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"If any group of believers were to tell their stories, they would be stories of prayer in the midst of pressure." — Mar 25, 2014 04:59AM
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"“When my origins are certain in God, the implication is strong that my future is also certain in him, and those certainties provide the conditions that encourage me to live by faith in the present. If, via the story, I can experience what it means to be taken serious, and, via the genealogy, can find that my life is part of the story of salvation, I can live with confidence.”" — Nov 09, 2016 07:37PM
"“When my origins are certain in God, the implication is strong that my future is also certain in him, and those certainties provide the conditions that encourage me to live by faith in the present. If, via the story, I can experience what it means to be taken serious, and, via the genealogy, can find that my life is part of the story of salvation, I can live with confidence.”" — Nov 09, 2016 07:37PM
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"Grace understood and embraced will always lead to commitment. But commitment required will always lead to legalism." — May 10, 2015 07:07PM
"Grace understood and embraced will always lead to commitment. But commitment required will always lead to legalism." — May 10, 2015 07:07PM
To my wife, Angela; my sons, Archie and Samuel; and my daughters, Ella and Lily: what can I say? You are the ones who helped me hear the Preacher of Ecclesiastes laughing as he shows how shoulders are meant for abundance and mayhem, not the
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“Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy, delightfully so.”
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“Make your choice, adventurous Stranger,
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.”
― The Magician's Nephew
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.”
― The Magician's Nephew
“Expository preaching is the communication of a biblical concept, derived from and transmitted through a historical, grammatical, and literary study of a passage in its context, which the Holy Spirit first applies to the personality and experience of the preacher, then through the preacher, applies to the hearers.”
― Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages
― Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages
“Remember the point of Christinianity isn't to learn a lot of truths so you don't need God anymore. We don't learn God in the abstract.”
― A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
― A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World
“Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.
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"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.
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"Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end.
"What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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