-53473332420850602842011-07-01T00:24:00.000-07:002011-07-01T00:24:32.368-07:00DALRY, ANWOTH, THREVE CASTLE, HADRIANS WALL!First we visited Dalry, Galloway, where Duncan's War all began. Standing before the Gordon aisle of the old kirk, I read the episode where Duncan and Jamie sneaked into the 'popish' kirk and saw George Henry light himself on fire with his incense. That was one of my favorite episodes to write (ideas from a high church service at York 10 years ago).
From there we (that is, Richard) drove to Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-22053595551832391652011-06-29T14:59:00.000-07:002011-07-13T17:33:24.576-07:00Amazing day! Barr Castle, Airds Moss, Loudon Hill, Strathaven Castle, Loudoun Keep prayer meeting at Loudoun ParishAmazing day! Barr Castle, Airds Moss (Richard Cameron died here), Loudon Hill (Wallace 1305, Bruce 1307, and Drumclog nearby June 1, 1679), Strathaven Castle (Covenanter prison, garrison of dragoons), Loudoun Keep (of Rebels Keep, April 1685 rescue of 8 Covenanters) prayer meeting at Loudoun Parish (great blessing hearing the saints pray for their benighted church; David Randall talked with our Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-70623491824098802732011-06-29T01:31:00.000-07:002011-06-29T01:31:40.982-07:00Cute Scots Kids! Steel grandchildrenHad tea with the Steel clan at Kevin and Gillian's new home overlooking the Irvine valley and the hills and moors surrounding it. It's difficult to describe the Steel family, but words like love, warmth, family-togetherness, come readily to mind when you've been with them. By the way, our Gillian gets her name for their Gillian.
Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-67738562717135783642011-06-29T00:45:00.000-07:002011-06-29T00:45:42.836-07:00Rev Paul Walker playing piano at Glasgow (Cathedral) High KirkDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-66001394244146725702011-06-28T13:48:00.000-07:002011-06-28T13:48:57.451-07:00DAY 1: Glasgow High Kirk (Cathedral), St. George's Tron; NecropolisAbsolutely beautiful, blue sky, warm sun day. Three of our folks had mechanical problems and had to return to Philly; they arrive, Lord willing, via Manchester tomorrow evening; 'The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.'
Then we visited St. George's Tron where Sinclair Ferguson preached, and Eric Alexander, and where William Phillips now ministers. We learned more about the Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-64716488401327541332011-06-28T09:58:00.000-07:002011-06-28T09:58:34.402-07:00CHERYL IN A BUBBLE: You've got to see Cheryl (my wife) at Falkirk Wheel! The Falkirk Wheel is amazing Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-25224354572828686032011-06-27T13:11:00.000-07:002011-06-27T13:11:12.032-07:00Tour begins tomorrow morning! Great day todayGreat day exploring with Eric and Irene. Revisited Rullion Green and confirmed that we can get the coach reasonably close to the battlefield. As an aside we visited the Falkirk Wheel--an amazing feat of engineering that flips canal boats down a huge drop onto a lower canal. Quite a ride. Organized things with Rev Geoff Redmayne of Fenwick Kirk, who agreed to speak with our folks tomorrow Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-65019044755172226302011-06-27T00:56:00.000-07:002011-06-27T00:56:23.826-07:00Crisis in the Church of ScotlandWe enjoyed sweet fellowship with the saints at Loudoun Parish Church in Newmilns, Ayrshire yesterday. David Randall preached from Jeremiah 25 and II Kings 25 in the morning, and from John 18, Jesus in Gethsemane in the evening worship service. Christ was honored and the gospel was proclaimed in this pulpit, but alas, not so throughout most of the Church of Scotland. The clerk of the Kirk session Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-7159694964642235542011-06-25T14:22:00.000-07:002011-06-25T14:22:15.187-07:00On the ground in rainy Scotland
Fresh images of Glasgow Cathedral
Cheryl and I arrived in Glasgow after what seemed like pretty long flights. Sure is fun having my wife along on these trips, though she's pretty tired after not sleeping hardly a wink the whole way here (she says I slept lots...)
