June 2012
1 post
J.S. Park: Question: You Can't Say He's Going To... →
jspark3000:
Anonymous asked:
So I just started reading your stuff because someone showed me an article of yours where you claimed that apologists like Ken Silva were going to hell. Uhm, seriously? How do you back up that?
You’re referring to this (about five paragraphs down).
I…
I hear you man. It really does break my heart when people in the body, especially leaders just tear...
May 2012
5 posts
my life in constant motion: Godly Men and other... →
xtineliang:
I’ve blogged about this before. About feeling like there was a lack, more so in terms of someone that could be a leader and a good match for me. I realize I am wrong in saying there was a huge lack, because God has revealed that there are plenty that I have been blessed to know. But this idea of…
My first thought when I read this was: Pastor Vega.
But there’s only one...
Trials...
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
-James 1:2-4
I must say, this whole ordeal with my sister getting involved with a cult and the fallout has taken a huge toll on me and my family....
Law...
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law, 13 to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; 15 for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
-Psalm 94:12-15
This part of psalm really...
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at...
Really spoke to me last night.
91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say[a] to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his...
April 2012
10 posts
Kings, Courage, and Cowardly Lions: Maybe You’re... →
jspark3000:
Sometimes you do the right thing because you’re tired, not because you love doing the right thing.
We obey God because we’re scared not to. There’s no real love for Him; just a fear of everything that could go wrong.
At times I imagine quitting this whole God-thing and going to Vegas, sleeping with hookers, ingesting every drug known to man, and crashing all the parties until I...
What Joy...
God has just blessed me with so much gladness these past two weeks. To be honest, my only response right now is “God, how are you so good to me!”
I hope that I can keep my eyes fixed on the prize during this time of blessing, remembering that this gladness is but a parable to point me to the greater joy that I have in Christ Jesus. And during this time, I pray that I will continue to...
“And some of you are over here — you are busy with hundreds of religious...”
– Matt Chandler, An Astonishing Trade
Still Running: Talking with Sisters (or What Adam... →
benshim:
I can’t remember where I found this quote so I’m going to have to paraphrase:
I realized that the main problem wasn’t that I was struggling with this sin or that sin, but that I didn’t believe God loved me, or that he really even cared.
Flash back to the garden of Eden. Assuming Adam was…
“The man is the strength of the woman (from him comes the bone), whilst the woman...”
– Augustine from “In the Beginning” by Henri Blocher
“God did not make the woman out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet...”
– Matthew Henry from “In the Beginning” by Henri Blocher
Word...
There’s been a dark cloud hanging over my mind and heart this week. Sure, things in my life aren’t going perfectly, but I have so much to rejoice in…so what’s preventing it? I could say it’s Satan attacking me or it could just be my sin and weakness. To be honest I’m not entirely sure, probably a combination of both. As such, I’ve been in a pretty...
Unfocused...
I woke up this morning, felt my usual stuffy noes and slightly sore throat that I usually feel nowadays (allergies). In addition, my eyes felt tired like they usually do when I wake up. However, when I looked in the mirror, they were really red. Although I was slightly concerned, I figured they’d be ok with some time and some eye drops. However, they’ve remained bad for the whole day,...
March 2012
8 posts
I'm scared God...
Do not forsake me, O LORD!
O my God, be not far from me!
Make haste to help me,
O LORD, my salvation!
-Psalm 38:21-22
All for the Gospel: Out of My Hands →
welshby:
Oh God, forgive me of my unbelief and lack of faith in Your work. Doing this myself makes no sense.
God is definitely at work!
Bad Vision...
In John Piper’s bookWhen I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy, he says that fighting for joy in Christ is mainly a fight to see. Satan will do all he can to pull us away from God. All of the tactics involve getting us to look away from God and at something else.
Today (and recently) was one of those days. It really felt like I was so broken that I couldn’t possibly be fixed...
Watchbenshim:
Carpentry and Jesus in Japan.
This made me cry. It’s so amazing to see God working and healing broken hearts.
Why God Doesn't Tell You Everything →
benshim:
TL;DR: Because you’d be overwhelmed at what he’s going to do with you, overwhelmed how you could possibly become a person who could walk through what is to come.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses...
There are times when you struggle for peace, hope that it will descend on your heart, try so hard to focus on God and ask Him to guard your heart, but it doesn’t come. It’s one of those times for me.
When I’m busy doing schoolwork, ministry, or something else, I can put it off for a bit. But when I sit down and try to rest, there’s confusion, fear, doubt, and uncertainty...
