February 2012
0 posts
Songwriting Weapons →
January 2012
6 posts
“Christianity is no more a bondage to men than wings are to birds.”
– O. Palmer Robertson
HT: Challies
Religiosity
I can be identified as “religious”.
“This” is either a self-imposed prison or a joyous outpour.
tetelestai →
OTS
Rolling
December 2011
3 posts
“What a man is on his knees before God, that he is—and nothing more.”
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne (didn’t know who it was by for the longest time.)
Wilson on Hitchens. →
Tebow, Calvin, and the Hand of God in Sports →
An appropriate link amidst all the Tebow talk.
November 2011
7 posts
Alcohol: To Prove Christian Liberty? →
The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since she gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. -Rom.14:6
Colossians 1:12-13
“Thus, the Spirit in Acts is the witness to the fact that Jesus lives and is...”
– David Peterson, Engaging With God: A Biblical Theology of Worship,143
Mind Blown.
“We can never be too frequent or too solemn in the general surrender of our souls...”
– Isaac Watts, A Guide to Prayer, 28. HT: Bob Kauflin, Worship Matters, 66
The Church and Suffering. →
While I was reading this article, the bridge in Switchfoot’s “Yet” was reverberating in my head. It goes a little like this:
If it doesn’t break, if it doesn’t break, if it doesn’t break If it doesn’t break your heart, it isn’t love No, if it doesn’t break your heart, it’s not enough It’s when you’re breaking down with your...
4 tags
Initiator
“Since God was the initiator of the original covenant, he alone could restore it by an act of sovereign grace.” (cf. Je. 31:31-34)
- David Peterson, Engaging with God
“And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” - Luke 22:20 (ESV)
A. If a new covenant is enacted, the initiator is God B. A new...
October 2011
4 posts
Untitled Hymn
So in ‘09 I attempted to write a song with verses in iambic pentameter.
It went something like this.
Only through the Savior Jesus Christ His death and resurrection saved my life I once was blind but now I see His sacrifice has set me free
He the sinless savior Jesus Christ His blood that bought my soul to God Through Adam’s sin man ought have died Through Christ alone my flesh...
The lone note of doom, in a symphony of grace. →
2 tags
"A man is the image of the glory of God" →
Driscoll on the decline of Men.
Forever Young... →
September 2011
4 posts
“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new...”
– C.S Lewis in the introduction to Athanasius’ On the Incarnation
John Mayer-style worship. haha. →
“In front of the screen is a worship band in which every member has his/her shoes off, and is standing on an area rug, John Mayer-style.” haha
The Gospel at Ground Zero →
from Christianity Today by Dr. Russell D. Moore
August 2011
8 posts
1 tag
Semper Reformanda
Ecclesia reformata et semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei (“The church Reformed and always reforming according to the Word of God.”)
“John Newton used to tell a whimsical story, and laugh at it, too, of a good...”
– C.H. Spurgeon
(A Defence of Calvinsim, p.2)
“Just as the church cannot extend the incarnation or complete Christ’s atoning...”
– http://bit.ly/pW0YDR
Michael Horton
YRR pt.4 →
7 tags
“Work hard at developing and fostering good relations with those from the other...”
– Themelios 36.2 July 2011. DA Carson - Generational Conflict in Ministry
4 kinds of people →
HT: Challies
June 2011
1 post
all other ground is sinking sand.
May 2011
4 posts
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares...”
– Isaiah 55:8
Christianity and Liberalism →
J. Gresham Machen. Link above.
April 2011
1 post
Because of today, my faith is not futile. 1 Cor...
“Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised...
March 2011
3 posts
Feels like I woke up from limbo.
About to make a tough decision...
Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
“It is misleading to apply the term “love” to a sentiment that costs...”
– John Gresham Machen
February 2011
1 post
God at the Grammys →
Thought this was interesting, what do you think?
January 2011
5 posts
Stare at the Son
Remember when you were a kid and your mom would tell you, “Don’t stare at the sun or else you’ll go blind!” It’s the opposite with the gospel. Unless you stare at the son you’ll remain blind.
-Pastor Aaron
I didn’t know my pastor was a part time poet.
note* I probably butchered what he said, but nevertheless solid homonym action and more so a...
104 more days to go
until… finals.
“You can do more than pray after you’ve prayed, but you cannot do more than...”
– John Bunyan
Full Day w/ the br0s
drive w/ the top down, ledip, samuel coleridge, balboa island- frozen banana, cheesecake caramel apple, mustang on a boat, coy pond at FI, chased the sun, employee discount - swedish fish, montage sunset, laventinas @ mcdonalds, college addition, sc2 0Wn4g3, craigslist snowboard, snow in my mouth, facebook check-in, passion fruit green tea, Monopoly - moral hazard, bad doctors, the gospel...
December 2010
3 posts
“You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace.
Hallelujah! All I...”
– All I Have Is Christ - Jordan Kauflin
Young, Restless, Reformed, and Humbled →