February 2012
41 posts
J.S. Park - Fight For Your Joy: Why We Don’t Talk... →
It’s silly to think that God changes based on our moods, views, and attitudes: but we fall into this pit trap like clockwork. God can feel far away, and that’s a legitimate feeling, but He never takes vacations. His zip code don’t change. It’s that we naturally drift from the shore by the slow-boiling gravity of complacency, and our minds unchecked wander into hostile territory. The heart fights...
“Jesus is not one more thing to slide in your schedule, your heart, your...”
– J.S. Park, Fight For Your Joy
“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork...”
– A.W. Tozer (via wongdavidjacob)
Catechisms with Flesh On →
I want kids to realize that they live in a fantasy world: They should not finish a novel and think, “Now back to my un-magical, boring existence.” This world is crazy. The grass outside is made out of thin air by sunlight. Heat from a ball of fire in the sky turns into carbon dioxide, air grabs some heat from the sun and rips the carbon out and makes itself a leaf. It’s not made out of the dirt,...
RE: one thing
paigrowingup:
benshim:
skyebox:
spiritual warfare is becoming really visible
my word, seriously… what the heck is going on.
like seeing two worlds mesh together into one surreal spiritual/physical world that I seemed to be unaware of until recently.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world...
An Open Letter to Praise Bands
brianli:
1. If we, the congregation, can’t hear ourselves, it’s not worship. Christian worship is not a concert. In a concert (a particular “form of performance”), we often expect to be overwhelmed by sound, particularly in certain styles of music. In a concert, we come to expect that weird sort of sensory deprivation that happens from sensory overload, when the pounding of the bass on our...
“We bend. I bend to sweep crumbs and I bend to wipe vomit and I bend to pick up...”
– Katie Davis (via alexissmith)
(via solideogloriaa)
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.
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“One of the most terrifying things for a man is to take to himself a daughter of...”
– Paul Washer
(via thesweetermelody)
“Sin took Jesus to the cross, plucked out his beard and tore out his flesh and...”
– J.S. Park