January 2011
28 posts
“Do not look for God to come in a particular way, but do look for Him. The way...”
– Chambers
“Being a slave to Jesus, doing what He says and wants is pretty fun, most of the...”
– Driscoll
i’ve never had such a hard time loving people as when i have moved here for seminary, because i love Jesus and because i want His love to shine through me to the seven times seventy degree. ha. go bloody figure.
and yet, i have to love. i have to love those who piss me off because i have been shown love. love that i don’t deserve. love from the those i have hurt and those i have...
“The myth has gotten out—false teaching—that if you become a...”
– Mark Driscoll
Saying What You Believe Is Clearer Than Saying...
We are Christians. Radical, full-blooded, Bible-saturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered, mission-advancing, soul-winning, church-loving, holiness-pursing, sovereignty-savoring, grace-besotted, broken-hearted, happy followers of the omnipotent, crucified Christ. At least that’s our imperfect commitment.
In other words, we are Calvinists. But that label is not nearly as useful as telling people...
Grace never ceases to astound me
Driscoll's closing questions to Pray Like Jesus...
…I want to stress eleven things we can learn from Jesus’ Gethsemane prayer, while admitting that there are innumerable other lessons we can learn in addition to these eleven. I pose them as points of prayerful heart examination, meditation, and discussion:
1.Do you pray to get from God or to get God?
2.Do you pray to move God or for God to move you?
3.Do you pray to get out of pain or...
“Abram gave Lot the fruitful valley. God gave Abram everything (Gen 13). In the...”
– Piper
“The beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair” ~ Relient K”
– (via court13)
