September 2011
1 post
Freedom, Only Limited
From James Shelley’s Prison post:
The most effective delusion is the one which holds you captive to the illusion of your own freedom. For if your freedom depends on a certain belief, ideology, device or lifestyle — if you can’t truly be free without it — then are you not actually a prisoner to it? 1
Now, I read Shelley’s posts with a fair bit of regularity. I
thoroughly enjoy...
August 2011
1 post
T-Minus 16 weeks Until The Little Smith Is Here!
June 2011
3 posts
I Repeat
I’ve said it once, and I’m about to repeat myself…
Just because one has the ability, license, and credentials to stand in front of a throng of students does not mean that one necessarily knows HOW to teach.
Much less do it somewhat effectively.
The End.
Watch
Customer What?
Customer service is a two-way street people. All of us who have been in the service industry for any substantial amount of time are keenly aware of the lack of this understanding. Today the prevailing practice is to treat those ‘serving’ us as lowly servants and slaves who are vastly inferior. And Jesus came to heal the sick, not those who are well…
May 2011
3 posts
“To profess something is not to teach something. And this is a large part of the...”
The Great Daddy Project: More Things My Wife Has... →
thegreatdaddyproject:
As an ever evolving Dad-to-be I find myself at the business end of of the learning stick. My wife is the teacher and I’m the student..daily. Since my last list, I’ve learned a few more concepts that are currently fighting for room within my tiny brain. Sorry math, you’re gonna have to squeeze…
The Great Daddy Project: Things My Wife Has Taught... →
thegreatdaddyproject:
It is appropriate necessary to figure out dinner plans before breakfast. There will be no waiting until the last minute.
Putting socks and shoes on another adult is not easy. Seriously, it really isn’t.
The “pregnancy waddle” is no joke…although it does kinda look funny. Sorry, but it does.
Maternity jeans are more comfortable then pajama pants! I don’t believe it, but...
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
11 posts
“Jesus is God and man in one person: man that he may feel our woes, God that he...”
– From C. H. Spurgeon’s Immanuel: The Light Of Life
“There is simply no other way to compete with the forebodings of my conscience,...”
– From Milton Vincent’s A Gospel Primer
“In a nutshell, abiding in Christ means allowing His Word to fill our minds,...”
– From Sinclair Ferguson’s In Christ Alone
“Remember this—all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world,...”
– From Thomas Brooks’ The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
“Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly...”
– John Newtons’ Approach, My Soul, The Mercy Seat
“A typical emotional response to trouble in the church is to think, “If...”
– John Piper, in his 1989 Conference for Pastors biography of Charles Simeon.
“The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every...”
– Genesis 6.5-6
Praying For 2011
Justin Buzzard has posted about something he and his wife have done now for two years. It’s both a look back at the previous year, and a visionary look ahead to the new year. Having done this with my wife, it was an amazing time together remembering all the graces and mercies of 2010, which served as great prompting for praying for and through 2011. Take a look and the questions here.
“And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you,...”
– Genesis 4.7b
Looking To 2011
Don Sweeting, President of RTS, writes of things to look for in the new year. Among them the following points caught my attention:
Urbanization In 2010 our world became officially more urban than rural. Just over half of the world now lives in cities. This trend will continue with the growth of mega cities and an expected 70% of the world being urban in 2050. Urban ministry is more important...
November 2010
2 posts
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. //1Peter 2.1.3 | ESV//
October 2010
1 post
WatchDavid Platt - “A Sovereign God & A Scandalous Gospel”
Watched this the other day, and was utterly amazed and stilled by the accurate portrait of God that David paints in this message. David has also written a book that is at the top of my list to read → Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From The American Dream.
“As a society, we are engaged in a constant pursuit to be more productive. For...”
– 99%
September 2010
6 posts
Advice For Theological Student et Young Pastors →
redeemedramblings asked: When is the last time you drove all over creation to dial it in and make it work.
July 2010
1 post
My wife is so rad! And funny!
June 2010
3 posts
Sad that I’ll be working in the morning and not watching the USA and Slovenia match…
Lakers win it! Nice.
Best decision of my life, two years ago today in Spain! Love you babe.
May 2010
8 posts
My wife is causing me to lose some man points right now. Yes it’s because of what we’re watching. No I’m not gonna tell you what it is.
Seems I’ve got myself a new man-crush after today—Elliot Greene of Redeemer Seminary. Amazing gospel message from him today!
About to get on the road to Ft. Worth to do me... →
WatchTelevision is a drug. (by Beth Fulton)
April 2010
10 posts
Emergency road trip to Abilene: We’re rescuing the in-laws.
A Sacrificing Of The Fittest →
But as I was reading through today I came across Lev. 22:21 and immediately saw one of the countless threads rooted in that book of the Bible that’s woven throughout Scripture. In Leviticus the perfect animal sacrifice is called for. The demand is not for just any animal. It couldn’t be deformed or defected in any way. I can only imagine the “Best in Show” of all animals. This also seems to...
Finally got a job! It’s been 3 long months. Let’s do this.
NBA Game = oddest worship experience to date.
NBA Game = oddest worship experience to date.
Bricktown for dinner, then the Ford Center for the Thunder vs the Timberwolves. Gonna be a good night I think. Thank you Lord.
Ok City, here I come!
