December 2009
21 posts
"The Trouble with Christianity" →
christianity:
Sermon series by Tim Keller. This has been posted before on christianity.tumblr, but these excellent sermons deserve a reprise. Keller brings fresh and clear answers to these tough questions about Christianity, incredibly helpful for the skeptic or longtime-believer.
Exclusivity: How can there be just one true religion? Download Audio
Suffering: If God is good, why is there so...
“When Joseph becomes the father of Jesus, he does so in a counter-cultural act...”
– Boundless
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let...”
– Galatians 5:1. (via giraffeee)
done with this semester. busy winter. youth retreat tomorrow. there will be snowfights and dogpiling, as a matter of course. so i must be well rested tonight. hum hum hum.
praying for those crazy kids: revival, renewal, truth seeking, bonding, building friendships, learning to live and shout and pray and fight for Christ. yes.
“Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a...”
– Nelson Mandela
“I think often, the reason why we aren’t more passionate about the gospel is...”
– Kelly Kang
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
need to keep fighting
“I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him....”
– Jeremiah Burroughs (via Kevin DeYoung) (via christianity)
“Honesty: Uprightness of disposition and conduct; integrity, truthfulness,...”
– OED
“O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness,...”
– Robert Robinson
man.
“But whatever you do, Lord, don’t let me waste my life on insignificant...”
– John Piper
“What are you to yourself? worthless? vile? empty?
What is Jesus to you?...”
– Octavius Winslow, “Evening Thoughts”
“The human heart does not replenish itself with sleep. The body does, but not the...”
– John Piper
“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial....”
– 1 corinthians 10:23-24