Some Thoughts

Amazon.com: Books: Exposition of Hebrews It seems I can get pretty caught up in owning books rather than reading them. It’s that damnable book-lust rising up again…

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“And so all Israel shall be saved.” —Romans 11:26 [show] [26]And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"; the literal translation is “and in this way all Israel shall be saved.” Many people think this verse just means [...]

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“Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.’” [Jeremiah 16:6] “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” [Psalm 37:4] Sometimes the universe just feels…empty. [...]

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“The Sovereignty of God is the fountain that feeds the stream from which the TULIP springs.” What I got from Edwards’ End For Which God Created the World (and from its little brother, Piper’s The Pleasures of God), was exactly that – the purpose or goal for everything. That being the head, it trickles down [...]

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The job of pastors is to feed sheep with clean bread and give them sweet drink from the vine; it is to lift up the hands that hang down, and to strengthen the weak knees. Pastors are laborers in the Lord’s vineyard, and the Truth is both the sharpness of the pruning shear, and the [...]

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John Piper’s Book, Life as a Vapor, has been in the bathroom for the past month or so. A great little book; many great meditations in it. Though I keep running into thoughts that I had before I read them in his writing–It seems that, having been won to his ‘top-level- axioms, I’ve let them [...]

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I wrote awhile back that I don’t think I’ll ever become a cessationist. Perhaps I don’t know what cessationism is. Vern Poythress’ work, Modern Spiritual Gifts as Analogous to Apostolic Gifts… is helpful–perhaps cessationism only means that the canon is closed, and that when a man speaks, he is not absolutely authoritative as were the [...]

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That the early church had everything in common is not necessarily a recommendation, only a historical fact. We learn later on that they were all broke and needed help from the other churches. Let each supply his own need, and be liberal and generous with what he earns. just a thought.

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“You are good and do good…” [ Psalm 119:68 ] I have to admit that Jim Elliot is a modern hero of mine. If you’re not familiar with his life—and particularly his death—I’d highly recommend reading either Through Gates of Splendor (by his wife, Elisabeth Elliot), or The Journals of Jim Elliot (edited by his [...]

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I think it’s humorous and tragic, all at once, for those who poo-poo the reading of books–especially old ones–on matters of faith. We sit under human preachers every single week, and listen to human teachers on tape and television–how in the world is this any different from reading human teachers in a book? I am [...]

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