February 2012
34 posts
“We bend. I bend to sweep crumbs and I bend to wipe vomit and I bend to pick up...”
– Katie Davis (via alexissmith)
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Peace
unapproachablelight:
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 breathed his last. Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised...
Goodbye "purity", and good riddance.
jspark3000:
unkaglen:
Anonymous asked: A little over a year ago, I was raped by a good friend who I thought was a Godly man. Now I’m not sure how to tell a future boyfriend about the loss of my purity, or how it will affect our relationship. How would I go about talking to him? Sexual purity has always been a big deal to me, and I don’t want to disappoint my future husband.
Unka Glen...
“There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his...”
– C.S. Lewis (via jspark3000)
“We must be open to the possibility that we are wrong, that we have been misled,...”
– (via jspark3000)
Glory To God's Murdered Son
comeupfromthewilderness:
To the girl with ‘beautiful’ on her arm He gave gold dust on the bathroom floor, on her arms and on her hands, but she didn’t dare ask to ask for more, because she didn’t understand that every flower was planted for her; she could hardly bear the thought that He wanted to dance with her in them. To the girl with the fearful heart, He gave arms to encircle her, hands to...
respect the staff.
hislovesaves:
If I see one more Rutgers student treat staff like they aren’t human.
Respect, please, people. Stop with the pride!
Don’t take out your anger and bitterness on other people. We all have our share of pain but don’t continue feeding the cycle of hurt.
Break disrespect with respect, drive out darkness with light, hate with love.
You want this world to change? Begin with yourself.
...
in memoriam
paigrowingup:
I remember sitting there will 150 other kids, telling myself that it was stupid to cry for someone I barely knew.
I remember hearing your sister talk about what went down, how you were optimistic about the whole sich, despite it being what it was. “I hope my friends will be able to see God because of this”. Your sister quoted that from you.
I thought I was tough as heck for not...
“Spirituality can be a cheap substitute for righteousness.” -R.C. Sproul”
– (via yuriystasyuk)
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Soli Deo Gluteus
Brian Li: go to gsf tomorrow
Tim Pai: aight
Brian Li: word on the street
Brian Li: is the sermon
Tim Pai: you hath convinced me
Brian Li: is gonna be on butts
Tim Pai: LOL
Tim Pai: HAHHA
Tim Pai: DUDE WHATS WRONG WITH YOU
Tim Pai: YOU JUST MADE THAT UP
Brian Li: doctrine of the butts
Brian Li: reference to amos
Brian Li: if you know what i mean
Tim Pai: uh
Tim Pai: i actually
Tim Pai: have no idea what you are talking about
Brian Li: you do.
Tim Pai: no
Tim Pai: i dont
Brian Li: the catholic doctrine of justification
Brian Li: is all about the butts
Tim Pai: it literally is not
Brian Li: salvation through butts
Tim Pai: about butts
Tim Pai: at all
Brian Li: not by faith
Tim Pai: i think its the other way around dude
Tim Pai: salvation by faith
Tim Pai: not through butts
Brian Li: i agree salvation by faith
Brian Li: should lead to godo works
Brian Li: of the butt
Brian Li: aka
Brian Li: preseverance of the glutes
Tim Pai: i'm almost positive that's not true
Tim Pai: like i'm PRETTY sure there's no such thing as good works of the butt
Brian Li: faith leads to nicely built glutes
Tim Pai: nowhere in the bible does it say that
Brian Li: westboro more like
Brian Li: westbottom
Tim Pai: okay first of all
Tim Pai: westboro is like
Tim Pai: a heretical church
Tim Pai: westbottom = even more heretical
Brian Li: a REARetical church?
Brian Li: aw yee
Tim Pai: oh my gosh
“Anger is the result of love. It is energy for defense of something you love when...”
– Tim Keller (via eunikang)
“And in taking on human brokenness and weakness, God is not broken or weakened by...”
– St. Athanasius in Tortured Wonders, by Rodney Clapp
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Reading Hurts
treesquirrrel:
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
LOLOLOLOL WHERE ARE ALL MY FELLOW BOOKWORMS / LOVERS OUT THERE T____T
“There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now, to try to...”
– Jeremy Lin
RU Praise Night →
brianli:
aboutkee:
RUNITED PRAISE NIGHT :D
we’re bring all the rutgers campus ministries together on february 24th! spread the worD!!!
