January 2012
1 post
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to...”
– Matthew 10:34-39
December 2011
1 post
my beanie is cooler than yours.
November 2011
3 posts
“If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is...”
– Genesis 4:7
“Fasting reminds us that we are sustained ‘by every word that proceeds from the...”
– Richard Foster
Jude 24-25
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.
October 2011
3 posts
“it requires faith to act toward God with an open hand, but surely He deserves it...”
– spurgeon
“But if God knows what things we have need of, before we ask him, where lies the...”
– john calvin on matthew 6:8
“In religion, prayer is almost always about petition. For the religious man,...”
– matt chandler
September 2011
3 posts
andyideas:
Be Thou My Vision - Andy Hull
“Repentance is the daughter of hope and the refusal to despair.”
– St. John Climacus
“The general meaning is, that however difficult, or severe, or troublesome, or...”
– John Calvin’s commentary on Matthew 5:29
July 2011
1 post
Right Away, Great Captain! - Blame →
andyideas:
(From The Church Of The Good Thief)
May 2011
5 posts
New Listener Print
Listener and Foley show on friday. i’m totally going to be there.
i typed out some scripture and there was a slight error in what i typed out.
To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning colas on his head.”
i guess it would have the same affect. it may be more appropriate.
Sadly, Bin Laden never got to hear 'Simple Math'
jonathancorley:
Now streaming at http://www.themanchesterorchestra.com
Solve the puzzle.
April 2011
2 posts
“How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail...”
– Abraham Lincoln (via mcdzl)
i was reading where Jesus tells people not to be anxious about what they’ll wear or eat. as i read i thought: “this is my argument against dressing up for church. don’t worry about what you’ll wear. there ya go, mom. boom. i win.”
and then the Holy Spirit pressed on my heart and said: “I am talking to you. you worry way too much about what you’ll wear....
March 2011
10 posts
“You are alive; You are reigning
You have risen; You have saved me
You’re...”
– no one like you - tadd tatum
“trying to prove God is like defending a lion, homey. it don’t need your...”
– G.O.S.P.E.L.
Watch
babel - valley maker.
newspring puts on an incredible conference every year for church leaders. the student ministry break out sessions are always incredible. this year i was reminded of a lot of things.
but the one thing stood out above the rest: continually speak the gospel over students. preach scary grace.
that isn’t revolutionary. that isn’t ground breaking or earth shattering. that is basic. the...
lenting
i have given up meat for lent with the purpose and intent of growing closer to Christ.
i'm going to be a father. →
and as i continued reading the book of jeremiah, i felt like that obnoxious person in the movie theater yelling at the person on the screen to “not open that door” and “look behind you” and “don’t be a fool.”
read this and tell me that everything in you doesn’t want to yell at the screen.
persistence patience
a lot of times, when i read the bible, i think that prophets prayed and God immediately answered their prayers. and maybe that was the case sometimes, but jeremiah 42:7 says:
at the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to jeremiah.
he prayed for ten days before he ever heard an answer from God. the immediacy that i expect God to answer my prayers with didn’t even take place in the...
February 2011
12 posts
rude awakening
unbeknownst to laura beth or myself - my dog crapped her back this morning. how? i have no idea. but she cuddled up in the bed with me and left streaks all over the comforter.
it wasn’t the best way to start off my day.
“For thus says the Lord: david shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the...”
– jeremiah 33:17-18
simple math. →
pyramid scheme is being pitched four feet to my left. a large part of me wants to tell the two victims girls to run. too bad they have already swallowed the bait.
i am kind of joking but completely serious
i got a shake weight as a joke for christmas. it has been sitting in my bedroom, unused. i haven’t exactly gotten around to any kind of regular exercise lately. so today - i’m going to start a thirty day shake weight challenge.
six minutes a day. thirty days. i’m going to be ripped.
#getaroom
maybe if i don’t look at them they’ll just go away. if i don’t acknowledge them they’ll stop. if i get up and go to the bathroom they’ll be gone.
nope. none of that worked.
romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
i use this verse all the time. i feel like it is a super important verse for people to hear and to learn and to grasp. we are all sinners. we all fall short. but have you read this verse in the context of romans 3? i’m sure you have. but do it again. read romans 3:9-26 and be blown away. verse 23 isn’t a gloomy verse. it is in...
“people are stupid.”
– donny kauffman
i typed out an email to a friend of mine where i was going to copy and paste a tweet and then make fun of the person for their foolishness. but then i realized that it was nothing more than gossip and me being a jerk. so i deleted it.
but seriously - prone to wander? yea. that’s me. prone to do anything to try to get a laugh even if it means tearing down others.
January 2011
19 posts
it reaches to the skies
i was reminded of the eternal faithfulness of God today. and as i read through a list of psalms that mention faithfulness (biblegateway is my friend), i am amazed.
i try to have profound thoughts. but the faithfulness of God has blown me away today.
i guess i never really understood the importance of an inside voice. but now that i am around some people who don’t have one, i realize that my elementary school teachers were on to something.
“the reason the world doesn’t take the church seriously is because church...”
– @tylertatum
if i’m typing a sentence and i notice that i misspelled a word toward the beginning of the sentence, i will backspace everything in order to get to the mistake. pointing and clicking on the error would probably be a better idea, but i can’t help it.
the guy beside me is talking about chemistry, and he is definitely divulging his plans to make some sort of bomb.
then again - i almost failed chemistry. i have no idea what he is talking about.
“the church year is not the marking of one luculent, passing moment in the midst...”
– joan chittister - the liturgiacal year.
trash. →
lady at panera was wearing this t-shirt. wow.
Watch
mtbailey:
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…”
In Christ, we have nothing on our lives now but mercy. All-encompassing, never-ceasing, love-driven mercy.