We checked out some things at the Glasgow High Kirk, formerly the Cathedral--important foundational first stop for our tour Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-59775978075509442202011-06-23T22:52:00.000-07:002011-06-23T22:52:49.648-07:00Off to Scotland! Crown & Covenant Tour begins (for us)After a flurry of final packing, checking on reservations at hotels and restaurants, making sure we have every piece of every day of the tour in order, we're about to hit the sack. We invite you to follow the tour on this blog (begins officially June 28th, though we may do a post or two before then). We appreciate your prayers for the tour, for the families that are participating, young children Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-31052250922955256772011-06-20T21:36:00.000-07:002011-06-20T21:36:13.920-07:00INKBLOTS June 20, 2011, Mens Writing Group<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-38783622580627307212011-06-15T12:57:00.000-07:002011-06-15T12:57:56.720-07:00Early excerpt of my Anglo-Saxon who-done-it. Just underway<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-7067459920253681032011-06-08T07:30:00.000-07:002011-06-08T15:00:56.569-07:00INKBLOTS... Did I ever get beat up by these clowns!INKBLOTS – June 7, 2011
Spewed out the 2000 Vin de Pays d’Oc (sorry, Monsieur Sarkosy), unfit for dressing arugula (grimacing shiver). Napa Valley comes through again: Chateau Saint-Jean Merlot, fire on the grate (yes, we had a day of summer-ish weather last week, sort of, but not tonight). David K received word back from Writers’ Edge reading service, which approves only 3% of submissions, and Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-12724120164100589662011-05-28T12:01:00.000-07:002011-05-28T12:01:26.814-07:00Introducing New Website: HYMNS FOR THE NEW REFORMATION
Christina Rossetti
As I neared the end of writing the four-book Mr. Pipes series a few years ago, I decided it was high time I practiced what I was 'preaching' about hymns and hymn writers, and hymn WRITING. Writing that first hymn (The Lord, Great Sovereign, which I had Drew anguish away at writing in the Accidental Voyage), was one of the most challenging things I have ever attempted to writeDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-5940162091562701782011-05-25T11:00:00.000-07:002011-05-25T11:00:21.898-07:00INKBLOTS Men's Writer Group, May 23, 2011John brought another French wine from Nimes, where his daughter and son-in-law and grandkids live. I shared from my day Saturday at a writing teachers’ seminar for high school English teachers, where I developed (or began developing) a talk on the foundations of good writing, all this when I had had enough hearing about the abysmal failure government funded education is.Doug M led off with a new Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-69093653284000222762011-05-09T11:21:00.000-07:002011-05-09T11:21:52.304-07:00Correction! CHRIST-CENTERED RELATIONSHIPS audio correctionOops! There was an incorrect link on my recent message at the CHH Conference, CHRIST-CENTERED RELATIONSHIPS audio; This should be the correct one. This was the talk that prompted a number of intense conversations, and some email follow-ups, so I wanted to make sure and get this corrected.
Speaking of Christ-centered relationships, my son pictured at left with Gwenna his new baby daughter.Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-38586697789259964542011-05-08T22:46:00.000-07:002011-05-08T22:46:46.344-07:00Covenant HS Art Field Trip, Pacific County CourthouseQuite a time on the Art field trip! Heaps of rain--the weather that pleased the Lord to give us. But really a great time on the whole. After a bonus visit with judge Michael Sullivan, of the Pacific County Courthouse, who showed us through his courtroom and chambers, we discovered that the CHS bus was hurting, big time. Thanks to the Willapa Bay School District who rented us a bus and driver, we Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-50273112476412538632011-04-30T21:50:00.000-07:002011-04-30T21:50:31.716-07:00So Many rich conversations with readers at the CHHC todayOne after the other, I had so many conversations that blessed me at this conference in Redmond, WA, conversations about grace and Christ and his glorious gospel of free, unmerited grace and the dangers of slavish legalism for us who have discovered homeschooling. My youngest son, Giles, was my manager, even signing books (under his name on the dedication pages). I spoke yesterday afternoon on Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-44160499579312902592011-04-29T22:21:00.000-07:002011-04-30T20:42:14.195-07:00Speaking at Christian Heritage Conference, Redmond, WAHad a great time today at the Christian Heritage Home Educators Conference in Redmond, WA. Michael and Susan Braderick are the organizers (though they always graciously and quite sincerely defer credit to their board and committees) of this growing conference. It was fun having Cheryl and Giles and Gillian go up with me Thursday evening for the opening dinner and to set up our book exhibit.
My Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-38842402098242994602011-04-25T20:16:00.000-07:002011-04-25T20:16:15.118-07:00Grandpa-hood, only a few hours into it, but glorious!
My son Rhodri with his daughter Gwynna (shared birthdays)
The first text warbled in at about 12:20 this morning. Contractions getting stronger and closer together. Then off to hospital at 2:00. Updates landing regularly from 3:15 on. My wife and I prayed together for strength and grace for Rhodri and Tori. Then the long-awaited news came: Gwenna Rose Bond was born at 5:08, April 25, 2011, whichDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-53996102571313413162011-04-18T22:09:00.000-07:002011-04-18T22:09:42.917-07:00THE THUNDERING (working title... I'm open?), an excerpt<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-34042782284326797782011-04-18T21:56:00.000-07:002011-04-18T21:56:17.667-07:00INKBLOTS - I got huge help on a problem form the fellows tonight!<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-42354518516247954122011-04-18T14:51:00.000-07:002011-04-18T14:51:33.415-07:00BEISNER on post-normal science and environmentalism<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-32627731522557153172011-04-15T16:50:00.000-07:002011-04-15T16:50:35.346-07:00Thoughtful Polish Roman Catholic Reader Living in DubaiI received this kind and thoughtful criticism from a Polish Roman Catholic reader who lives with his family in Dubai. I thought I would share it and my response with other readers.
I am a father who is currently reading your books ‘Stand Fast’ and ‘Hold Fast’. I am a Polish Roman Catholic who lives and works with family ( 2 boys, 1 daughter) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I came across your Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-23418381450061618072011-04-15T14:28:00.000-07:002011-04-15T14:28:17.380-07:00E Calvin Beisner's Thursday evening lecture was riveting<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-19696157119618044212011-04-08T08:36:00.000-07:002011-04-08T08:36:43.788-07:00INKBLOTS tackles some tough writing problems last night<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-73408300396231926212011-04-01T14:40:00.000-07:002011-04-16T13:12:38.693-07:00My freind Cal Beisner speaking in Tacoma and Gig Harbor!Come hear author E Calvin Beisner preach Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Rosedale Reformed Bible Church in Gig Harbor. Service begins at 10:50. You won't want to miss this opportunity.
As I see things, Cal is a rare combination of warmth, biblical and theological orthodoxy, and encyclopedic knowledge. He has testified on theology, ethics, science, and economics before both houses of the US Congress (Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-2361759656353381432011-03-29T15:40:00.000-07:002011-03-31T09:53:41.826-07:00Sneak preview of a way-too-kind endorsement of my Knox biographyDear Greg (Bailey, Executive Editor, Reformation Trust),
I'm so glad to see this book going into print. I hope it will familiarize many with the life of this godly and much misunderstood man. I don't know Douglas Bond, although I sometimes feel as if he is a member of my family! My boys have grown up reading and re-reading and re-reading his books. Many's a Sunday afternoon we've smelled the Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-31879501652364606792011-03-21T22:07:00.000-07:002011-03-22T06:16:57.672-07:00INKBLOTS, listen in on our men's writing groupINKBLOTS – March 21, 2011John S brought along a favorite French wine (acquired on location, Cotes du Rhone); fire on the grate. I led off with a few paragraphs from my friend T David Gordon’s book, Why Johnny Can’t Preach, on cultivating the significant through slowing down and reading and seeing through the eyes of poetry. Surrounded by a chaos of noise and image, we are less and less able to Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-73805494327145350602011-03-17T09:47:00.000-07:002011-03-17T09:47:05.466-07:00My friend Ian Hamilton's new book: The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy: Drifting from the truth in confessional Scottish churches(Amazon review) How do strong confessional churches that seem to be doing all the right things drift inexorably from the truth. What is clear from Ian Hamilton’s fascinating study is that it doesn’t happen over night but it is a gradual erosion of theological and doctrinal standards.
