"Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone."
~John Calvin(?)
A very well phrased answer to the question, "How can we be saved by grace alone through faith alone if 'faith apart from works is useless/dead' (James 2:20)?"
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Lord, help us
"The pornography industry has a big stake in defending itself against legal challenges and restrictive laws, and it has been stunningly successful in doing so. One of the leading legal defenders of pornography has been David Ogden, a lawyer who can only be described as a First Amendment extremist, who has even argued against laws against child pornography.
President Barack Obama has nominated David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General of the United States. This nomination is both ominous and dangerous. Given David Ogden's high visibility in defense of pornography, this nomination sends a clear and unmistakable message. The pornography business will have a friend in high office in the Department of Justice."
~albert mohler
President Barack Obama has nominated David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General of the United States. This nomination is both ominous and dangerous. Given David Ogden's high visibility in defense of pornography, this nomination sends a clear and unmistakable message. The pornography business will have a friend in high office in the Department of Justice."
~albert mohler
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sorrowful yet always rejoicing
Lately I've been feeling the weight of the fallenness of this world: neglect, death, sin, suffering, disease, unfaithfulness, sorrow, pride, mistruths, abuse....the list goes on and on.
My heart is heavy with these things, in myself and those I love.
But His Word is good and true. And so I am sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.
My heart is heavy with these things, in myself and those I love.
But His Word is good and true. And so I am sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Here in the real world....it's not that easy at all
jobs, resumes, cover-letters, taxes, credit cards
when did all of this happen?
when did all of this happen?
Monday, February 09, 2009
"By a standard of their choosing"
How does one operationally define a Christian?
"A standard of their choosing"? What does that even mean?
"A standard of their choosing"? What does that even mean?
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Work
I always wondered how people made it through college. They would talk about having several hundred pages of reading every night, and I thought "My goodness! They must have never slept!"
But now that I'm in that same situation, with probably 200ish pages to read for tomorrow, I realize how they made it.
They just didn't do all the work. :-p
And part of me still cringes at that. But I've come to accept that even if I do nothing else, I won't be able to do all my work, so why sacrifice the important things of life?
But now that I'm in that same situation, with probably 200ish pages to read for tomorrow, I realize how they made it.
They just didn't do all the work. :-p
And part of me still cringes at that. But I've come to accept that even if I do nothing else, I won't be able to do all my work, so why sacrifice the important things of life?
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