some thoughts

Alexander Pope (1688-1744):
“A little learning is a dang’rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.”

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Today (Saturday) all of my self-love and pride and vanity became a number. Before I knew it I was kneeling before it in worship. It was not the number, of course [1 Corinthains 8], but the person whom it represented: me. I am painfully aware that there was (is!) more pride in my heart than […]

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This being Holy Saturday, (at least on the Roman Catholic church calendar,) I thought this might be worthy of some meditation today:
“Easter Sunday in the Christian calendar is the day on which the Resurrection of Jesus from the Crucifixion (on Good Friday) [took place]. The day in between is Holy Saturday, and is also […]

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“I think, therefore I am,” (or, cogito ergo sum if you’re more familiar with the Latin) was the only thing René Descartes felt he could say with any certainty. Everything else got swept away in the wake of his philosophical skepticism (i.e., everything else could be doubted away). His ‘final apologetic’ for his own […]

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Just a quick photo test. (More photos here.)

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After two years or so of reading a paragraph every few weeks, I’ve finally made it through John Owen’s (87-page) Of the Mortification of Sin in the Body of Believers, etc.. I took Edwards’ advice and read with pen in hand (er, laptop on desk) to record anything that came to mind or thoughts to […]

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Well, it’s official.
I’ve made this blog public. Not sure how you found it, but welcome. There isn’t any candy coating here; I’ve been through some dark days and some glorious days–it’s all here. Feel free to browse the archives, leave comments, challenge, etc. Just be gentle; when I wrote most of these I didn’t intend […]

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In his recent book One Thing, Dr. Sam Storms quoted from Soren Kierkegaard’s Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing. I haven’t read it (Kierkegaard’s), but from the passage quoted in the front of Dr. Storms’ book, I’m pretty sure that I disagree with his main idea.
I do so because no one wills one […]

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I have neither the time nor the words to express what happened this past weekend. The Lord spoke to me and through me. The illustration and imagery I ‘received’ just before speaking knocked me to my knees and I literally streamed tears as I praised my saviour–my rescuer, my hero. It was as it should […]

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