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The great hope of all Christian labor and perseverance is that one day every knee will bow before our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the king of the universe and the rightful ruler of the world. If I didn’t believe this — and if God wasn’t faithful to remind me of it often — I would […]
November 27, 2006
I have never been a parent before, so I don’t know what it’s like to watch your son grow up through the newborn and baby stages. I’m becoming an adoptive parent, though, so I’m learning what it’s like to watch your son grow up through pictures and brief descriptions. It’s hard. But its difficulty is due to […]
November 23, 2006
I think there are at least a couple different ways to think about holidays like Thanksgiving. On the one hand, I’m grateful for the reminder to give thanks for the immeasurable blessings that God has poured into my life. On the other hand, I wish I weren’t so oblivious to God’s grace and so consistently […]
November 20, 2006
November 16, 2006
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Our son is probably going to be huge. Here’s more evidence from a volunteer at Amani: I (rachel) actually took Charles [Judah] in to Jinja yesterday because I had the morning off. He is one of my favorites and was a doll the whole time! He fell asleep […]
November 15, 2006
I think it can be very arrogant and ignorant to read about the failures of people in the Bible and to talk about those people as though they’re completely dense or slow or idiotic in light of the foolish things they did or the obvious responsibilities they neglected. Treating historical figures condescendingly is easy for any sinner to […]
November 13, 2006
The second Sunday of November (yesterday) was the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Here are some links and information about the persecuted church that I posted a couple days ago. What that post lacked was some ways to pray for our suffering brothers and sisters around the world. Here are seven, with their […]
November 11, 2006
I have some orange Adidas athletic shorts with the three white Adidas stripes down the side. My friend Mark Secomb bought them for me on the way back from a student staff retreat a couple years ago because he wanted to replace my old-school fluorescent green ones that I’ve always worn in intramural games. Then […]
November 10, 2006
This Sunday November 12 is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). The following are some links and resources about believers around the world who are suffering for their faith. I haven’t thoroughly researched all of these sites and organizations, so read at your own discretion. Unfortunately some of them are theologically ecumenical, […]
November 9, 2006
I don’t like to do this, but there are lots of things I want to post about, some of which are calling for more lengthy posts and some just needing a bullet-point. So I’m just going to bullet-point a bunch of them, in no particular order. The reason I’m going to do this can be […]
November 5, 2006
I am becoming more and more convinced that if you ever stop thinking while you’re walking through this world, you’re done for. Anti-God, anti-Bible, pro-self, pro-sin worldviews are everywhere, and they’re pumped into us (especially through media, entertainment, and technology) like an I.V. for the mind. If you take one mental pit stop at the […]
November 3, 2006
About ten minutes ago I finished a long and thought-out post about rejoicing in the midst of trials instead of simply rejoicing in hindsight. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot over the past few months. I felt that it was worth it to stay up later to write it, even though I knew […]
November 2, 2006
Today was RD Day Away, a day when the Deans’ Staff gets off campus and relaxes together. We went to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley in the morning and early afternoon, Malibu Beach for the late afternoon and sunset, and a local fish restaurant called Froggy’s for dinner. It was a refreshing day […]
November 30, 2006
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