Reach will be performing! Please come out :]
RUTGERS
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Dear Grandma
brianli:
I miss you. How’s it up there? It must be amazing.
How are you feeling? I’m sure it must feel great to not have to worry about that disease anymore. We all miss you, but we’re so happy for you.
Say hi to Father for me.
Brian you really need to write a book titled “Rejoice in All Things.” Like my heart aches hard for you and your family’s loss, but even more than...
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In three weeks time, an overdue hero emerges and a...
Judas sold You for 30, I'd have done it for less....
wewontbequiet:
ivebeenfoundworthy:
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Do Good in Secret →
hopefisch:
God’s cool. He even loves people who think He doesn’t exist. I could never love someone who doesn’t believe I exist.
LOL word.
2 Timothy 1:7
This is just for myself, for future reference.
“‘Not called!’ did you say? ‘Not heard the call,’ I think...”
– William Booth
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“Christians often say studying theology is just useless nitpicking of the Bible...”
– (via yuriystasyuk)
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"Warriors For Christ" →
Not sure what to think about this, but as Paul says in Philippians 1:12-18:
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.
Praise God! Only He could use something as borderline-insane as this to reach people’s hearts!
Zombies, Wine, and Christian Music →
benshim:
Good night. Michael Gungor lays down some heavy words.
…the basic premise of most Christian music (to me) is “Use whatever musical style you wish as a medium to communicate your message.” It’s not about the art, it’s about the message. So use whatever tools and mediums you have at your fingertips to do so. If you want to reach emo kids, then sing emo music but with Jesus language.
...
“One of the most terrifying things for a man is to take to himself a daughter of...”
– Paul Washer
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“Sin took Jesus to the cross, plucked out his beard and tore out his flesh and...”
– J.S. Park
January 2012
32 posts
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Reflections:
I think a lot of things have been happening lately. For me, it’s like the new semester brings in a new set of classes (duh), hang-out buddies, and commitments.
And I feel like I haven’t been really satisfied with what I’ve been committing myself to these past few weeks.
I was reading through the Exodus today and I came across chapter 23:4-5
If you meet your enemy’s ox...
“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for...”
– C. S. Lewis (via junc-tion)
“Commitments are easier made than kept. One month of daily reading is almost...”
– Faithwalk: A Daily Journey Through the Bible
The Story of a Suicide →
brianli:
Extremely in-depth
I love the objectiveness of this. My heart goes out once again not only to Tyler Clementi and his family, but to Dharun Ravi and his as well.
And I’m reminded again of what Jesus taught in Matthew 7:1-5:
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you....
“This is still difficult for me to fully explain in words but as a guy who used...”
– Rarehunter
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Free Giveaway! Ravi Zacharias' Why Jesus →
jspark3000:
There will be one winner who will receive Why Jesus? by Ravi Zacharias!
Here’s how: Please reblog this post!
One random winner will be declared on Wednesday, February 1st!
Continue Reading for small print stuff
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“The word lukewarm is only used once in the Bible, the famous Revelation 3:16,...”
– J.S. Park
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The Weakest Link
After the Chinese Christian Fellowship kickoff large group for the semester, I’m really feeling anxious and scared. I think the responsibility of being officially on the CCF team just started to hit me.
I love how the leaders at CCF are so confident and talented and genuine. I love how CCF is continuing to focus more and more on bringing different aspects of worship into large group. I love...
“Short-term thinking, however, always short-circuits the human life. When you...”
– J.S. Park, on dealing with [sexual] temptation
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“No one makes anyone do anything: your environment only exposes who you really...”
– J.S. Park
“When you take a good thing, turn it into a god-thing, then it becomes a bad...”
– J.S. Park
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jspark3000:
The Warfare of Discouragement
One day you’re smooth-cruising through the halls, high-fiving random strangers and yourself and soaking in the standing ovation, and the next minute you’re in the valley of a fresh oozing wound inflicted by the ugly, brutal weapon of words. You’re playing the endless loop of that three-second sentence, a fishing knife scooping out your guts,...
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In Christ, virgins are not worth more.
“The next time I have a free day, I`ll spend it alone with God.
Do you know how...”
– John Ortbeg