February 2011
8 Tips for Talking to Kids about the Sermon →
joeholland:
They sit there next to you and their feet don’t even hit the floor. You’re thinking, “What, if anything of this guy’s sermon is sinking into my kid’s head?” And with that little thought you’ve already decided not to engage your child about the sermon. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Let me…
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to...”
– Ligon Duncan (via writehanz)
Anonymous asked: do you have someone that you are interested in right now?
Jim & Pam < Michael & Holly < Creed.
“We find it easy to agree mentally with the truth that we serve a powerful God...”
– Mary Southerland
God the Holy Spirit (regarding true believers)
God the Holy Spirit lives within our beings constantly. This ought to give us (a) a sense of security in our relationship to God, (b) a motivation to practice that presence of God, and (c) a sensitivity to sins against God.
- Charles C. Ryrie, “Basic Theology”
Anonymous asked: You are awesome! God bless you! Hope to know you more in the future!
That moment when you get caught staring at someone...
this-is-the-christopher-suh:
canofworms:
crazychronicals:
all errday
This is frequent nowadays..
Yea. Happens to me every now and then.
leoham: Spiritual Drought - Words from Spurgeon →
leoham:
A parched season spiritually has its own signs in the individual:
The soul experiences no benefit under the Word.
The man feels glutted with the gospel, and wearied with it.
He begins to criticize, carp, cavil, and despise the Word.
Soon he is apt to neglect the hearing of it.
Or he hears…
“Live as if Christ died yesterday, rose this morning and is coming back tomorrow.”
– Martin Luther (via writehanz)
All this talk...
All this talk/mention/pressure of how I need to:
- go places, do extreme once-in-a-lifetime things, search for adventure - eat good food, “drink” drink - spend time with friends and have a good time, make memories - look fresh with the latest gear - keep up with the trend, what’s “in”; - understand and appreciate the culture - “search for someone that will love...
Becoming Holy
“But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” - 1 Peter 1:15-16
God requires holiness and in Christ provides us the means to attain it.
As we have learned, God is holy, and absolute holiness is the standard for anyone who wishes to be in His presence. “God did not spare angels...
During the 1980s I lived in the beautiful farm country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Life there was pleasant in all respects but one: I never got used to the smell of manure. Pigs were by far the worst. But interestingly, though I found their odor disgusting, the pigs didn’t seem to mind in the least.
As J.C. Ryle has put it, “The very animals whose smell is most offensive to us have no idea they...
