Why do we watch the world series? Why do we watch gymnastics when the Olympics roll around? Why do we go to the Grand Canyon? Why do we go to the Alps? Why do we go to the ocean? Why do we want to get near bigness and beauty and magnificence and excellence? It’s because [...]
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Why do we watch the Olympics?
Posted in quotes, tagged piper, olympics on August 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Imagine this world
Posted in quotes, tagged macarthur on August 8, 2008 | No Comments »
“Imagine a world where justice always prevails, where righteousness and goodness is the rule and dominates, where there is total and lasting peace, where joy reigns, a world where health is widespread and somebody who dies a hundred years old, dies a baby, a world where children can play in snake pits and lions and [...]
Prayer and drive-thru ordering
Posted in Prayer, quotes on August 6, 2008 | No Comments »
“Christianity is not a solo sport, and prayer is not a trip through the Burger King drive-thru, where we shout into an inanimate receiver, wait a few moments, and thene receive a bag of goodies we ordered to “have it our way.”-What is a Healthy Church Member?, Thabiti Anyabwile
God’s grace means. . .
Posted in Christian life, quotes, tagged grace, paul tripp on August 1, 2008 | No Comments »
“God’s grace means that I can rest assured that I’ll have everything I need to be what he wants me to be and to do what he wants me to do in the situation in which he’s placed me.
I’m no longer restricted to the limits of my own strength and wisdom. By his grace, I’ve [...]
Think about it!
Posted in quotes on July 30, 2008 | No Comments »
“God’s eternal decree to save is greater than man’s sensual desire to sin.”–Steve Lawson
“A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot…… That is the truth of our lives. God made us, redeems us. provides for us. The natural…. logical response for that is praise to God.”–Augustine
“The heart of the human problem is the [...]
God’s promises are true!
Posted in Theology, quotes, tagged packer, quote on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
“God’s promises are true: circumstances change but God never does: “Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a a kind, equable man may turn bitter, crotchety man; a man of goodwill may grow cynical and callous. But nothing of this [...]
Living under annoyances
Posted in hope, quotes, trials, tagged calvin, quote on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
“We can patiently live at present under toil, hunger, cold, contempt, disgrace, and other annoyances; contented with this, that our King will never abandon us, but will supply our necessities until our warfare is ended, and we are called to triumph. . .Since then he arms and equips us by his power, adorns us with [...]
When earthly aids fail us
Posted in Christian life, quotes, tagged calvin, quotes on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
“Whenever, then, earthly aids fail us, let us learn to recumb on God alone, for it is not by a host or by might that God raises up his Church, and preserves it in its proper state; but this he does by his Spirit, that is, by his own intrinsic and wonderful power, which he [...]
A little thing
Posted in quotes, tagged hudson taylor, quote on July 14, 2008 | No Comments »
“”A little thing is a little thing but faithfulness in a little thing is a big thing.” –Hudson Taylor
