Archive for July, 2008
Friday, July 11th, 2008
At the core of the Gospel that so many of us affirm is justification by faith: we are justified externally not based on our own merits but based on Christ's merit - he was punished for our sin and he lived the righteous life we could never live.
It's easy for ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Piper, from here:
As I mention these five steps in Matthew 26:37 and following I want you to fix in your mind what it is that threatens your tranquility most, what it is that causes despondency or disheartened feelings to rise most often in your own life. What’s the shell that ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Ever mean to rebuke somebody over email but accidentally send it to a listserv or a list of listservs? Ever written an email like this? (completely modified to protect the guilty):
from [redacted]
to [redacted]
cc CBS-L@cornell.edu, CCFIV-L@cornell.edu, CHIALPHA-L@cornell.edu, COAH-L@cornell.edu, CRUSADE-L@cornell.edu, FCA-L@cornell.edu, GCF-L@cornell.edu, NAVS-L@cornell.edu, PRAYERVINE-L@cornell.edu
subject Re: [redacted]
hey [redacted],
don't send things to all the listservs. You should only ...
Posted in Web Applications | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
One of the great things that happened at the Cross is our justification. Without justification, we have a two-fold problem: we are sinful, and thus deserving of punishment, and we are unrighteous, and thus not deserving of eternal life. Jesus solves both of these problems... listen to Paul explain it:
For ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
What I've read so far (in approximate order):
Preaching & Preachers by Martyn Lloyd-Jones - I started reading this over winter break, read a handful of chapters over the course of last semester, and finally finished it this summer. It talks a lot about the life of a preacher, how preaching ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Stop looking at those sketchy ads on Facebook. They're not going to help you find a wife (or a husband). They are going to tempt you.
Flee from sexual immorality. - 1 Cor 6:18
How? Block them all.
0. You need Firefox. Get it here.
1. Go here and install Greasemonkey by clicking the ...
Posted in Web Applications | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Every Tuesday night, people from church go out into downtown Minneapolis to do contact evangelism. Daniel and I have been going with them for the last month.
Tonight, God's hand and God's plan were clear.
The car we were in was rather delayed... leaving church, for a few reasons, about 15 minutes ...
Posted in Misc. | 2 Comments »
