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Archive for September, 2007
Desiring to Do What is Right
Have you ever wanted to do something, and yet there was this thing inside of you that held you back from doing what is right? Whereas if you actually had the ability to do God’s will, you would do it — but somehow, life just doesn’t turn out the way you want it to?
That’s [...]
Phriday Photos
Remembering and praying for friends back home…
Oh, I miss those days when life was soo simple!
When the timing is right
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to [...]
MacArthur vs Pagitt on Yoga
I wasn’t planning on posting this, but Pagitt’s responses made my blood boil.
(HT: Pulpit Magazine)
Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate
While we’re on the topic of hamartiology and in relation to my previous post, here’s an new book coming out that bring a fresh perspective to how we deal with refined sins:
Respectable Sins:
Confronting the Sins We Tolerate
by Jerry Bridges
(According to Amazon, Delivery estimate: November 8, 2007)
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Navpress Publishing Group
(Published on 09/15/2007)
ISBN-10: 1600061400
Book [...]
The Ultimate Steal
Don’t have the $400+ to pick up a copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007? It looks like the software maker has decided to take pity on you — if you happen to be a college student.
Microsoft is offering an “Ultimate Steal” promotion allowing college students to pay just $60 for the software. I’m not sure [...]
Book Lovers: Alert!
Amazon.com is currently in the midst of a remodeling! Coming soon, a revamped design — helping book lovers everywhere to more easily find the books they oooh soo want!
(HT: Shahine)
How many times have you committed adultery today?
I have been reading over Matthew 5:27-32 very slowly, over and over, studying this section of the Sermon on the Mount concerning lust and divorce for the purpose of tracing out the prepositions for my New Testament I class.
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say [...]
A Tale of Two Mikes
Yay, I talked to lost people today!
And it’s funny how that just rhymed But it felt good to say that… unnervingly good, like I actually made a difference in the world today. Let me tell you the story, if you would bear with me…
During the dinner hour earlier tonight, I got to [...]
Music Monday
Today’s Music Monday features Jordin Sparks — the season 6 winner of American Idol. At 17, this makes her the youngest winner in American Idol history. She has a good vocal range, but of course, nothing compared to my dear Carrie. I’ve been playing her first single, “This Is My Now“, from [...]
Why I wish I was home
Bradd Pitt madness!
(Photo by wvs)
Huge crowd waiting for hours for the arrival of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The screening of Pitt’s latest movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was at Elgin Visa Screening Room as part of 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
Convicted of Sin, Convinced of Grace
A prayer and reflection on Psalm 38
O LORD my Lord,
You are majestic in all the earth!
It has been a long while since I have last written and you know well of the reasons of such distance. “I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.” Your word at times like these have [...]
Benediction and Doxology
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Jude 1:24-25
Confessions of a Reticent Seminarian
This past Labor Day weekend was the least productive weekend so far in my seminarian career. Whereas I usually spend about four hours reading/studying each day on the weekend, I was barely able to spend two hours reading on Saturday and Sunday, if it all. And thus, Monday was spent playing catchup to [...]
Vast As The Ocean
The following is an excerpt from Pastor Tullian Tchividjian’s recent blog post titled What is love? on his church’s blog.
For those who don’t know, Tullian is the grandson of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham
(Emphasis below in italics are Tullian’s; bold is mine.)
From one perspective, true love is downright dangerous. In his book The Four [...]
September Giveaway
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Music Monday
Robbie Seay Band’s new album, Give Yourself Away, features progressive melodies and raw, insightful lyrics rooted in Jesus’ call to service. The first single, “Song Of Hope,” was the second Most Added on R&R’s Christian AC Monitored chart for the week of August 3, and was also one of the Most Added on R&R’s Christian [...]
Redemption through the Promised Seed
Abraham’s theological horizon must be taken more seriously into account. The initiative of the divine grace with Abraham must be recalled. The covenant relation as one of confirmed promise must be understood. Isaac must be seen not merely as Abraham’s son whom he loves, but as his only son (Genesis 22:2); not [...]
3:16
A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions. If you know nothing of the Bible, start here. If you know everything [...]
Together we stand
You’re not alone, together we stand
I’ll be by your side, you know I’ll take your hand
When it gets cold and it feels like the end
There’s no place to go, you know I won’t give in
no I won’t give in
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Keep holdin’ on
‘Cause you know we’ll make it through–we’ll make it through
Just, stay strong
‘Cause you know I’m [...]
Soul Awaiting in Silence
A prayer and reflection on Psalm 62
LORD my Lord,
You are my rock and my salvation, the God in whom I trust, my help in times of need. Though the world around me should shake and crumble, you are my fortress and my dwelling place! My body and my soul shall not be shaken, [...]
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