Nineteenth Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-85550424353405973382011-03-09T15:14:00.000-08:002011-03-09T15:14:52.874-08:00Audio of sermon preached 3/6/2011 Sheridan, WyomingALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, II Chronicles 26:1-23 (link to audio of Bond sermon preached Sunday, March 6, 2011, First Baptist Church, Sheridan, Wyoming)Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-28500233349221733042011-03-08T11:47:00.000-08:002011-03-08T11:51:50.842-08:00GREAT COMMISSION at 30,000'--theory or practice?After a snowy, bouncy ride in one of those turboprop airplanes that were designed by a sardine cannery from Sheridan to Denver, I was ready to relax. I had a wonderful time with the brothers at Camp Bethel, Wyoming, had taught four sessions (1 1/2 hours each) through the book of Job, then preached Sunday morning at First Baptist Church, Sheridan. It was a blessed time of fellowship for me, but Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-76292037220147754152011-03-08T10:39:00.000-08:002011-03-08T10:39:01.588-08:00Camp Bethel Men's Retreat, Sheridan Wyoming -- JOB
March 4-6, 2011. Lots of snow! I’m sitting at the tiny airport in Sheridan, Wyoming, snow falling steadily since Saturday evening. My flight has been delayed three times now, and I’m beginning to wonder if I’m going to make it home tonight. “The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.”
I have been graciously and colorfully hosted by two wonderful families, both headed by Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-80443809075943411992011-03-03T09:05:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:05:10.900-08:00Read a sample of THE MIGHTY WEAKNESS OF JOHN KNOX<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-5484016772704211212011-02-28T15:17:00.000-08:002011-02-28T15:17:49.047-08:00Speaking at Men's Conference, Sheridan Wyoming, March 4-6, 2011JOB’S RUIN & GOD’S REDEMPTION: Discovering Christ in the Book of Job. Topics for the four sessions are:God Sees Job (Friday night) Job’s Contrary Comforters (Sat. Morning) Job’s Confronting Comforter Sat. Morning) Job Sees God (Sat. afternoon Registration fee: $50.00*
Attendance will be limited to the first 100 paid registrations receivedCamp Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-20033079759115488452011-02-28T07:27:00.000-08:002011-02-28T10:11:13.843-08:00INKBLOTS Men's Writing Group for FebruaryINKBLOTS – FEBRUARY, 2011 (pictured at left: Johann Gutenberg in Gutenberg Square, Strasbourg, France, his birthplace)
Italian red, fire on the hearth, five men. John S leads off reading a portion of a manuscript written by a former student of mine at CHS. Alisa writes “Help Wanted,” sign read by Callie, in front of an import company, the Phelps family in Rosalind, WA. Callie gets a job tutoring Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-41386072744797542152011-02-21T13:39:00.000-08:002011-02-21T13:39:20.241-08:00John Knox novel completed at last! Here's a sample<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-54297999294625433282011-01-17T21:32:00.000-08:002011-01-17T21:32:56.054-08:00INKBLOTS Men's Writer GroupINKBLOTS –January 16, 2011Blustery evening (better for getting the creative juices flowing), fire on the hearth. John brought along a 2004 red from Nimes, where his daughter and son-in-law live in France, where the best preserved Roman coliseum in the world is. I led off with one of my favorite paragraph from Abolition of Man. He could have said. We are a civilization that produces people who Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-33448276700914095982011-01-11T14:23:00.000-08:002011-01-13T15:19:50.038-08:00Bond Interview with John Horn for Ballantyne The Brave, Vision Forum 1/7/11Douglas Bond is an excellent Christian author who has written many boys' historical fiction novels, some of my favorites being Hostage Lands and the Crown and Covenant Trilogy. Mr. Bond graciously allowed me to interview him on the subject of writing, and I think his answers will be both interesting and instructive to BTB readers. Enjoy!
