a journal about life in the shadow of the cross of Christ...
Earlier this week John Piper announced the plan to expand TBI (The Bethlehem Institute) into an accredited college and seminary at Hope Commons, the new home of Desiring God. I am writing this letter to express my amazement and joy over what God appears to be doing with this ministry. Nothing here has been precipitous. [...]
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Despite eight years of new life in Christ, my poor, guilty soul still becomes overwhelmingly anxious at times. A dark cloud comes and just sits over my head, not letting any hope from God’s promises or past faithfulness get through and restore my joy. And it’s my fault. It’s unbelief and sin. God never intended [...]
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Question: What is your only comfort in life and in death? Answer: That I am not my own, but belong — body and soul, in life and in death — to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the [...]
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Question: What is Prayer? Answer: Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies. Source: The Westminster Shorter Catechism – Question 98
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Jesus’ final demand is that we never lose sight of the global scope of his claim on the human race. He is not a tribal deity. He is the Lord of the universe. Every knee will one day bow, either willingly or unwillingly (Matthew 25:31-32). All judgment is given to him (John 5:22). The demand [...]
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The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious pleasure that makes Christ look like the Treasure he is. —Don’t Waste Your Life Sticker Via: Desiring God Blog
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Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success. —Fortune cookie from my favorite Asian restaurant
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God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. The wasted life is the life without this passion. God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work not to be made much of, but to make much of him [...]
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