Words of wisdom from Proverbs: Don’t waste your summer!
If you missed it, the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Holy Bible has undergone some minor revisions this year. Its publisher, Crossway, has not released a list of changes, but a blogger Rick Mansfield has released a list of verse changes:
As the Rick has noted, the revision includes changes of spelling or grammar, and a few reflect mild theological change.
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Today’s Music Monday features what I believe to be one of the best, new praise songs of the year. The lyrics are biblical and God-centered, creating a clear image about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ… and hopefully, it could become a long-standing statement of what it means to shine for Christ in a dark and broken world.
It was first released on Matt Redman’s latest studio-recorded CD, Beautiful News, and the live version here is from Passion07. Here is the song, Shine.
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“This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness,
not health but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise.
We are not yet what we shall be but we are growing toward it.
The process is not yet finished but it is going on.
This is not the end but it is the road.
All does not yet gleam in glory but all is being purified.”
-Martin Luther
I read this article @ CT and I cannot for the sake of me bring to mind any women I know who would date to have fun, date to learn, or date just to experience things. Everybody seems to date for the purpose of marrying. I cannot believe I am reforming my theology in the purpose of dating too… I truly, cannot believe it LOL! Am I really the only one considering to jump on the other boat?!
“You just said that we ought to date a lot of people to learn and grow and all that stuff, but I really disagree,” said a woman seated in the first row at one of my seminars. “I don’t have time for that.”
“What do you mean, ‘You don’t have time for that?’” I could tell the questioner was young and energetic. What could she mean that she didn’t have time for dating? Usually you hear that from someone worried about his or her age in some way, such as a man worrying about putting down roots or a woman worrying about her biological clock. Maybe that is what she meant, I thought.
“I don’t have time to waste on dating someone whom I couldn’t see myself marrying. If he doesn’t have the potential for a serious relationship that could lead to marriage, I don’t want to go out with him.”
“What’s your hurry?”
“Well, I’m forty-two, I’ve been married once before, and I want to be married again. I don’t have time to waste.”
“I don’t get it. You are only forty-two. It’s not like your life is over. What’s your hurry?”
“Well, I just don’t have time for all this dating. I only want to go out with someone I could marry. Isn’t that the purpose of dating? To find a mate?”
“NO! NO! NO!” I said, literally jumping up and down on the stage. If I could have screamed louder without breaking the microphone, I would have. “That is not the sole purpose of dating! Haven’t you heard anything I’ve said?”
“Well, I just couldn’t believe you were really serious about dating just for dating. I date to find a mate.”
Apparently, the 2007 SBC Annual Meeting found this issue to be of significant importance to have a resolution resolved about it. And praise be to God, it speaks volumes to my heart that God is calling you and me to do this very thing.
WHEREAS, The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. Frank Page, has reminded Southern Baptists of God’s call to humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways so that our land can be healed (2 Chronicles 7:14); and
WHEREAS, Spiritual awakening and renewal are not possible where pride, disobedience, bitterness, enmity, and strife exist (Isaiah 59:1-2); and
WHEREAS, The Scriptures teach us that we should “be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:8-9, HCSB); and
WHEREAS, God’s Word teaches, “All bitterness, anger and wrath, insult and slander must be removed from you, along with all wickedness. And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ” (Ephesians 4:31-32, HCSB); and
I am the worst sinner I know. But by the grace of God I am doing better than I deserve. (About me...)
