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I just posted something about how to treat our trials right.  This topic came to the forefront of my mind, because I’ve been listening to Matt Chandler’s podcasts a lot lately. Since Thanksgiving he has gone from completely healthy (to his knowledge), to having daily radiation and chemo treatments for a cancerous brain tumor.  [...]

Last night I started to read “Keeping the Heart” by John Flavel. He was a Puritan who knew the depths of trials and knew what it meant to properly shepherd your heart. I mean not only did he write a book on it, that book was reprinted some 300+ years later. But I’m not writing [...]

This last week I was talking to my pastor about the doctrines of grace.  I made the statement that I have no idea how to explain them in under 7 minutes.  He agreed with me and told me it was nearly impossible.  He then spit out this sentence (Matt Kellso paraphrase, I wish I was [...]

By creating sin, God made a way for us to reduce our enjoyment of Him today, so we can enjoy Him infinitely in eternity.
Therefore saying God didn’t create sin is blasphemy, because you’re saying God would limit His Glory and defy His own personality.

I was reading Challies blog about entertainment today.  It lead me to a Q & A with Piper.  There was a quote in there that struck me with prioritizing my life and time.  Check it:
…think about your death. Think about your death a lot. Ask what you’d like to be doing in the season of [...]

I think this is the second time I’ve quoted Shaq on this blog. I’m beginning to wonder about myself, however, I was just watching an interview with him and Steven A Smith on espn.com and he says this (at about the 3 minute point of the video below),
Long time ago, 12 years old, one [...]

Have you ever felt like everyone is indirectly trying to tell you something? Or maybe it’s just God putting the same message in front of you over and over?
Like say, on Sunday, your pastor, we’ll call him “Scott Maxwell” teaches a lesson on Luke 22. He discusses the problems with doing things on [...]

Once again Piper puts Tuesday into perspective. He has an uncanny ability to say exactly what I need to hear. I’m sorry I posted about the election, but in light of the content here, I feel like it is a good reminder to believers as election day approaches. Thanks Russ for turning [...]

I was reading Calvin’s Institutes this evening and came across this great quote from I:I:1-2
The knowledge of ourselves not only arouses us to seek God, but also, as it were, leads us by the hand to find him….Again, it is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked [...]