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(found at Parchment and Pen)
]]>All our failures may be ultimately traced to a defect of faith....The life of faith, therefore, is the life of the Minister's work, and the spring of his success....The main difficulty, therefore, is not in our work, but in ourselves; in the conflict with our own unbelief....Difficulties heaped upon difficulties can never rise to the level of the promise of God.
It is faith that enlivens our work with perpetual cheerfulness. It commits every part of it to God, in the hope, that even mistakes shall be overruled for his glory ; and thus relieves us from an oppressive anxiety, often attendant upon a deep sense of our responsibility. The shortest way to peace will be found in casting ourselves upon God for daily pardon of deficiencies and supplies of grace, without looking too eagerly for present fruit.
Hence our course of effort is unvarying, but more tranquil. It is peace — not slumber, rest in the work — not from it. Unbelief looks at the difficulty. Faith regards the promise. Unbelief therefore makes our work a service of bondage. Faith realizes it as a " labour of love." Unbelief drags on in sullen despondency. Faith makes the patience, with which it is content to wait for success, " the patience of hope." As every difficulty is the fruit of unbelief; so will they all ultimately be overcome by the perseverance of faith.
Read the book online (or download the PDF) at Google Books.
C.J. ended his message with another quote - from Charles Spurgeon:
“Moreover, labor is easy to those of a cheerful spirit; success waits on cheerfulness. The ones who work while rejoicing in God and believing with all their hearts have success guaranteed.”
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(found at Pure Church)
]]>If Obama is Mr. Darcy, with "his pride, his abominable pride," then America is Elizabeth Bennet, spirited, playful, democratic, financially strained, and caught up in certain prejudices. (McCain must be cast as Wickham, the rival for Elizabeth's affections, the engaging military scamp who casts false aspersions on Darcy's character.)
(found at Barlowfarms.com)
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]]>I may use my radioactive granite countertops to warm up a few hot dogs to celebrate.
]]>War Dims Hope for Peace.
Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told.
Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead.
Miners Refuse to Work after Death.
Include Your Children When Baking Cookies.
War Dims Hope for Peace.
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Experts Say
Prostitutes Appeal to Pope.
Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead.
Read the rest at The Writer's Almanac
]]>Q. How do bank machines work?
A. Well, let's say you want 25 dollars. You punch in the amount and behind the machine there's a guy with a printing press who makes the money and sticks it out this slot.
Q. Sort of like the guy who lives up in our garage and opens the door?
A. Exactly.
Q. What causes the wind?
A. Trees sneezing.
Q. Why does ice float?
A. Because it's cold. Ice wants to get warm, so it goes to the top of liquids to be nearer to the sun.
Q. Is that true?
A. Look it up and find out.
Q. I should just look up stuff in the first place.
Q. How come you know so much?
A. It's all in the book you get when you become a father.
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(found at Challies.com)
]]>Reverend Richard A. (Dad) Casteel passed into the presence of the Lord on Sunday, May 25, 2008, surrounded by his family, in Tucson, AZ. Rev. Casteel was born on July 6, 1912, in Kemmerer, WY. He served in the civil service for many years in Utah and California before answering the call to missions. Rev. Casteel served as a missionary with his family in Cuba, the Bahamas, and Mexico. He was preceded in death by his wife, and mother of his children, Phebe, and is survived by his 2nd wife, Louise; three sons, Robert (Carolyn), John (Marguerite), and Richard (Becky); two daughters, Micki (Carroll) and Patty (Les); his niece, raised as a daughter, LeRae; as well as 22 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren. He will be greatly missed as the Patriarch of Faith by his adoring family but also by all those who lovingly called him "Dad" Casteel. A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, May 30, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. at Grace to the Nations, 6180 E Pima, Tucson, AZ 85712.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the "Dad Casteel Memorial Fund" c/o Grace to the Nations, 6180 E Pima, Tucson, AZ 85712.
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(found at Parchment and Pen)
]]>On Monday they'll have classes specifically for kids in grades K-5 and 6-12.
Admission is free. More information can be found here.
Check out the Answers In Genesis website.
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]]>Together for the Gospel is a biennial conference for pastors and church leaders, hosted by Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, Albert Mohler, and C.J. Mahaney. You can learn more by reading their blog, visiting the 2008 conference info page, or watching video highlights from the 2006 conference.
These posters were designed by Ministry Growers to illustrate Jesus' radical message of love.
Our Modern American Minds are Callous to the Revolutionary Message Jesus is TellingWe can't understand Jesus' words because we have it so easy. Let's take a minute to remember who he was talking to. Jesus was talking to a group of Jews under the iron fist of the Roman Empire. Many of these people had their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters slaughtered, killed, and murdered by the powers that be. Jesus is telling them to pray for those who persecute them? This message just took on a whole different level of depth. Jesus is calling us to love those who don't deserve it, because we don't deserve it.
But realize that the freedom in Christ is so profound it allows you to love the worst, most vile people ever...Because He first loved you, and nothing else matters.
(Found at billyburnett.org)
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