January 2011
1 post
Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so...
– C.S. Lewis (via christinewearsprada)
August 2010
1 post
April 2010
1 post
A discussion I had with myself when I saw an...
Question: What keeps an airplane up in the air?
Answer: The laws of physics.
Question: Who set those laws in place?
Answer: God.
Question: Isn’t there an alternative to that?
Answer: Yes, random chance.
January 2010
13 posts
Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels he’s finding his place in it but...
– C.S. Lewis (via derekthornton)
If you talk to God you’re religious. If God talks to you, you’re psychotic.”
– Dr. Gregory House, from House M.D. (via silentrefraction)
December 2009
29 posts
What comes to mind when you think about God is the most important thing about...
– A. W. Tozer, opening sentence of The Knowledge of the Holy (via christianity)
It was not always clear to me that pursuing God’s glory would be virtually the...
– John Piper, “Don’t Waste Your Life” (via coryw)
Mere Christianity Online →
derekthornton:
This is a must read…I have read it a couple of times thru and always come away with something new from it.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value;...
– C.S. Lewis (via sunshinemusings)
Surely what a man does when he is caught off his guard is the best evidence as...
– C.S. Lewis (via jessxmaxine)
John MacArthur on the Emergent Church pt2
joecaruso:
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John MacArthur on the Emergent Church pt1
joecaruso:
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Wesley and Men Who Followed - A Review
dribex:
John MacArthur refers to Iain Murray as “my favorite biographer.” It is hard to disagree with his evaluation of this modern patriarch who ministered with Martyn Lloyd-Jones and helped to found the Banner of Truth Trust. Murray is known for his biographies of such Calvinist stalwarts as Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Lloyd-Jones, John Murray and AW Pink. In this volume he turns his...
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of Java...
– grignard - User Profile although I’m sure it has its origins elsewhere. (via 86400)
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings...
– The Bene Gesserit Littainy against Fear (via jcleto)
The reason for our confusion [about the Bible] is that we usually read the Bible...
– Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods (pp36-37) (via lifeinthestory)
Just thinking
Is religius skepticism normal for a college student to undergo? Not that he rejects his beliefs but rather he questions why he believes them. Not that he rejects his faith, he questions the basis of his faith.
He knows deep within him that Christ is the only way to salvation, there’s no doubt about that. He just questions the sets of rules placed around him. Whether or not Christ really...
Random thoughts
Why?
Why is there anguish within me?
Why is there jealousy seething?
Why can I not quiet my fears?
Why?
Why do I wish to be part of her?
To laugh, and joy and revel with her
But I stand apart, alone
A stranger
Who am I to take part in her life?
Who am I indeed? Unremarkable
Average, everyday-mundane
That’s me
Why must I love her without reserve?
Why must I pour my heart at her...
Insecurities
Why do I feel so insecure?
All of us are, but mine’s different
No matter what you say-
I feel worthless, I try to change
But- nothing happens
November 2009
2 posts