Union with Christ in his death and resurrection is the element of union which Paul most extensively expounds…if we are united to Christ, then we are united to him at all points of his activity on our behalf. We share in his death (we were baptized into his death), in his resurrection (we are resurrected [...]
Archive for November, 2007
29 Nov
meat puzzles
i have a strong aversion to meat puzzles. i also have a strong aversion to NCIS because of the gross episode I saw (which was apparently the worst episode in the history of the show). Well, as I’ve been applying the sermon from this past Sunday, that specific episode keeps coming to mind. It first [...]
28 Nov
Walking With God
by William Cowper
Oh! for a closer walk with GOD,A calm and heav’nly frame;A light to shine upon the roadThat leads me to the Lamb!
Where is the blessedness I knewWhen first I saw the LORD?Where is the soul-refreshing viewOf JESUS, and his word?
What peaceful hours I once enjoy’dHow sweet their mem’ry still!But they have left an [...]
27 Nov
I "heart" my church
in light of a post on the Na blog (http://www.newattitude.org/blog/entry.php?category=Application&id=390) here were some thoughts I had.
I didn’t always “heart” my local church. I didn’t even want a local church (or God, for that matter). I often say that my church found me. 4 years ago, my life was very different than it is now. It [...]
27 Nov
What Love is This?
“[Arminians] … say that the Augustinian tradition subordinates the love of God to the will of God … But this is not what distinguishes the Augustinian tradition from the Arminian tradition. The distinction is between intensive and extensive love, between an intensive love that saves its loved ones, and an extensive love that loves everyone [...]
21 Nov
Preciousness…
“Nothing teaches us so much the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides.” CH Spurgeon
20 Nov
Evening, November 19
“O that I knew where I might find him!”Job 23:3In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not “O that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part [...]
10 Nov
Oh, that I might know where I may find Him…
Job 23Job Replies: Where Is God?
Then Job answered and said: “Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. [...]
9 Nov
Everything
Lifehouse – Everything
Find Me HereSpeak To MeI want to feel youI need to hear you
You are the lightThat’s leading meTo the place whereI find peace again.
You are the strength, that keeps me walking.You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.You are the light to my soul.You are my purpose…you’re everything.
How can I stand here with [...]
9 Nov
1095 days
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ee73e63418003b47d7d5
I’m amazed at how much God can do in 3 years – 1095 days. yesterday was what would have been my 3 year wedding anniversary. So much could be written about this. I could fill a book with what God has done in the past few years. But I’ll simply say – God is gracious, [...]
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