July 2011
1 post
on teaching children law before they know Jesus
“Why then the law?
It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made..”
(Galatians 3:19)
April 2011
1 post
the kind of fasting
6 ”No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. 7 Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
(Leviticus 16:6-7)
March 2011
2 posts
He suffered according to God's plan.
18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. (Acts 3)
23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. (Acts 2) 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” (Luke 24)
27 for truly in this city...
He didn't defend Himself.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7)
62 And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. (Matthew 26)
12 But when he was accused by...
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
9 posts
“Pay close attention to what you are doing while you work, for precision in small...”
– from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
As seen at Always Order Dessert
on Raw Milk →
“Let me guess, you have concerns regarding raw milk. Well I’m here to tell you to get over it, in a really polite and respectful way. I too had some concerns and turns out, surprise! my concerns were fueled with false information. So I’m here to set the record straight, super straight, on the basis of my experience with the Family Cow.”
“A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.”
– C.S. Lewis (as seen here)
“Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the LORD, “You are...”
– Psalm 16
“If I could just get to the place in my life where all I wanted was whatever God...”
– Tom Elliff, A Passion for Prayer
December 2010
10 posts
“HOPE believes that this God of love, power and wisdom is on our side. It exults...”
– Ben Patterson, Waiting—one of the best books I read all year; I am so glad I ended 2010 with it.
“Show me a person who has had no struggle with waiting, whose faith has known no...”
– Ben Patterson, Waiting
“I cannot tell you the reason you are waiting and suffering as you are. But I am...”
– Ben Patterson, Waiting
“We have it sunk deep into our collective cultural consciousness that Christmas...”
– Matt B. Redmond @ The Gospel Coalition Blog
November 2010
4 posts
Watch“I Am New” by Jason Gray
“So, the next time God surprises you, don’t doubt his goodness, faithfulness, and...”
– “The Gracious Rescue of Surprises,” Paul Tripp
“In Christ, your pain, even if delivered by a “messenger of Satan” (2 Corinthians...”
– Desiring God blog
“Blessed are all those who wait for him.” God promises that if you wait...”
– John Piper, on Isaiah 30
October 2010
1 post
“20 “When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the...”
– Deuteronomy 6:20-25 ESV
September 2010
5 posts
“Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle. And...”
– Nancy Leigh DeMoss
“Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in...”
– Alexander Maclaren
“Could you, therefore, work miracles, you could not do more for yourself than by...”
– William Law
August 2010
1 post
“Faith opens your eyes to something greater and something better … Faith...”
– Paul Tripp
July 2010
5 posts
“Whether for correction or for his land
or for love, he causes it to happen.”
– from Job 37
“When we speak of ‘God,’ ‘truth,’ ‘glory,’...”
– David Dark, Everyday Apocalypse
“To wait is even harder than to adventure. The hardest time of all is the time in...”
– William Barclay, in his commentary on Hebrews
June 2010
7 posts
“I just pray that God would infiltrate my mind and my heart so that I won’t...”
– my favorite e-mail today.
BEAUTY
I’ve been doing a little Bible study on beauty and want to remember stuff. These are some notes for me.
1. PHYSICAL BEAUTY IS NOT BAD.
We are made in the image/beauty of God. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27)
The Bible describes many people as physically beautiful.
(H3303 - yapheh, adjective, fair,...
Love is:
never
tired
of
waiting.
from I Corinthians 13, Bible in Basic English
“Therefore,
as God’s CHOSEN people,
HOLY
and DEARLY LOVED:
clothe...”
– Colossians 3:12-14
“We have a deep desire to understand the beginning from the end. Everyone likes...”
– John W. Ritenbaugh
May 2010
10 posts
“Blessed is the woman who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in His...”
– Psalm 112, TLB Paraphrased, via someone’s Facebook status this morning. (I want to remember it)
Last night of LOST
I just want to say: I have loved the last six years of LOST. Because of the conversations it’s provoked, the questions it’s raised, the complexity of the characters, the community of fans and, mostly, because a story about redemption is more beautiful than a story about innocence.