December 2011
35 posts
Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Leaving
at O’Dark-Thirty tomorrow morning to go to a conference where I will hear John Piper and Matt Chandler and JD Greear speak, and worship with 7000 other college students. This is going to be very cool. I’m excited. And very thirsty to hear the Word. Seems I haven’t been partaking and feasting on the Word and the presence lately; my own fault. I allow being home to wreck my...
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
Dec 23rd
Need something to do.
Ideas?
Dec 21st
Dec 17th
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That.
Was a good reunion of fine human beings.
Dec 16th
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“O, be astonished, you angels, that you were witnesses of it, and you men that...”
– Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892) The more you think about this, the more stunning it is. 
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
Dec 15th
Grandparents:
Grandpa: Leviticus 3:16 says the fat belongs to the Lord.
Grandma: Some people belong a lot more to the Lord than others.
Dec 15th
“Defend the Bible? I would as soon defend a lion! Unchain it and it will defend...”
– Charles Spurgeon (via notyourgramma)
Dec 14th
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One
of my instagrams was just reblogged by Spiritofzork, who happens to be a real photographer, not a pretend one like me.  My life is complete. 
Dec 12th
Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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“Indeed, if it were not necessary that everything which is going to happen were...”
– Anselm
Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
List
of languages I need to eventually learn: German NT Greek OT Hebrew Russian Spanish Welsh Old English  Other Suggestions?
Dec 5th
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“Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If...”
– Psalm 139:7-12
Dec 5th
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Pandora Singularity:
The tendency of all of my Pandora stations to begin to blend and cross over as time progresses.  When the stations become indistinguishable, I believe the internet will implode. 
Dec 5th
“Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is...”
– Terry Eagleton, Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching, The London Review (via notyourgramma)
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
Dec 3rd
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“The utter evilness of evil now showed itself clearly, and it showed up the...”
– Eric Metaxas, in reference to the Holocaust
Dec 3rd
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“Those who wish even to focus on the problem of a Christian ethic are faced with...”
– D. Bonhoeffer, Ethics
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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“Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words. They...”
– D. Bonhoeffer. Note: I want this read at my funeral.
Dec 2nd
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The more
I read, the more I realize I haven’t read. Every door opened reveals a few hundred more begging to be opened. Especially in history, philosophy, and theology. A basic overview of history is woefully inadequate for anything except for trivia nights. It takes a much deeper investigation of events to see what really happened, beyond just names and dates. Reading the highlights of the major...
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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“You can’t limit meaning to what the author intended.”
– one final gem from my English prof. His reasoning for why he gets to project his bias onto everything. 
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
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