Something to Think About: Thy Will Be Done

 
Thy Will Be Done
 
Gethsemane, garden of remembrance, the point at which our
Salvation hung as a millstone around thy neck.
Brave defender, oh blessed redeemer,
In whose hands our fate rests as yet,
How may we understand that perfect love?
 
Golgotha, the place of the skull, looming in the foreground,
Oh mighty sorrow as pain of love,
When looking to the [...]

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Something to Think About: Where does your time go?

 
A headline in this past Sunday’s edition of the Lancaster Sunday News reached out and grabbed my attention. It read, Time for God? Over-scheduled believers squeeze in religion with books, emails, podcasts. In the article, the reporter answers the question as to how busy believers find time for God in their hectic schedules. What struck [...]

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Something to Think About: Our Amusements

 
Our Amusements Are Dulling Our Minds
a”– negative/not (as in “athiest”– not a theist)
“muse” — to think or consider
Therefore, the literal definition is that to be amused is to not think. [insert congregation laughing with amusement]
 
Let’s admit it: we are a people who love to be amused. We laugh ourselves silly over comedians like Ferrell and [...]

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Something to Think About: Ashamed?

 
“I shall not try to change anything that I think or anything that you think (insofar as I can judge of it) in order to reach a reconciliation that would be agreeable to all. On the contrary, what I feel like telling you today is that the world needs real dialogue, that falsehood is just [...]

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Something to Think About: Lawsuit Against God Dismissed

 
Lawsuit Against God Dismissed
Lee Shelton IV
You may recall that Ernie Chambers, a former Nebraska state senator, sought a permanent injunction against God back in 2007 for causing “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.” A Douglas County District Court judge threw out the suit in 2008 on the grounds [...]

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Something to Think About: Christian Sportsmanship

 
Christian Sportsmanship
Lee Shelton IV
Anyone who wants to read the longer version of my opinion on Covenant School’s 100-0 victory over Dallas Academy can pop on over to our family blog. Here’s an excerpt:
I would have expected nothing less from the team that won. In fact, if I had been their coach, I probably would have [...]

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Something to Think About: Fun or Joy?

A Bagatelle on the Virtue of Joy
by Phil Johnson
Don’t make the mistake of equating levity and humor with the fruit of the Spirit. They aren’t the same thing. Obviously, joy can produce laughter, but laughter is a fruit of joy, not the essence of joy.
In fact, modern society is filled with jokes but almost [...]

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Something to Think About – No Sermons Here

“You won’t find any sermons on Audiopot!” said HCJB Global-UK Director Colin Lowther. “Everything…is designed to challenge a non-Christian audience about the Christian faith. It consists of thoughts, interviews, features, drama, faith stories and Christian commercials, all of which are creative, thought-provoking, and rarely longer than three minutes.” For the full article CLICK HERE
 
How can [...]

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Something to Think About: What Reformed Means

What I Mean By Reformed
Kevin DeYoung
When I say am I am Reformed I mean:
I marvel at God’s holiness, that he is independent, pure, good, and utterly beyond me.
I glory in God’s goodness, that he should save a wretch like me, totally undeserving, bent toward evil in all my faculties.
I rejoice in God’s sovereignty, that he [...]

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Something to Think About: Theology of Suffering

A THEOLOGY OF SUFFERING…by Joni Eareckson Tada
“God shares His joy on His terms 
and those terms call for us to in some measure 
suffer as His precious Son suffered when 
He was here on earth… and the union 
and sweetness of the Savior just can’t be beat.” 
-Joni

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