I know that there are book recommendations everywhere and there is only so much time. So I don’t recommend books too quickly. But a book that I was given for Christmas (and had finished by the next day) is one you might want to consider reading. Polishing God’s Monuments: Pillars of Hope for Punishing Times,… Read More »
I read this story today; it’s on a number of websites including this one. The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70… Read More »
I know that one doesn’t usually go to Bible dictionaries for faith-strengthening encouragement, but I found this to be a well-stated reminder: “Finally, the theme of joy that runs throughout Philippians has had a profound influence on Christians through the centuries, drawing them back to this letter again and again. Here one learns that joy… Read More »
John Piper gives a prayer for the election. Here is a 4-minute video summarizing the differences between McCain and Obama on the issue of abortion. It matters. Here are some details on exactly what Obama will destroy if he becomes president with a Democratic Congress. HT: Jonathan Moorhead UPDATE: I’ve heard that anyone can walk… Read More »
In the midst of an email a friend wrote the other day was this sentence: It’s amazing… even in Indonesia alone, New Tribes Mission would love to have 100 new families today to send into new tribal works of people who have never been reached. I thought, is that true? I mean, in just one… Read More »
Tommy Bosworth, a former IBEXer, a former travelmate to Turkey, and now a fellow student at DTS, went to the Desiring God conference last weekend on the Book of Job. He sent out a recommendation to some friends to watch the videos, and he listed some things that he learned. He has given me permission… Read More »
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me (Romans 7:15-17).… Read More »
Watch Ryan Ferguson recite Psalm 145. This guy has memorized a lot of Scripture. Here’s one pilot that you hope you don’t have the next time you fly the friendly skies. I think I started a new phase in life last week, when I started signing emails “Dad.” You thought you had every Bible, but… Read More »
How can we learn contentment? (J. R. Miller, "The Hidden Life" 1895) "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am." Philippians 4:11 How can we learn contentment? One step toward contentment, is patient submission to unavoidable ills and hardships. No earthly lot is perfect. No mortal ever yet in this world, has… Read More »
So what do I do all week? Feel dumb. Last Friday I read hermeneutics and felt dumb. Monday I studied Isaiah and felt —-. Yesterday I studied the New Perspective on Paul and —- —-. Today in class, yup. Actually there was a bright moment, when, for about 10 seconds, I thought, hey, I’ve heard… Read More »