February 2012
8 posts
WatchLudmilla, an Ambassador with her own embassy.
WatchThis was shown at the recent Verge Conference. A teenage girl, Por, who lives and serves God in Thailand. Powerful.
*Note for Pastor Brian’s small group: insert tomato seedlings in place of nail polish.
"When you come, bring the cloak that I left, also... →
solideogloriaa:
We do not know what the books were about, and we can only form some guess as to what the parchments were. Paul had a few books which were left, perhaps wrapped up in the cloak, and Timothy was to be careful to bring them.
Even an apostle must read.
He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has…
Painting of Saints Peter and Paul by (after) Jusepe De Ribera.
The Apocalypse-the definitive view.
The book of Revelation, quipped Ambrose Bierce, is “a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.” And G. K. Chesterton wrote, “Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.”
-Carl E. Olson from...
Being Led or are you just waiting to find out if...
I like to ask God to lead me, too. I’d be happy if his wisdom would get around to recognizing the raise and promotion I could use. But the more serious I get about being led, the seamier the conditions into which he leads me. Unlike Gideon I’ve never thrown out a sheepskin, but an old 40% cashmere sweater did once follow the dewpoint exactly — and besides, the cats got at it. Signs ain’t...
“Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans...”
– ― Miroslav Volf
Race, idols and savings.
Tim Keller quoted in a Christianity Today article, here:
People look at people who are different and see them as inferior and deserving of their problems. It’s a way of feeling better than others, because our hearts don’t want to rest in the gospel of grace. Power is another idol, because justice requires being involved with people of other races and sharing power with...
“Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to...”
– -J. I. Packer