Saturday, July 4th, 2009
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"Many people don't know what's wrong with their souls, and what's wrong with their souls is that their souls have shrunk to the level of their concerns. They're not concerned about the nations. We were made to get our arms around the nations, with God. ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Two recent Piper sermons, definitely worth watching...
Part 1:
Part 2:
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Piper describing George Whitefield's preaching, commenting on criticisms that Whitefield was merely "acting":
This was not a repressed acting. This was a released acting. It was not acting in the service of imagination. It was acting in the service of reality. This was not rendering the imaginary as real. It was ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
It is as hard to explain how this sunlit land was different from the old Narnia as it would be to tell you how the fruits of that country taste. Perhaps you will get some idea of it if you think like this. You may have been in a room ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Worth a slow, prayerful read (from here):
As far as any eye could see
There was no green. But every tree
Was cinder black, and all the ground
Was grey with ash. The only sound
Was arid wind, like spirits' ghosts,
Gasping for some living hosts
In which to dwell, as in the days
Of evil men, before ...
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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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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
From When I Don't Desire God (page 151), on how to pray over your Bible reading:
I—(Incline!) The first thing my soul needs is an inclination toward God and his Word. Without that, nothing else will happen of any value in my life. I must want to know God and read ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
I've been reading through 1 Kings for the last few weeks. Today I came across something that struck me as odd... and then it's oddness struck me as odd. Let me explain.
First Kings 18 is the famous story of Elijah vs. the Prophets of Baal... The prophets pray all day ...
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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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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
You have life given by God for this one main reason: Make Christ Look GREAT.
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