Dear the Void,
You have been so empty. I’m beginning to wonder if you even care about me any more. Please remind me why I subscribe, and tempt me with imminent and glorious posts.
Sincerely,
And Then You Die
Whispers and Flames
Whisperers Feed Fires
Quarrelers Inflame Fires
Whisperers Eat Fires
And look for the soon forthcoming, Fools Play with Fire.
Not to read or study at all is to tempt God: to do nothing but study, is to forget the ministry: to study, only to glory in one’s knowledge, is a shameful vanity: to study, in search of the means to flatter sinners, a deplorable prevarication: but to store one’s mind with the knowledge proper […]
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The Graduate makes an excellent case that the church is a body, not a business. My favorite paragraph:
It seems that if someone sees a weakness in the body, he treats it like a messed-up fast food order. He is displeased and complains to those around him. He may just deal with it for a while, but […]
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We found out yesterday via ultrasound that Maggie and Calvin are having a little sister in October. Of course we’re excited about having another girl in the house, though I can’t claim to share Mo’s enthusiasm regarding its effect on cloth diaper coloring.
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The Everett Herald featured a great article today about Grant Weinberg as a walking miracle. (The write-up ran on the front page of the printed version). We started following this story the day it happened and praise God again for His goodness.
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In case my last post left you feeling a little down, let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Now is perhaps the best time ever to be a Christian college student, especially if you’re in Lynchburg, VA because Chuck Norris is your graduation speaker.
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Here’s a great start to a new series on a gospel vision for the rising generation of young people. From someone who’s in the thick of parenting and pastoring youth:
living for the glory of Christ is not on hold until you are eighteen or twenty-one. There is a way for six-year-olds to make much of Christ […]
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It’s only taken me three years, eight months, and twelve days to post the pictures of our first short term trip to Germany. You can only imagine how glad I am to finally cross that off the task list. So enjoy almost 400 images of the 2004 Berlin team traveling, serving, touring, and at fellowship.
And even […]
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This afternoon at Starbucks the barista compared my outfit to the sun in a bright blue sky. I responded that no one would ever make that comparison with my personality, so I’d take what I could get.
A snippet from David Powlison on whether we should really call it a “quiet time”:
The Bible never teaches or models prayer either as inner silence or as mantra.
His article provokes my thought, and even more so, my commitment to out-loud praying.
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How to Destroy Unity
A seminar on how to study the Bible, October 11. Click here for more info or to register online.