February 2012
16 posts
“With its 195 million unchurched people, America has become the new mission...”
– George Barna
The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller
Are you Single? Are you Married? Are you alive? Then you should read this book! It was absolutely incredible.
On a side note you can check out my review if you want (it isn’t very long) on goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/251313480 (Add me too :))
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“As Randy Clark Says, “To beg God to heal is to assume you have more mercy...”
– Bill Johnson
One of the biggest struggles is to avoid becoming desensitized and apathetic to the mission fields we walk every day
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Is Sarcasm Funny?
While browsing Facebook today I came across this article a friend linked to called “Could We BE More Obsessed With Sarcasm?”. It reminded me of my struggles of when I first decided to get serious with my relationship with God…
I had decided that I was going to cut out sarcasm from my interactions with others. My main reason was because I saw it as judgmental. Sarcasm is defined...
“If you understand it, it is not God.”
– Augustine
“Without the present illumination of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God must remain...”
– William Law
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Pray Without Ceasing
pray without ceasing - 1 Thessalonians 5:17
I think a lot of times when we think of prayer we think of something like this picture. We think, or at least act like, we need to get into the right place, at the right time, and in the right posture to spend time with God. But if that’s the case then how can we pray without ceasing?
I think some people would say that it is only a metaphor and...
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“Our effort is not to get people into the building, it is to get the Kingdom out...”
– Bill Johnson
“Protestantism, and perhaps especially evangelical Protestantism, in its concern...”
– John Howard Yoder, The Original Revolution (via benghini)
You're either dating to get married or dating to...
etiamreformandi:
blakebaggott:
BOOM.
Thank you for giving me something to think about for the next hour. I need to go read a Josh Harris book now…
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Resisting Complacency
Could you imagine seeing such a magnificent view on your way to work and not thinking twice about it? Perhaps the first time you saw it you were enthralled, but now you hardly notice it. Does that mean you were wrong about it’s beauty during your first encounter? Of course not! The difference is that your perception of it’s beauty has dulled.
Getting caught up in our normal everyday...
I don’t want to be entertained, I want to see people changed.
