January 2012
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5 Lessons from Winston Churchill
The first lesson is: always aim high…
Lesson number two is: there is no substitute for hard work…
Third, and in its way most important, Churchill never allowed mistakes, disaster - personal or national - accidents, illnesses, unpopularity, and criticism to get him down…
Fourth, Churchill wasted an extraordinarily small amount o his time and emotional energy on the meannesses...
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“From graduation from college at twenty-one until I was twenty-six I waited for...”
– Elizabeth Elliot @ The Path of Loneliness (pg. 145)
Heart-stirring read.
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What the internet is doing to our brains ...
There are those who are heartened by the ease with which our minds are adapting to the Web’s intellectual ethic. “Technological progress does not reverse,” writes a Wall Street Journal columnist, “so the trend toward multitasking and consuming many different types of information will only continue.” We need not worry, though, because our “human software”...
December 2011
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“The question here is how the life of the mind relates to treasuring Christ - how...”
– John Piper @ “The Pastor as Scholar & the Scholar as Pastor” (pg. 49-50)
A poignant reminder: II Timothy 2:7
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Good Day
_ Revamped the reading plan for 2012 _ Went to Berkeley with Irvine kids _ Found a $20 3 volume set of Spurgeon’s Treasury of David _ Celebrated a King’s win with Warrior’s fans _ Almost died in intense fog _ My new Bible arrived!
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“God with us.” It is hell’s terror. Satan trembles at the sound of it; the...”
– CHS
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What's a burgomaster?
But the doctrine is the same, and it is the doctrine, the fundamental doctrine, of Protestant morality, from which the whole system of Christian ethics unfolds. It is the great doctrine of “vocation,” the doctrine, to wit, that the best service we can offer to God is just to do our duty - our plain, homely duty, whatever that may chance to be. The Middle ages did not think so; they cut a cleft...
November 2011
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“It is from this fearful bondage that Christ delivered His people: through His...”
– A.W. Pink @ Exposition in Hebrews (pg. 84) on Hebrews 2:15.
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“Faith is the great gospel grace. However, we still cannot forget that true faith...”
– CHS @ The Soul Winner (pg. 31)
Note to self: Talk is cheap, unless it’s to God.
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“We are told men ought not to preach without preparation. Granted. But we add,...”
– CHS via Ken Ramey @ Expository Listening (pg. 34)
I seem to have neglected an important duty as of late ..
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October 2011
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Adoption
Yesterday I was reflecting on the joy I feel when I see my sister receiving the full benefits of family, especially two loving parents, and it’s crazy to think that Christ has that kind of affection for us as the Son of God.
I know yesterday’s message was about the Father, but being a biological son, I was reminded of the unique yet imperfect insight I have into the heart of Christ....
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“Tom Carson never rose very far in denominational structures, but hundreds of...”
– D.A. Carson @ Memoir’s of an Ordinary Pastor (pg. 147-148)
I teared up at the end.
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“The error of justification by works is in trusting to the discipline of your own...”
– Dr. Martyn Lloyed-Jones @ Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure (pg. 211)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETjmCU0U7WE
^ One of a few videos I used to watch daily ..
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“Dearest Betty, I charge you in the name of our Unfailing Friend, do away with...”
– Jim Elliot @ Shadow of the Almighty (pg. 89, 55-56)
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“No one warns young people to follow Adam’s example. He waited till God saw...”
– Jim Elliot @ Shadow of the Almighty (pg. 50)
September 2011
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“This collection of what might be called ‘cautionary tales’...”
– Elisabeth Elliot @ Quest for Love (pg. 269)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iN_rXCiEBM
Sparknotes to the fastest read of all time ..
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“No one ever said at the end of his days, “I have read my Bible too much, I...”
– J.C. Ryle
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“Religious faith as evidenced by ordinary followers is the single strongest proof...”
– Christopher Hitchens in God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (via winfredluong)
By the manifold wisdom, amazing grace, and sanctifying power of God .. challenge accepted.
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August 2011
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“The question is not, “Am I good enough to be a Christian?” Rather...”
– Unknown
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"Let us Play the Man for Our People and for the...