Little mashup between Porcelain by Marianas Trench...
February 2012
14 posts
The San Franciscan Monks
welshby:
Weekends in San Francisco, at length. Hopefully it’s as close as possible to us sitting at a table with you, sharing about what God’s been doing.
http://sfmonks.org
Hope it’s a blessing for you.
Unapproachable Light: Peace →
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he…
Truth and Love...
The reason for his rich friendship is not far to seek. People knew just where they stood with him. Deceit was utterly foreign to his nature. When his friends were wrong, he told them so without mincing matters, and the closer the friend, the blunter his criticisms. Farel chafed under this plainness, but got only the reply: “I entreat you, my dear brother, when I expostulate with you, chide you,...
Blessings...
God has just been so gracious to me recently. I’ve been struggling really hard to find peace related to a big aspect of my future recently. And for a week straight (as of now), God has literally sent one person everyday to somehow encourage me, whether intentionally or unintentionally, mostly the second. It’s just such a big blessing to me.
9 In this the love of God was made manifest...
Can I Brag On My Lord?: The Greatest Love of All →
triplee:
Everybody wants to be loved. Whether we admit it or not, all of us have this natural desire to feel adored and appreciated by others. Many of us spend our entire lives searching for someone to love us, in hopes that somebody- anybody- will satisfy this longing inside.
Well if you’re planning to…
kid to Father. Father to kid. →
paigrowingup:
“God spoke to me in the car. I wept. It can’t be the same anymore.”
P: But it’s just money! It’s just a car, a ring, a house. I don’t get why it’s that hard. These things all pass away, right? A brand new car today, a wreck of metal tomorrow. A house now, rubble later.
P: But God, that’s my car. That’s my future marriage on the line. I want to design my own house and pimp it...
“I pray that this book will be used by God as one of his many means to...”
– John Piper, When I Don’t Desire God: How to Fight for Joy
Ponderings: Faith and Breaking →
imsicknasty:
So I battled last night. I went in to it thinking, “How do I glorify God through this dance?” I decided to battle while wearing a christian t shirt. Okay, cool.
Fast forward to the battles. This one bboy shows up, and he has a bible with him. In a dance form with little to no presence of God, a…
That’s legit. Love seeing people honor God in all that they do.
I usually like coming up with a phrase for the title that kind of captures my thoughts, but I honestly can’t for this. I’m just humbled tonight by how God is sovereign. How he can use non-believers to rebuke me and keep me in His way. Praise be to the Lord!
Get up!
4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai, 5 and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted and became as water.
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until...
Wretched man...
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
-Romans 7:21-24
Definitely one of those...
January 2012
2 posts
Dreams of a seven year old
When I was seven, I had an interesting dream. I dreamed I was in a movie theater watching a movie with a girl. However, neither of us were actually watching the movie, we were looking at each other. Since it was dark, I couldn’t see her face, but I knew she was my wife. Then I woke up.
Pretty strange dream for a seven year old eh? A lot of boys may have thought that girls had cooties at...
Heartbreak memorial stones?
Then Joshua called the twelve men from each tribe of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people if Israel, that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to...
December 2011
6 posts
Merry Christmas?
It’s been pretty interesting coming home for Christmas. Most of my family is together for the first time in a year and a half. We’ll be complete after new years, when Joyce comes home. This year, mainly this semester, has been the first time where I’ve really contemplated these big holidays that we, as believers, celebrate. And Christmas has been no exception.
I first began...
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”
-1 Corinthians 16:13-14
I don't think any death should be celebrated
benshim:
jaeunki:
no matter how horrible that person was.
Unless it’s my own!
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Lose your life to gain it.
Agreed to both.
Still Running: Another Random Thought →
benshim:
I’ve been poking around the internet but I can’t find what I’m looking for. You’ll have to believe me!
As a believer in a Creator, I heard things growing up about how the Earth was in a close-to-perfect position in the solar system, and later I heard about how the Sun was in a a close-to-perfect…
November 2011
10 posts
Thanksgiving
Tonight was quite the night. Not only was there good turkey, but there were very good reminders. At the start of this week I had planned on writing a tumblr tonight about how this holiday is not about family or turkey or black friday as society has made it, but it’s about being thankful for what God has done.
Not surprisingly, God showed this to me today in a very real way. The first was...
Man Up Video
triplee:
This September we released a short film and album called “Man Up” to challenge young men to be men. Here’s a music video for the “Man Up Anthem.” You can purchase the short film and album here
