Archive for December, 2009
R.C. has these encouraging words. I needed this today! When inexplicable disasters occur, we must say with Luther, “Let God be God.” When Job cried out, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21b), he was not trying to sound pious or give superficial praise [ READ MORE ]
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Thabiti has some great thoughts for families who don’t do Santa at their house. I cherish this because we have three kids under the age of three at our house, and we don’t do the whole Santa thing. This was helpful, Thabiti writes: 1. Prepare your children before they’re in the situation. In general, I fall [ READ MORE ]
Voss: The love of this gracious fatherhood is infinitely richer than that pertaining to the three other spheres previously mentioned. It would be wrong, of course, to keep them mechanically separated. For those who are to be received into the inner sanctuary the privileges of the court serve as a preparation. But whatever there is of [ READ MORE ]
JT writes: A beautiful blog post by Molly Piper: Child sponsorship has always seemed like a very safe way to help another person. Most of the time you never look them in the eye. But today I met our family’s sponsored child. All the safe distance of sponsorship was completely obliterated. Now all the “ideas” of [ READ MORE ]
Buy coffee off of our site and we get part of the proceeds! If you you are going to buy coffee anyways please please please buy it from here and help us get our sweet sweet babies home! The coffee is also fair trade, it’s a triple win, you get awesome coffee, the farmers get [ READ MORE ]
From Baby Zoowon’s Facebook: Ok friends, we are running a $10 off any blanket sale through Friday night. PLUS, you can win a free blanket of your choice just share this ad, post this to your blog, or follow us on twitter and email us at info@babyzoowon.com. Help us spread the word! Winner will be [ READ MORE ]
Anthropological argument The anthropological (anthropos meaning “man”) argument is made on the basis of the condition of humanity, of mankind’s basic moral standards and the thread a search for a higher being. It is related to the cosmological and teleological arguments in that it if man has a yearning for God and a conscience when [ READ MORE ]
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We don’t want to encourage violence, marginalize the gospel, or promote individualistic passivity. But I haven’t seen sinners who are gripped by Christ’s substitutionary death respond that way. Instead, I’ve more often observed responses like C.T. Studd’s famous statement: “If Jesus Christ be God, and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great [ READ MORE ]
I’ve stumbled upon a conspiracy of epic proportions. Let me fill you in. FACT: On February 11, 2009, Brett Favre announces his retirement from football season, saying that he is concerned about health risks and other various factors. FACT: On April 30, 2009, John Piper releases a book entitled Rethinking Retirement. FACT: John Piper lives in [ READ MORE ]
Thanks to all 37 participants who entered, please keep spreading the word about Baby Zoowon. Now, the reason you are reading this post… and the winner is….. Kelly Moore! Congratulations Kelly, I will be contacting you to arrange for you to get your 22 volumes of sweetness. Thanks to Baby Zoowon for making this happen![ READ MORE ]
Matt will undergo surgery Friday afternoon Pastor Matt Chandler will have surgery Friday afternoon to remove a tumor located in the frontal lobe of his brain. The surgery will be performed by Dr. David Barnett. Dr. Barnett told Matt that he was positive about recovery but won’t know the full results until the surgery is [ READ MORE ]
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