J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Praying for my new turn.
In this video, Greg Boyd elegantly (and sometimes not so elegantly) touches upon some controversies surrounding the Evangelical Church but more importantly emphasizes and re-emphasizes the ONE THING we can be certain of. Jesus needs to be our One and Only Foundation. As Christians we get stuff wrong all the time. We stubbornly cling to shaky apologetic theology and insist we’re “right”. Jesus never got it wrong. In a falling world of uncertainty and chaos, He and only He, has proved himself worthy to be certain of.
As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and luxurious prospects will open up before you, and these things are yours by right; but if you are living the life of faith you will exercise your right to waive your rights, and let God choose for you. God sometimes allows you to get into a place of testing where your own welfare would be the right and proper thing to consider if you were not living a life of faith; but if you are, you will joyfully waive your right and leave God to choose for you. This is the discipline by means of which the natural is transformed into the spiritual by obedience to the voice of God.
Whenever right is made the guidance in the life, it will blunt the spiritual insight. The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.
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Just a little something that encouraged me and might encourage you as well?
B.Reith is a really cool guy. Personally I think his rapping is eh, but everything he stands for is pretty amazing.
You know that feeling when you want something so badly that you go through a series of steps, hoops and ladders, (is that an expression?) to obtain that goal, but then halfway through you realize you’re completely lost because the steps, hoops, and ladders have distracted you from actually pursuing that initial goal and now you’re not sure how to get back on track?
Well, you’re not alone.
Punching In A Dream - The Naked And Famous
two words: alisa xayalith.
These are the artists in my iTunes library starting with the letter “D”:
Daft Punk
The Damnwells
Daniel Bedingfield
Daniel Powter
Daphne Loves Derby
Dashboard Confessional
Dave Barnes
Dave Melillo
David Archuleta
David Bowie
David Choi
David Cook
David Crowder Band
David Ryan Harris
A Day At The Fair
Day Of Fire
The Dead 60s
Dead Man’s Bones
Death Cab For Cutie
The Decemberists
Dem Franchize Boyz
Demi Lovato
Destiny’s Child
Devendra Banhart
The Devil Wears Prada
DeVotchKa
Dizmas
Drake
Driving East
Dusty Springfield
After taking notice of the evident diversity of my iTunes library (the “D” section being a random sample), I initially thought to myself, “Wow. I am a cool cat. Just look at this musical variety. This is like the musical equivalent of racial integration in the 1950s.” But now I’m looking at it, and I am totally convinced that I’m just a confused kid with absolutely no musical taste.
