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Monthly Archives: December 2008
perigree moon
closest biggest brightest most awesomest full moon of the year.
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Tagged 300mm, austin, austin texas, d300, full moon, moon, nikkor 300mm f4 AF, nikon, nikon d300, perigree moon, texas
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Will and Power
like I said, when you refuse to submit to God’s way, what you are left with is will and power. What do I want and how do I find a way to get it. Check this out. I love it … Continue reading
God is God, not your girlfriend or boyfriend
Jonathan Dodson hits on something that bugs me too about some contemporary christian songs. God is not properly the subject of a sappy syrupy love song that could just as easily have been sung about our then current crush when … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary christian music, God's love, God's wrath, jonathan dodson
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newsweek's stab at hermeneutics
I don’t know how many are aware of Newsweek’s recent cover story regarding homosexual marriage and how the Bible’s “values” support it, but it was quite something. If you have some time to kill and want to read a good … Continue reading
foto friday
moon over the capitol dome the same moon this morning. a wider shot
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Tagged austin, austin texas, d300, full moon, moon, night, nikkor 300mm f4 AF, nikon, nikon 18-200mm VR, nikon d300, photography, texas, texas capitol
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theology in church?
Yesterday Todd Burus put up a post regarding his church’s general lack of receptivity to learning deeper theological points. let him explain what he means: As someone who teaches frequently across several ages in the church, probably the largest complaint … Continue reading
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Tagged arguments in church, conflict, exposition, scripture, teaching, theology
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another thought for the day
Charles Spurgeon from Reformation 21: “Winter in the soul is by no means a comfortable season, and if it be upon thee just now it will be very painful to thee; but there is this comfort, namely, that the Lord … Continue reading
More Pursuit of God
another quote from Tozer’s first chapter that precedes the one I mentioned below by a few sentences says: The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the throbbing heart … Continue reading
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Tagged A.W. Tozer, communion with God, confession, david, Psalm 32
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the pursuit of God
In our men’s Bible study on Tuesday mornings we have started the book The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer. On page 14 of my copy, Mr. Tozer says this: This intercourse between God and the soul is known to … Continue reading
what is christmas?
love this video. That’s Christmas! from andy pearce on Vimeo. hat tip to Adrian Warnock
thought for the day
here is a cheerful thought for the day from the Ikonograph. The ironic thing here is that we don’t grow unless we hurt. Pain makes us evaluate what it is we cling to, and God wants to teach us to … Continue reading
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Tagged discipline, growth, ikonograph, maturation, suffering, trials
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a bit of Tim Keller
Darryl Dash interviews Tim Keller here and here. they are short and interesting so go take a look. here is a tease from part 1: The evangelical Church is bitterly divided into groups that say, either we should change the … Continue reading
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Tagged contextualization, darry dash, justin taylor, the gospel, tim keller
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video sunday
John Piper on learning to love God’s sovereignty [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BByHE5o7qMs&hl=en&fs=1] and here he is on the supremacy of Christ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYGLl0gO1dk&hl=en&fs=1] and a fascinating ten minutes on evangelism. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0tAfrPlNq8&hl=en&fs=1]
red door furniture
by the tire store this morning was a place where we bought a baby bed a long time ago. wonder how long it has been out of business. I wonder if the property will be put to any use. reckon … Continue reading
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Tagged 28mm, 50mm, 50mm f1.4D, d300, decay, furniture store, nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300
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poinsettia
trying another direct upload now that wordpress 2.7 is out.
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Tagged 105mm, christmas, d300, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, poinsettia
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more on the Shack
Resurgence has posted Scott Lindsey’s thorough review of The Shack. It is the best one I have seen yet at taking the problems with the book head on from scripture. Bookmark the page and go back to it anytime someone … Continue reading
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Tagged scott lindsey, the shack, tim challies, william p. young
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D.A. Carson
Here is a quote from D.A. Carson via Vitamin Z about why Christians are surprised by suffering. Here is his first reason: We may get the balance of Scripture wrong. We remember the wonderful triumphs of Joseph, Gideon, and David; … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Jeremiah, joel osteen, prosperity gospel, suffering, your best life now
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foto friday
Here is a reworking of a christmas tree some more christmas cheer
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Tagged 50mm, 50mm f1.4D, 50mm f1.8 AF, bokeh, christmas, d300, nikon, nikon d300, photography
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we must get this
here again is a link to John MacArthur’s two part message on God and evil. if you only have 25 minutes, then listen to part two only. Unfortunately, the free listening of the message is no longer available. They cost … Continue reading
church planting
Two interesting links that I ran across yesterday. Both of them are in this post by Reformissionary and the Dan Kimball article was also mentioned in this post by Chris Marlow. The question I have is about church planting. Mark … Continue reading
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Tagged acts 29, dan kimball, mark driscoll, missional church, preaching, teaching
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background noise
Tim Challies has a great post on technology and its role in our lives. The whole thing is worth reading, but here is an excerpt to get you started. In our culture we have allowed ourselves to become notoriously busy. … Continue reading
two views of the gospel
While we are at Ramblin’ Pastor Man’s place, check out his post quoting J.I. Packer on two views of the gospel. Here is the clearest list of the differences that I have yet seen. Go read the conclusion that follows … Continue reading
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Tagged arminianism, calvinism, elect, free will, sovereignty of god
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two lines at once
Ramblin’ Pastor man has several quotes from Charles Spurgeon posted. Go take a look. I especially enjoyed this bit here: Not only are there a few cardinal doctrines, by which we can steer our ship North, South, East, or West, … Continue reading
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Tagged charles spurgeon, dan lowe, election, faith, free will, predestination, ramblin' pastor man, sovereignty of god
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