Jon Bloom writes a great article on pride and self-interest using King David as an illustration.
We are never more vulnerable to sin than when we are successful, admired by others, and prosperous, as King David tragically discovered.
via Success Can Be Perilous :: Desiring God.
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Kudos to Julio Ojeda-Zapata from his Posterous site
Key question then: why do smart people engage in negative thinking? Are they actually stupid?The reason, I think, is that negative thinking feels good. In its own way, we believe that negative thinking works. Negative thinking feels realistic, or soothes our pain, or eases our embarrassment. Negative thinking protects us and lowers expectations.In many ways, [...]
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(via http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/video/What-does-inerrancy-mean-Is-it-essential-to-Christian-belief/)
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Found this earlier today, some good thoughts…
While battling depression and thoughts of suicide, Shawn Craig was spoken to by the book of Deuteronomy where it says “God will never let you go”. God’s hand will hold you wherever you are or if you’ve “made your bed in hell”.
I love this article. I started apprenticing for my dad repairing typewriters at his store, New Ulm Office Machines, at the age of twelve. I cleaned and repaired a bunch of different typewriters both new and old. We serviced Smith Corona, Olympia, Olivetti, Remington, Underwood, and probably a number of others that I can’t remember. [...]
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After installing the GM of iPhone 3.0 OS on my iPhone, I was able to remove a number of applications that I no longer need due to Apple providing the functionality natively in the new OS. iSmashPhone blog identifies some of the now “obsolete” iPhone applications:
Chances are youve already heard about the iPhone 3G S [...]
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John Piper writes about why he is now using Twitter:
Now what about Twitter? I find Twitter to be a kind of taunt: “Okay, truth-lover, see what you can do with 140 characters! You say your mission is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things! Well, this is one of those [...]
John Piper follows up on Josh Harris’ blog post about using Twitter during a worship service:
Josh Harris has done us a good service. He explains why many of us think it’s a bad idea to “tweet” while participating in corporate worship. That is, we think you should use Twitter before and after corporate worship to [...]
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From C.J. Mahaney’s blog:
I struggled greatly with fear and unbelief in preaching. God has used so many means to deal with this sin as it relates to preaching. One story that was particularly helpful was a story of how Corrie ten Boom’s father helped her trust God in fearful situations (as told in Overcoming Fear, [...]
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