Mr. Bond, thanks so much for participating in this Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-317579583554843472011-01-04T15:27:00.000-08:002011-01-04T15:58:43.227-08:00Endorsement of WILLIAM THE BAPTISTJames Chaney, republication (P&R Publishing) of WILLIAM the BAPTIST, 19th century classic. See sample of the Erasmus-like dialogue below. Here's what I wrote about this imaginative book on the Reformed view of baptism:“With warmth and imagination, Chaney uses an engaging story-telling method, winsomely guiding readers through the Bible’s teaching on baptism. William the Baptist is an enlighteningDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-13165598446637950762010-12-20T22:39:00.000-08:002010-12-31T18:08:10.580-08:00INKBLOTS, Merry Christmas men's writing gatheringINKBLOTS –MERRY CHRISTMAS!December 20, 2010Ode to a Desert EagleThis handy piece of heat is nifty,A hulking, hand-held cannon .50… (okay, sorry, I’m done)John Schrupp brought along his desert eagle to show off to the boys, impressive piece of work. But now onto our literary purposes. I’m sitting by the McComas’s Christmas tree, composed of polyurethane green spiny things, built-in lights, a Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-69194127772786469272010-12-17T09:40:00.000-08:002010-12-18T11:12:40.115-08:00MERRY CHRISTMAS! New Carol Hymn, Douglas BondLooking for something else on my computer two nights ago, I came across fragments of a Christmas carol effort I had begun last year but never completed. I completed it yesterday, December 16, 2010, and thought I would share it with anyone who cares to take a look at it. Needs a Long Meter (LM) tune.
What wonder filled the starry night When Jesus came, who is the Light! I marvel at His Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-47433352663591249342010-11-16T10:33:00.000-08:002010-11-16T10:35:00.529-08:00INKBLOTS Men's writing gathering, November
INKBLOTS – November, 2010Wind is blowing hard, rain, dark evening, fire crackling in the sitting room at the McComas’ home, and while I was reading chapter five of The Thundering, a novel on John Knox, branches, good-sized ones, fell on the roof and everything suddenly went black--power outages all over the region, including chunks of Tacoma, especially northend where we live. Crossing the Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-70804475797740508452010-11-13T11:29:00.000-08:002010-11-26T15:13:09.633-08:00Join us for a SCOTTISH REFORMATION evening, November 27, 2010In that after Thanksgiving lull, come out and commemorate the 450th of the Scottish Reformation, 1560-2010!
Where? Gig Harbor Library, Peninsula Room (same location as Calvin last year)
When? Saturday evening, November 27, 2010 -- 6:30 pm
Who? EVERYONE! Free and open to the public.
What's going to happen?
1. Authentic Scottish Shortbread
2. BAGPIPER: My son Rhodri Douglas Bond Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-80098393374241265062010-11-09T15:04:00.000-08:002010-11-09T15:11:14.975-08:00Bringing the Gospel to Covenant ChildrenI was asked to read Joel Beeke's excellent little book, BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO COVENANT CHILDREN, and endorse. I thought I'd share a few excerpts and my endorsement here. I wrote of the book (before editor revisions):
“In language every parent can understand, Joel Beeke demonstrates how presumptive regeneration and hyper covenantalism can bar our children from Christ and the gospel and tragicallyDouglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-63544037176617284862010-11-06T21:16:00.000-07:002010-11-06T21:16:47.808-07:00Thoughts on Job and ChristI've been meditating on Job again (finalizing a childrens book in verse on Job), and as I was reading Sinclair F with my son Desmond tonight, it struck me. Maybe I'm wrong, but there's heaps more going on in Job than what appears at early readings (for me anyway--I've been known to be sort of slow on the uptake). Is it valid to say that Job is a prototype and foreshadowing of the humiliation Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285107836377965529.post-44975648059111999992010-10-26T07:33:00.000-07:002010-10-26T10:23:38.058-07:00INKBLOTS, Crispin's Day Meeting 10/25/2010INKBLOTS 10/25/2010 (my dearest wife’s birthday—what am I doing hanging out with the guys at Inkblots, you ask? Why not out for a nice dinner with my beloved? She’s at Bible Study Fellowship tonight)
I opened reading my friend John Ford’s intriguing poem The Cloak, an imaginative versified tale of Paul in prison longing for his scrolls and cloak. The men sat very still through a number of lines Douglas Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179692766783349444noreply@blogger.com0