Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
From here:
In the end, there will be only one commandment for God's servants to obey forever and ever: "Be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create" (Isaiah 65:18). For those who refuse to rejoice in what God creates, Jeremy Taylor, the seventeenth-century Anglican bishop, summed it up: "God ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Some notes/thoughts on Pastor John's sermon at KCCE this morning:
Title: The Help Of The Holy Spirit
Text: John 15:4-5, 16:5-15
We subtly take credit for our own spiritual growth
"Blessed are the poor in spirit" - we need a clear sense of inadequacy and insufficiency (and I would add, we need a clear ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Right now, in the good times and bad
You are on your throne
You are God alone!
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
David Powlison chimes in here...
I've known many people whose relationship with God was significantly transformed as they started to speak up with their Father. Previously, "prayer" fizzled out in the internal buzz of self-talk and distractions, worries and responsibilities. Previously, what they thought of as prayer involved certain religious feelings, ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
(by John Piper)
The answer is given in Philippians 3:7-8:
Whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
You have life given by God for this one main reason: Make Christ Look GREAT.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Some thoughts by Justin Taylor:
In listening to an old lecture recently by J. I. Packer, he made the comment that it was not until after the 17th century (as far as he could tell) that people started doing silent prayers and reading as opposed to praying and reading out loud.
For ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Often people ask me to recommend good sermons to listen to. Here is a spreadsheet with a long list of sermons, by men like John Piper, Tim Keller, and Mark Driscoll, sorted by topic, that you may find helpful or encouraging. (Note that this link is in the sidebar ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Some thoughts on Biblical thinking, decision making, and priority setting:
1. "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." - Philippians 1:21
As I'm writing this, I happen to be listening to the song "Center" by Charlie Hall. Here's the chorus:
Oh, Christ be the center of our lives
Be ...
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