Thursday, August 14th, 2008
God gives us many good gifts, but it is easy to treasure gift above Giver.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
How many of you have sung the song Trading My Sorrows at church or youth group or camp or some conference somewhere?
I was thinking about it today, and I believe this is one of the most confused, potentially damaging songs that Christians use in corporate worship.
Why? It's teaching bad theology. ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
"The most God centered 3 minutes on YouTube." Also, this is the framework through which I view ministry at Cornell...
-Ben
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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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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I stumbled upon this website earlier today - it's a huge repository of quotes from Christian authors and pastors.
Some quotes that struck me today:
As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that ...
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