a journal about life in the shadow of the cross of Christ...
In the quest for purpose, we must distinguish between proximate and remote purposes. The proximate refers to that which is close at hand. The remote refers to the distant, far-off, ultimate purpose. The football player’s proximate goal is to make a first down. The more remote goal is a touchdown. The even more remote goal [...]
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Racism isn’t just anti-human or anti-American, it’s anti-Gospel and anti-Christ. —Burk Parsons Via: Twitter
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It is a most miserable human thing to overlook the daily extraordinary acts of God as mere coincidences and pleasantries. —Burk Parsons Via: Twitter
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Update: You can listen to Dr. Mohler read this article: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Dr. Mohler posted a helpful article today regarding the recent disaster in Haiti. You can read the original article here. The images streaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno. The scale of the calamity is [...]
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Great post today from the J.C. Ryle Quotes website: The true Christian is called to be a soldier, and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a [...]
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On this date in 1937, J. Gresham Machen passsed away. He was a remarkable theologian, a prolific writer, and the founder of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He also played a leading role in the founding of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, a reformed Presbyterian denomination. Dr. Darryl Hart, who has written a biolography of Dr. [...]
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It is not death to die To leave this weary road And join the saints who dwell on high Who’ve found their home with God It is not death to close The eyes long dimmed by tears And wake in joy before Your throne Delivered from our fears O Jesus, conquering the grave Your precious [...]
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On a dark Friday afternoon two thousand years ago, an itinerant preacher and miracle worker hung on a Roman cross just outside the ancient city of Jerusalem. A small crowd gathered to observe the agonizing death of this man who, with His claim to be the very Lord of the universe, had aroused the ire [...]
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Let us all pray daily for faith and courage to confess Christ before all men. Of sin, or worldliness, or unbelief, we may well be ashamed. We ought never to be ashamed of Him who died for us on the cross. In spite of laughter, mockery, and hard words, let us boldly avow that we [...]
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Men entertain thoughts in private, and say words in private, and do acts in private, which they would be ashamed and blush to have exposed before the world. There is an all-seeing Witness with us wherever we go. Lock the door, draw down the blind, shut the shutters, put out the candle; it matters not, [...]
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