June 2012
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“Theology serves doxology. Reflection serves affection. Contemplation serves...”
– John Piper, Think
May 2012
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Lady Violet Crawley: You are quite wonderful, the way you see room for improvement wherever you look. I never knew such reforming zeal.
Isobel Crawley: I take that as a compliment.
Lady Violet Crawley: I must have said it wrong.
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“In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the...”
– Isaac Marion (via deebella123)
“And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and...”
– Joel 2:28. Pentecost Sunday.
“Of all modern phenomena, the most monstrous and ominous, the most manifestly...”
– G. K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News April 22, 1933 (via gkchestertonquote)
Woah now.
Feeling ill-prepared for my talk at youth tonight. Pray God will use my feeble efforts for the glory of His name and the furtherance of his Kingdom?
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“Why [memorise] passages, not just verses? Because they are more useful to...”
– Jean Williams
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“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the...”
– Lift up your heads, O ye gates — Handel’s Messiah (via hymnlyrics)
Based on Psalm 24.
Christ is the King of Glory, he ascended and the everlasting doors have opened and let him in!
Happy Ascension Sunday!
“Holy Lord, I have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and...”
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taken from “Valley of Vision: Puritan Prayers and Devotions”
What a beautiful prayer.
(via elicec)
Another reason why I’ve gotta grab this book! We need more beautiful prayers reflecting the beauty of God.
pbdaily replied to your photo: Now Ben goes and announces a show for Chicago…
Probably just for you.
If you say so!
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jesssymphony:
Tricky Business has barely started, and I’m already too freaked out.
It’s filmed in my town. They keep talking about places around the town. THIS IS TOO WEIRD. THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE ON TELEVISION.
“Hello, Wollongong Gastroenterology.”
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“[They’re] just complaining all the time. ‘I didn’t like that church....”
– Mark Driscoll.
Can’t argue with that kind of logic.
“If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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Desiring God Announces Release of Don’t Waste Your... →
“This game is going to be a little bit different. Instead of losing points for dying during a mission, you will actually gain points. In this game dying is gain when doing the mission. The more you die, the more points you get. It’s a little counterintuitive but we really think it’s going to drive home the point. We’re also going to have different “hedonism” power ups that you can add to your...
“Education is the only hope our world has”
– University of Wollongong Former Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton AO (paraphrase)
I have a heap of respect for my former Vice-Chancellor. Being a ‘young worker’, it was a true privilege to work under his leadership. Professor Sutton, by all accounts, has an innate ability to...
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“Facebook is practically fellowship — if you’re reading the walls of other...”
– Josh Harris, with a hint of sarcasm.
“If anyone deserves to be treated hatefully, sinful rebels against almighty God...”
– James Hamilton
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“Perhaps some of you can claim a sort of negative purity, because you do not walk...”
– C. H. Spurgeon
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“We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible,...”
– J.C. Ryle
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Fervr
I’m very happy to hear fervr.net, the most awesome Christian youth website, has officially been recognised as such, by receiving a Webby! For the uninitiated:
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has declared Fervr.net the winner for Best Religion & Spirituality website in the 16th Annual Webby Awards.
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honour” by The New York Times,...
April 2012
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KYCK
hymnlyrics:
Number of One Direction jokes made from the pulpit: 2 (and counting)
Posted this to the wrong blog originally, but the final tally was 3.
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“Evangelicals should not have been disappointed with Cardinal Pell, for they...”
– Phillip Jensen, on the television debate between Cardinal George Pell and Richard Dawkins.
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O Father, my Father, I call on Your name; my heart, it is heavy with sorrow and shame. For I’ve been a coward, my courage has flown, and love lies within me, as cold as a stone.
No word can excuse me, no word that I say, no place that I run to, can hide me away. For nothing is hidden; yes, all is revealed, You see how I’m sick, Lord; I want to be healed.
O Father, my Father, I call on...
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“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and...”
– G. K. Chesterton — Orthodoxy
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Wollongong Harbour →
(Taken with http://cinemagr.am)
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“When we are very young children we do not need fairy tales: we need only tales....”
– G. K. Chesterton, ‘Orthodoxy’.
I’m attempting to type up valuable quotes from the sections of this book I’ve bookmarked, but am finding myself typing up quite a significant amount of the book. It’s all just too good.
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Terrific news:
Ben Howard is coming to Australia.
And he’s doing so before I leave the country. :D
“‘Preach the gospel; use words if necessary’ goes hand in hand with a postmodern...”
– Mark Galli
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“Rest for the mind in his word.
Rest for the conscience in his blood.
Rest for...”
– Tim Chester, ‘A Busy Christian’s Guide To Busyness’.
Rest, one of my favourite promises of God.
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“The reality is, every one of us, every one of our churches, together in this...”
– David Platt, Divine Sovereignty: The Fuel of Death-Defying Missions