Since I got tagged on Facebook to answer the following: "Besides the Bible, what 15 books have influenced you the most. Within 5 minutes think of them and see what you come up with." I figured I'd share the list with you. So... here are some of the most memorable books I've read. Many have also been very influential. (All the books are 'click-able' links.)
Little Women
Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield
Baby Island
I Kissed Dating Goodbye
Passion and Purity
The Four Loves
Pride and Prejudice
The Excellent Wife
A Tale of Three Kings
Homemaking
Hind's Feet on High Places: Children's Edition
Living the Cross Centered Life
God is the Gospel
When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy
Idols of the Heart
What are some of your most memorable reads?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Women, whose lives are harder...
One of the blogs I read ends their week of posting with 'Friday Funnies'. Last week they posted the following quote along with an explanation:
Do you think it's true? I do. Of course, I am a biased opiner. : )
(HT: GirlTalk Blog)
“[W]omen, whose lives are harder, need jokes more than men and make them more often." (Paul Johnson)
Do you think it's true? I do. Of course, I am a biased opiner. : )
(HT: GirlTalk Blog)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
And let the beauty...
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands. (Psalm 90:17, NKJV)
Such a pretty verse to make a prayer! : )
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands. (Psalm 90:17, NKJV)
Such a pretty verse to make a prayer! : )
Monday, June 8, 2009
Not the Gospel
Good stuff from a good blog.
“By contrast, the first two greatest commands—to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves—do not constitute the gospel, or any part of it. We may well argue that when the gospel is faithfully declared and rightly received, it will result in human beings more closely aligned to these two commands. But they are not the gospel.
Similarly, the gospel is not receiving Christ or believing in him, or being converted, or joining a church; it is not the practice of discipleship. Once again, the gospel faithfully declared and rightly received will result in people receiving Christ, believing in Christ, being converted, and joining a local church; but such steps are not the gospel.
“By contrast, the first two greatest commands—to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves—do not constitute the gospel, or any part of it. We may well argue that when the gospel is faithfully declared and rightly received, it will result in human beings more closely aligned to these two commands. But they are not the gospel.
Similarly, the gospel is not receiving Christ or believing in him, or being converted, or joining a church; it is not the practice of discipleship. Once again, the gospel faithfully declared and rightly received will result in people receiving Christ, believing in Christ, being converted, and joining a local church; but such steps are not the gospel.
The Bible can exhort those who trust the living God to be concerned with issues of social justice (Isa 2; Amos); it can tell new covenant believers to do good to all human beings, especially to those of the household of faith (Gal 6); it exhorts us to remember the poor and to ask, not “Who is my neighbor?” but “Whom am I serving as neighbor?” We may even argue that some such list of moral commitments is a necessary consequence of the gospel. But it is not the gospel.
We may preach through the list, reminding people that the Bible is concerned to tell us not only what to believe but how to live. But we may not preach through that list and claim it encapsulates the gospel.
The gospel is what God has done, supremely in Christ, and especially focused on his cross and resurrection.
Failure to distinguish between the gospel and all the effects of the gospel tends, on the long haul, to replace the good news as to what God has done with a moralism that is finally without the power and the glory of Christ crucified, resurrected, ascended, and reigning.”
D.A. Carson, Themelios, 34.1
(HT: Already Not Yet)
If you want me to
This is a beautiful song by Ginny Owens.
Lyrics
Lyrics
The pathway is broken
And the signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to You
Then I will go through the fire
If You want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When You lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'll never go alone (yeah oh oh)
So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the sufferin' Your love put You through
And I will go through the valley
If You want me to
When I cross over Jordan, I'm gonna sing, gonna shout
Gonna look into your eyes and see you never let me down
So take me on the pathway that leads me home to you
And I will walk through the valley if you want me to
Yes, I will walk through the valley if you want me to
Monday, June 1, 2009
Perseverance
The perseverance of the saints is based upon the perseverance of God to make us like Christ. ~B. Ware
(HT: Stephen Altrogge)
(HT: Stephen Altrogge)
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