June 2011
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“Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too...”
– John Owen (via michaelspotts)
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“Too many folks believe following Jesus means putting on a leash. The good news...”
– Jason Salamun via Twitter
Hi, my name is Aaron.: In Thailand →
aaronfeeney:
First chance I’ve gotten to blog while I’m in Thailand after being here for 7 (or is it 8?) days. This place is truly unreal. Even today I was in awe of the glory, majesty, and beauty of our God seeing the wonder of His creation as the team and I road up the Hok (?) River. Around one bend of the…
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“True love aims at satisfying people in the glory of God. Any love that...”
– John Piper, The Goal of God’s Love May Not Be What You Think It Is, October 24, 2000 (via jeanniemarie)
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“In a sense, the resurrection of the dead has already begun — with Jesus as the...”
– Michael Horton
The Gospel Commission
(Grand Rapids, Mi.: Baker Books, 2011), 6
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revolveless: Apart from Christ we're cowards →
revolveless:
“I pray like this…I think we all should - ‘God, I’m a coward, give me power, give me boldness.’ You think I stand up here because I have the supernatural little gift that makes me absolutely, naturally bold? I couldn’t even get up in front of people; I remember playing in bands - I…
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“If Jesus, the Lord of Love and Author of Grace spoke about hell more often, and...”
– Tim Keller (via revolveless)
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“We have barricaded ourselves into a preconceived theory of what it means to be...”
– Chris Lazo- from When Your Life Is Not Radical
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aaronfeeney:
Will be slowed on the blog. I will be in Thailand for the next two weeks. Please pray.
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“Justification is being declared righteous. Sanctification is being made...”
– C.J. Mahaney
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“But I observed that, although I was such a great sinner before conversion, God...”
– John Bunyan
“If traces of Christ’s love-artistry be upon me, may He work on with His divine...”
– Unknown Puritan
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“Advance in the Christian life comes not by the work of the Holy Spirit alone,...”
– Donald Whitney
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1 Peter 1:1-2 (ESV)
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 Peter 1:1-2 (ESV)
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“Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and...”
– R.C. Sproul
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“God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I...”
– Jonathan Edwards (via arielisbloodyawesome)
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“I have a great need for Christ. I have a great Christ for my need.”
– Charles Haddon Spurgeon (via telei0s)
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“As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be...”
– Alistair Begg
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“Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.”
– John Piper
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“Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.”
– Jonathan Edwards
Ever Wonder Why You Don't See Kids With Down's... →
This article is so disturbing on so many levels!
Man is so sinful…there is no end to the wickedness we will do!
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“Death is like my car. It takes me where I want to go.”
– John Piper (via thouart)
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The 10 Commandments are about God! by James... →
From James Hamilton’s new book of biblical theology - God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment:
“Yahweh is the most significant thing about the Ten Commandments. When he gives voice to the inauguration of this covenant, the first thing he does is announce his own identity: ‘I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery’ (Ex. 20:2).
No gods before...
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“Without the gospel everything is useless and vain; without the gospel we are not...”
– John Calvin
Preface to Pierre Robert Olivtan’s 1534 translation of the New Testament.
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“Spiritual seeing and spiritual savoring are so closely connected that it would...”
– Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper (via thepslamist)
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Belle Fourche, SD
Think I will go driving around the Belle Fourche area today and take some photos.
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“We take the good news everywhere [we] are, because everywhere we are, we have...”
– Chris Lazo
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“Contentment is essentially a matter of accepting from God’s hand what He sends...”
– J.I. Packer
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“In its present phase, the kingdom is like its King before he was raised from the...”
– Michael Horton
The Christian Faith (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Zondervan, 2011), 524
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“Do you mortify;
do you make it your daily work;
be always at it while you...”
– John Owen (via christianwords)
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“While God does not need us, he wants us, and that is far, far better.”
– Jonathan Edwards (via treyvancamp)
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“We take the good news everywhere [we] are, because everywhere we are, we have...”
– Chris Lazo
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“My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word...”
– John Piper (via rachelnickels)
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Free Audiobook: A Place of Healing by Joni... →
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“Any method of evangelism will work if God is in it.”
– Leonard Ravenhill
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“You may wonder what you have done to deserve God’s love. How is it that God has...”
– Terry Virgo
God’s Lavish Grace(Oxford, UK: Monarch Books, 2003), 87
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“They gave our Master a crown of thorns. Why do we hope for a crown of roses?”
– Martin Luther
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“The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost our...”
– J.H. Jowett
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“The activity by which the Christian directly secures the mortification of his...”
– J.I. Packer (via nelsonhoward)
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coming clean: Quote of the Day →
ryanphelps:
“God’s sense of timing will confound ours, no matter what culture we’re from. His grace rarely operates according to our schedule. When Jesus looks at Jairus and says, ‘Trust me, be patient,’ in effect he is looking over Jairus’s head at all of us and saying, ‘Remember how when I calmed…
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Jesus Speaks to the Lifeless Church in Sardis
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