Posted in Theology and Discipleship, poetry on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Come weary saints, though tired and weak
Hide away in the love of Jesus
Your strength will return by His quiet streams
Hide away in the love of Jesus
Come wand’ring souls, and find your home
Hide away in the love of Jesus
He offers the rest that you yearn to know
Hide away in the love of Jesus
Hear Him calling your [...]
Posted in Evangelism and Apologetics, Politics, Theology and Discipleship, government, political theory on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy, political theory on October 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I. Introduction
How can the human desire for happiness be reconciled to the reality of suffering in the world? Our best efforts to live a good and pleasant life often seem to be frustrated by fate and hindered by our friends. This is a world of trouble, tragedy, and confusion.
The classical philosophers wanted to construct a [...]
Posted in Evangelism and Apologetics, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship, tagged christianity, cross, jesus, sin on October 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Sadly, this blog has lain dormant for a few weeks while I’ve been taking midterms and considering the things of God on my xanga blog. (Mostly, I just wanted to bump that silly post on drinking down the page.)
I’ve just picked up John Stott’s work The Cross of Christ, again, as well as a book [...]
Posted in Marriage, Theology and Discipleship on August 26, 2007 | No Comments »
At the very great risk of sounding like a version of my friend Jonathan, I am posting some links on marriage. (Boldface is mine.)
This first, from Boundless. “A Peculiar People” by Roberto Riviera y Carlo. (title is linked)
Quotes I thought were worth considering:
But you can’t fight a hegemonic culture with curricula — no matter how [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
THOMAS AQUINAS. SUMMA THEOLOGICA, FIRST PART, QUESTION 105, ARTICLE 4. “WHETHER GOD CAN MOVE THE CREATED WILL?”
Objection 1. It would seem that God cannot move the created will. For whatever is moved from without, is forced. But the will cannot be forced. Therefore it is not moved from without; and therefore cannot be moved [...]
Posted in Current Events, Evangelism and Apologetics, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy, political theory on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
How excellent are your works, O God!
Your people see them and rejoice,
those who you have called from every nation, from every time;
the poor and the rich, the unknown and the great.
Out of the east you called Abraham,
and made of him a nation, Israel, your holy people;
From slavery in Egypt you delivered them.
You saw the horror [...]
Posted in Evangelism and Apologetics, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
(Since the last post wasn’t controversial enough)
Obviously the first churches were held in people’s houses. There really wasn’t anywhere else to meet. So really, “house churches” is not quite what I’m talking about. But then, you know what I’m talking about, don’t you?
Here are a list of some of the problems I worry about with [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Well, lately I’ve been attempting to discern the will of God for my life. In other words, I’ve been attempting to understand the future in order to control it myself. In other words, I don’t think God’s been doing a real good job as God, and I’d like to take over for him. At the [...]
Posted in Evangelism and Apologetics, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on July 2, 2007 | No Comments »
WorldMagBlog featured a post today about how infants begin to practice deception at an earlier age than previously supposed. [Link to referenced Telegraph UK article]
According to researcher Dr. Vasudevi Reddy:
“Fake crying is one of the earliest forms of deception to emerge, and infants use it to get attention even though nothing is wrong. You can [...]
