December 2010
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“The gospel is not an LCD, a lowest common denominator of the bare minimum facts...”
– Jonathan Dodson
Dec 31st
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Life Resolutions
Throughout the day yesterday I posted to twitter a list of my resolutions. Although today is new years eve, these are not new years resolutions. I would call them Life Resolutions, closer to the resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. (I am NOT comparing myself to Jonathan Edwards! Just benefiting from his idea!) The reason that I shared my resolutions yesterday, is because although some of them are...
Dec 31st
Listenchrislazo: “Closer to the King” (from an iPhone,...
Dec 31st
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“Redeem your precious time: pick up the fragments of it, that not one moment of...”
– George Whitefield
Dec 28th
Dec 21st
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“That God’s wrath required punishment underscores His justice, but the fact...”
– Michael Horton
Dec 20th
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“Sin is not merely negative behaviors that need to be reformed; it is a condition...”
– Michael Horton  http://theresurgence.com/2010/06/28/why-substitutionary-atonement-remains-crucial
Dec 20th
WatchWatch
codyjoens: Listen people. Watch this. This is part 1 of 2. I will post part 2 in a moment.  adorn: Last Friday night at Adorn (our college and young adults gathering), we sought to approach the humble birth of Christ from a fresh perspective; we wanted to see Christ’s entrance into the world through the lens of demons and angels. Let me explain why: TO BREAK AWAY FROM ROUTINE. Many of us...
Dec 20th
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WatchWatch
codyjoens: Part 2. adorn: This is Part II of the sermon, The Dark Side of Christmas. See full explanation and Part I here.
Dec 20th
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Christory
December 18, 1943: German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: ‘The man who finds God in his earthly happiness…does not lack reminder that earthly things are transient…and…there will be times when he can say in all sincerity, “I wish I were home.”’
Dec 19th
prayfordaisy: Please pray for this little girl with an inoperable brain tumor. http://prayingfornina.blogspot.com/
Dec 19th
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“If the Son did not exist eternally with God the Father, then he cannot be fully...”
– http://theresurgence.com/2010/11/03/photinus-know-your-heretics
Dec 17th
Dec 16th
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Christory
December 10, 1520: German reformer Martin Luther publicly burned Pope Leo X’s bull of excommunication, “Exsurge Domine,” which had demanded that Luther recant his “protestant heresies”, including that of justification by faith alone rather than through purchased indulgences or other papal favors.
Dec 10th
prayfordaisy: Prayer need: Daisy is not doing well with chemo right now. Puking, pain, sadness, etc. Please pray for God’s grace on her.
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Christory
December 3, 1902: Birth of Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilot who flew the lead plane in Japan’s air attack on Pearl Harbor (12/7/1941). Following WWII, through representatives of the Pocket Testament League, Fuchida was converted to Christianity in 1950.
Dec 3rd
prayfordaisy: Daisy is doing very well today. We are doing crafts together in the hospital right now.
Dec 2nd
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