How do I know when my enjoyment of something becomes a sinful idol? John Piper writes: Idolatry will destroy our relationship with God. And it will destroy our relationships with people. All human relational problems—from marriage and family to friendship to neighbors to classmates to colleagues—all of them are rooted in various forms of idolatry, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Discerning Idolatry in Desire
Posted in Decision making, Idolatry on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Colombia bound
Posted in Missions, Prayer on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Prayer warriors, we request your support again. In a few hours a small team will fly out for Colombia to train a large gathering of youth at a local church. The focus is on decision making, which means bringing the gospel of grace to bear on the issue, pointing our hearts to Christ Jesus our [...]
Once a stock trader – The Value of Garbage is Still Zero (Part 4)
Posted in Biblical Solutions, Complacency, Cross of Christ, Decision making, Money on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Twitter notified me of a new message. “Paring back some of the trading long rentals to be safe in here, volume wanting but action the world’s fair.” The cryptic message from a fellow stock trader launched me into a burst of anxious action. I was a stock trader. Every morning at 6am my eyes popped [...]
Treasuring Christ
Posted in Video on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a powerful and concise summation of the message Piper passionately delivers. 3 minutes, and worth much more. Tell me if you are moved by that as much as I was.
Will you pray for us? God’s name is about to be proclaimed from the mouths of children.
Posted in Prayer on June 7, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Dear readers, For the next 3 days, God’s glory will be displayed as His name is proclaimed by the mouths of children in daycares. For the past year, I have had the privilege to work with a group of children (ages 7 to 13), training them to share their faith. The staff team has put [...]
Link: Exposing the Idol of Self-Glory
Posted in Recommended Reading on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This article was my reading before bed tonight, something to spur my mind to meditate. It was successful enough to merit sharing. Excerpt: “After some deliberation, they conceived a question that would surely hang Jesus on the horns of a dilemma. Either answer would incriminate him, divide the crowd, and give them cause to arrest [...]
The Value of Garbage is Still Zero (Part 3)
Posted in Biblical Solutions, Complacency, Decision making on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Thy will be done The Lord’s prayer offers insight for the bewildered saint who is struggling for answers, for it offers hope of clear vision through clouds of personal interests and biases. This clear vision can be found when we fall to our knees with a heart that cries “thy will be done.” The cry [...]
Should we trust a Bible written by men?
Posted in Apologetics, Video on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In less about 2 minutes, this video defends the reliability of the Bible by showing the error is using “humans make mistakes” as an attack on Biblical inerrancy. Cleck here for video
