That was random #26

“Think of someone today you really don’t want to forgive, but know the gospel is calling and will empower you to do so”–Scotty Ward Smith

“Just as you allot time to eating, sleeping, and business, so also allot time to prayer”.–J.C. Ryle

“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”- Corrie ten Boom

“Man differs little from man by nature, but he is best who trains in the hardest school.” -Thucydides quoting a Spartan

“To trust and obey is not just a well-known lyric; it is the heartbeat of a godly life.”–Nathan Busenitz

“God can provide far greater care of our children than we could ever pray for.” -Joel Beeke

“The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel.”–John Owen

“If your God’s child, you can live with hope and courage because your Heavenly Father knows exactly what you need. If you’re God’s child, you can live with hope and courage because your Savior rules over all things for his glory and your good. If you’re God’s child, you can live with hope and courage because you are the object of forgiving, empowering grace.”–Paul Tripp

“It’s absurd to defend a specific choice on the basis that it’s a choice. Not all choices are good— some are downright evil.”–Randy Alcorn

“The glory of God is nowhere more effulgent than in the face of Jesus Christ.”–John Murray

“Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the Scriptures assure us the Lord will provide”–Isaac Newton.”

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After 72 years together, they died holding hands

What a great story!  What a way to go!  Talk about an illustration of “till death do us part!”

Read it here.

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Insights into heaven

Our daughter Camille has posted on the theme of heaven.  She has been studying that theme for a few weeks in preparation for speaking to one of her college classes of ladies.  She relates some recent losses and trials those in her life have experienced and how that has helped her in thinking more about heaven.

She tells us why she wrote the post in this excerpt:

My hope is that in writing this, I have communicated to you how Scripture describes heaven in many ways, how it describes its current and future inhabitants, and how you should live as a person headed for heaven. My hope is that in reading this, you feel a new and fresh passion for heaven as a place where you will be united with God for all eternity. I ask you now to evaluate your desire for heaven. What is it motivated by? What do you expect from heaven? Do you long for it at all? How will what you know about heaven change your everyday life as a believer in Jesus Christ?

Read her post on what heaven is like, who will go there and how this information should apply and challenge us.

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We are still here: learning from Harold Camping

Answers in Genesis has a post relating to the most recent of failed predictions regarding Christ’s return by Harold Camping.  I commend the article to you to help you understand the difference between solid Bible interpretation and reading or importing one’s own ideas into the passage.  Here’s an excerpt of the whole article:

Camping was not the first to set a date for Christ’s return, nor is he likely to be the last. An important question must be raised: can we even know? Is it at all permissible? What does the Bible say?

One recurring theme in the New Testament is the idea that “The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night” (2 Peter 3:10).

The truth that Christ will come as a thief has two implications. The first is that He will come to judge those who are in darkness. Believers, however, are told, “But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief” (1 Thessalonians 5:4). Note the word “overtake.” The Greek word used is καταλαβη (katalabe), which literally means “catch” or “seize.” Christ will come as a thief to seize the unbelievers and take them to judgment.

The other implication is that we cannot know when that will be. Jesus stated, “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Luke 12:39–40). We as believers should be ready and waiting for His return, because we do not know when it will be. The exhortation of 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 is to be watching. Stay awake! If we knew the exact date, such a command would be irrelevant.

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