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- Around the Web September 17Top athletes share their battles with mental illness | HeadHeartHand Blog Anxiety Resources | HeadHeartHand Blog The Suffering of the Saints | Monergism – 100s of free biblical/theological resources on Suffering Lost in Translation: How Christianese Hides the Gospel | Desiring God One More Time on ‘Game of Thrones’ | TGC Books For Which I […]
- God’s Grace Towards Everyone September 10This is a great quote by Michael Horton. Many are led to believe that if one becomes a believer, their life will get better. I suppose it depends on what one means by ‘life’. ‘Out of the lavishness displayed in the marvelous variety and richness of creation itself, God continues to pour out his common […]
- Quotes from Walking with God through Pain and Suffering September 3Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller is one of the best books I’ve read on the subject. Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced […]
- Book Lernin’ – Topics August 26I just found this post in the Drafts area of the blog, so I thought I’d finish it up and post it, even though it’s more than a half a year late: Last year may have been the year of topics as far as reading. I wanted to learn about what God’s glory is, exactly, […]
- Quotes from The Person of Jesus by Gresham Machen August 20Here are some quotes from the book The Person of Jesus: Radio Addresses on the Deity of the Savior by Gresham Machen. This is a very short book of a series of radio addresses given in 1935. This post is under the new category of Book Quotes, which gives you a sample of a recently […]
- Around the Web August 16Your Deadliest Weapon Against the Devil: Eight Reasons to Memorize Scripture | Desiring God Why all the Superlatives? – Reformation21 Blog – The post is awesome!!! I may expand on this in another post. The Upward Call – The Gift of Anxiety Anxiety has taught me a lot about compassion. It has taught me that mental […]
- Timothy Keller on Prayer – Part 2 of 2 August 12Here are eleven quotes from his book on Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. This is the best book I’ve read on prayer so far. It’s something I like to read about regularly. [Prayer is] A personal, communicative response to the knowledge of God. What is prayer, then, in its fullest sense? Prayer is […]
- Timothy Keller on Prayer – Part 1 of 2 August 6Timothy Keller wrote a book entitled Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. The next post will have quotes from that book. There is an excellent interview with him at Desiring God: 10 Questions on Prayer with Tim Keller. If you don’t have time, or want to read my mumbling, I have a few quotes […]
- What Did Moses Do So Wrong? August 4On that same day the Lord told Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as […]
- Around the Web – Bible Reading Edition July 26Unlock the Riches of Scripture | Desiring God When I read a sentence, what I want to know is What did the author intend by it? not What new ideas do I have when I read it? He promotes active reading by asking questions (he has eight), which is exactly what I’ve been learning when […]