Archive for October, 2005
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005Here's what I did. I watched this, and I laughed at how ridiculous it is. Then it hit me that the reason it's funny is because there's a grain of truth in there. So please, laugh at this — and then let's repent together for anything that resembles our own thoughts on the Church and […]
President Bush, Good Speech
Friday, October 7th, 2005Like his ideas and thoughts or not, He gave an excellent speech yesterday. Here's the transcript.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051006-3.html
Blumhardt on Humility and Connectedness
Friday, October 7th, 2005If you are truly humble, you will always be ready to seek (and accept!) help from others. The present genteel, self-loving brand of piety assumes, “I don?t need anybody; I can set things right with God myself.” But as long as you quietly try to work out your own salvation, you won?t get anywhere. Only […]
REVIEW - Humility: True Greatness
Thursday, October 6th, 2005Humility: True Greatness, by CJ Mahaney, by CJ Mahaney is a great book, that will stay with my books when it is not being borrowed, and will be read by me again, hopefully, at least in parts, once a year or every other year. Everyone's first thought on a book about humility is, who is this […]
Lazarus the Unkillable
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005Sunday night we were discussing John 12, and after Jesus raises Lazarus up from the dead, the chief scribes think it would be best to kill Lazarus (as well as Jesus), since the testimony of his resurrection is bringing many to Jesus. This made us all go “huh”? If Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, […]
Pascal on Religion
Monday, October 3rd, 2005Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.Blaise Pascal
The Answer to All Practical Questions
Monday, October 3rd, 2005Last night, we discussed a story from John 12 where Mary anoints Jesus' feet, and Jesus says it's better than having given the [lots of] money to the poor, because the poor would always be around. This is true. The poor will always be with us, most likely despite the [noble] attempts of the One Campaign, etc. […]
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