December 2011
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A Quick Reversal.
Matthew 23: 1-12
1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger...
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Love the Lord
Matthew 22: 34-40
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a]38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the...
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In the House of the Lord
Psalm 27: 1-6
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked advance against me to devour[a] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
4 One...
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The quote is from the book Good Omens by Terry...
“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won’t tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”
I feel this...
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Spiritual Leadership
“Spiritual leadership is not license to do what you want to do. It is empowerment to do what you ought to do.”
I don’t know if he was the first one to say this, but J.D. Greear has a new subscriber to his sermons.
Also (this one apparently comes from Tony Evans): “Spiritual leadership is God telling the woman to duck so He can punch the guy.” In regards to bad...
PHENOMENAUT AEROSPACE: Could Netflix Bring Firefly... →
bernardin:
Ever since Joss Whedon’s space western was canceled back in 2003, its fans — at first, a relatively small contingent, but as time and DVD sales grew, so did the ranks swell — have wondered what could possibly rescue it from the tightly clenched jaws of death. And until now, nothing could….
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Humility
I don’t know about you, but I like it a lot better when He uses the carrot than I do when He uses the stick. Still, sometimes a good solid whack on the head is the only way to get a mopey, whiny boy moving.
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It's okay.
Genesis 39
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
2 The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave...
“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not flunk:
He keepeth me from lying down when...”
– Reposted from a friend of a friend, thought it was brilliant. (via hbmimicute)
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A Passage in Matthew Explained Using Rage Comics....
1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”
3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”
4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your...
For those of you who don't know, Jesus could be...
Matthew 8:18-34
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let...
Seriously?
Genesis 26:7-9
7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. 9 So...
(Contains some mild bad language) A converstaion I...
Friend:
I hear you on the grumpy thing.
But hey, that’s why the cat is making you cookies.
Me:
Exactly.
I’m probably grumpy cause I just spent a few hours hanging out with some friends, including a couple of very attractive girls who are not and are not going to be interested in me. But that’s such a lame excuse to be in a bad mood.
Friend:
Yeah, those sound like the...