Alexander: A church ceremony ... The baptism of the catechumens, but this looks a good deal too much like earnest! What were you doing down there on the shore?"
Mystery Boy: We were playing. It was the baptism of the catechumens. I was the bishop, and they were the catechumens.
Alexander: Are you a Christian?
Mystery Boy: Yes.
Alexander: What did you do?
Mystery Boy: I poured the water on them and said the words.
Alexander: What words?
Mystery Boy: (insert the formula in perfect greek)
Alexander: Did you pour the water as you said the words?
Mystery Boy: Yes.
Alexander: It is a dangerous game to play at. What would you say if I told you that you had really baptized them?
Mystery Boy: But I am not a bishop.
Alexander: Although the bishop usually does baptize the catechumens, it is not necessary that it should be a bishop, not even necessary that it should be a priest. What is your name?
Mystery Boy: Athanasius
Alexander: What would you like to be?
Athanasius: A priest.
Alexander: A bishop perhaps? You think it is an easy and a glorious life?
Athanasius: The blessed Peter was a martyr.
Alexander: Come to me this evening, and we will talk of this.
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“In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
– Proverbs 14:23
July 2011
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“I am far from affording this as any explication of this mystery, that unfolds...”
– Jonathan Edwards
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
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“It is not difficult to conceive that for many reasons a man writes much better...”
– Samuel Johnson
HT: Challies
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“Mercy standeth not at the Publican’s badness, nor is it enamoured with the...”
– John Bunyan @ The Pharisee and Publican (pg. 20)
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June 2011
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“What has been like water from the well of Bethlehem to you recently? Love,...”
– Elizabeth Elliot @ Passion and Purity (pg. 66)
Though it’s (oddly enough) my second time through the book, it still hits rather hard …
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“If all the idle people in the United States were to be buried in one year, the...”
– William A. Alcott @ The Young Man’s Guide (pg. 69)
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“As a common-sense conclusion, such as those to which we come about sex or about...”
– G.K. Chesterson @ Orthodoxy (pg. 103)
Regalvanisation …
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The Age of Show Business
Film, records, and radio (not that it is an adjunct of the music industry) are, of course, equally devoted to entertaining the culture, and their effects in altering the style of American discourse are not insignificant. But television is different because it encompasses all forms of discourse. No one goes to a movie to find out about government policy or the latest scientific advances. No one...
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Only One Life by C. T. Studd
winfredluong:
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“Q. What do you believe
concerning “the holy catholic church”?
...”
– Heidelberg Catechism, Q & A 54
I can’t wait to refresh my soul with this study … but finals first. =_=
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Finals.
But the doctrine is the same, and it is the doctrine, the fundamental doctrine, of Protestant morality, from which the whole system of Christian ethics unfolds. It is the great doctrine of “vocation,” the doctrine, to wit, that the best service we can offer to God is just to do our duty - our plain, homely duty, whatever that may chance to be. The Middle ages did not think so; they...
May 2011
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Who was right?
We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares.
But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less...
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“But the important matter was this, that it (Christianity) entirely reversed the...”
– G.K. Chesterson @ Orthodoxy (pg. 77)
“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probably explanation is that I was made for another world.” - C.S. Lewis
Let’s be good branches.
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“When we are asked why eggs turn to birds or fruit fall in autumn, we must answer...”
– G.K. Chesterson @ Orthodoxy (pg. 42-43)
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“Matthew Henry tells a story of a great statesman in Queen Elizabeth’s...”
– J.C. Ryle @ Thoughts for Young Men
y so srs? .. because life is serious.
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Lessons from My Childhood
Father Abraham had many sons, and many sons had father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you, So let’s all praise the Lord!
I keep finding that children’s songs are oft the most fun, the simplest, and quite theologically profound.
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“But for the moment it is possible in the same solely practical manner to give a...”
– G.K. Chesterson @ Orthodoxy (pg. 21)
He goes on to say, “The one created thing which we cannot look at is the one thing in the light of which we look at everything. Like the sun at noonday, mysticism explains everything else by the blaze of its victorious invisibility.”
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I...