Posted in ONELIFE on Dec 30th, 2004
“First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” [Matthew 5:24] Part 4: When Sparks Fly Note: If you only have time to read one article today, skip this and read Schaeffer’s article recommended below. There is so much godly, practical wisdom in the Bible on handling conflicts. Here are a [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 29th, 2004
Tsunami, Sovereignty, and Mercy Those who say that Calvinists (or, those who hold to an “absolute” sovereignty of God) make God into a monster do an even greater injustice by making him into a weakling who lacks foresight. I believe that Scripture teaches (and I would greatly prefer) that God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent AND [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 29th, 2004
If you love Jesus, silence is hatred.
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 28th, 2004
Every time I hear someone reassure me that God is not ‘mean-spirited’ and that he is ‘a gentleman’ and that everything hangs on my freewill, I hear a man embarassed of God’s sovereignty, freedom, and grace. He apologizes for his greatness, in order not to offend me–he chooses rather to offend God. I feel many [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 27th, 2004
I’ve just finished Piper’s When I Don’t Desire God; what an amazing book. The best chapter in my state, was chapter 6: Fighting for Joy like a Justified Sinner (Learning the secret of gutsy guilt). What I appreciate so much about Pipers books, second to his penetrating and hallowing treatment of the Word, are his [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 26th, 2004
I’ve just ordered: – Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis;- God in the Dock, C. S. Lewis- The Journal of Jim Elliot, edited by Elisabeth Elliot;- The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien; and- Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer I hope to finish Piper’s When I Don’t Desire God and Part II of Bunyan’s [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 22nd, 2004
I’ve just finished Dostoevsky’s cryptic Notes from Underground. I can’t say that I fully (or even partially) understand it; but I can say that there are certain sections of the UG Man’s ravings which seemed to be frighteningly familiar: the paranoia, the suspicion, the cowardice, the ‘game.’ I would probably have gotten a bit more [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 16th, 2004
ESV Bible Online: Passage: Colossians 2:9 Fulness can mean either of quality, or of quantity. The fullness of God which dwelt in Christ was his qualitative fullness, not his quantitative fullness. For Christ, who is all God yet not all of God, died at Calvary. But God didn’t die. There is more (in quantity) of [...]
Posted in some thoughts on Dec 11th, 2004
I’ve been accepted to ELIC’s program for July of 2005, and they’ve asked to use my short essay answers in their marketing material. So that’s encouraging! I think I’ve decided fully against WTS. I am, however, now considering SBTS–if I go anywhere other than Wheaton (where I’ll go only if the Lord wills). Other than [...]
Posted in ONELIFE on Dec 9th, 2004
Part 3: I am your stepping stone “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering of sacrifice to God.” [Ephesians 5:1-2 [show] Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. [2]And walk in love, as Christ loved us [...]
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