January 2010
40 posts
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“Just so take Christ away, and the whole arch of truth becomes a heap of rubbish....”
– Robert Murray M’Cheyne
(More jewels of Mr. M’Cheyne collected by David Haslam.)
“Pride takes many forms and shapes and encompasses the heart like the layers of...”
– Jonathan Edwards, Spiritual Pride
“I once asked Sir Hugh Rigby, Surgeon to King George V, ‘What makes a great...”
– David Oglivy, Ogilvy on Advertising (page 22)
“I am supposed to be one of the more fertile inventors of big ideas, but in my...”
– David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising (p. 16)
“While we are looking at God we do not see ourselves — blessed riddance. ...”
– A.W. Tozer - The Pursuit of God
(Thanks, Mark Lauterbach.)
BandCamp Wax →
This is brilliant.
“We’re launching BCWax because a) we believe in the eternal power of physical goods to delight, and to act as a legacy and means of self-expression for their owner, b) we believe software gets better when the people building it actively use it, and c) we want to demonstrate to others the kinds of goods we ourselves would like to buy.”
Endure
One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. - Luke 16:10
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole...”
– 1 Chronicles 28:9
Spoiler: Winter Olympics Winners →
Psalm 17:15
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
At the end of a trying day, this truth lies near.
Shower song
Epiphone Dot > Tascam US-1641 >...
“The Prodigal son, there on his knees, his father’s touch upon him, was not a...”
– Michael Spencer - When I Am Weak: Why we must embrace our brokenness and never be good Christians
Malaysian Persecution →
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” - Matt 5:11-12
“This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are...
“What a support to our faith is this, that God the Father, the party offended by...”
– Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
“If you find yourself in this position of trial and trouble and testing, take it...”
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression
“I have yet to come across a student who struggled with, or even abandoned, the...”
– Carl Trueman, Lest We Forget, Themelios 34-3.
“Why do you, being God, make yourself man?”
– Athanasius, De Decretis 1
(Thanks, Phil Whitehead)
“Have you heard God’s blessing in your inmost being? Are the words “You are my...”
– Timothy Keller, Counterfeit Gods (New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2009), 164.
(From Of First Importance)
“Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed...”
– The Gospel According to Matthew, Chapter 12, Verses 15-21
“As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved...”
– Paul to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 7:9-11)
“Feeling sorry for yourself is one of the strongest, most addictive narcotics...”
– David Powlison, The Therapeutic Gospel, Journal of Biblical Counseling (Summer 2007, Vol. 25, No. 3) p. 7.
(Thanks, Tony Reinke)
“God’s children are bruised reeds before their conversion and oftentimes...”
– Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor...”
– A verse from The Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald, quoted by D.A. Carson in Themelios 34-3.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
E-Pop (75)
The Beatles (32)
Interpol (26)
Giovanca (21)
Vampire Weekend (18)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
