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Bits & Pieces (10/2/12)

  • Gladness in Weakness – Although I don’t completely agree with this writer’s (perhaps former) perceptions of what makes a good mom, it was a great reminder that motherhood is not primarily about me but about what God wants to accomplish through it.

 

  • American Men Don’t Sing – I’m so grateful to be married to a man who does sing – and boisterously so! However, Allistair Begg makes an interesting point about why so many men in American churches seem not to. (H/T)

 

 

 

  • What is Morality Other Than Harm? – “There is certainly wisdom in his acknowledgment that harm to others, and particularly any intentional harm, is immoral. The problem is the restriction of [t]his definition to others as understood in a radically individualist scheme. If we restrict morality to that which directly causes harm only to specific persons, we will eliminate an absolutely essential moral horizon — the community of which individuals are a part.” Make sure to click on the video link at the top of the post to hear the conversation between Al Mohler and Tim Keller.

 

  • The Seduction of the World – “The world is a seducer. It seeks to attract our attention and our devotion. It remains close at hand, visible and enticing. It eclipses our view of heaven. What is seen vies for our attention. It entices our eyes, preventing us from watching for a better country whose builder and maker is God. It pleases us—much of the time, anyway— and, alas, we often live our lives to please it. That is where conflict ensues, for pleasing the world seldom overlaps with pleasing God.”
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Bits & Pieces (10/1/12)

Scripture & Government – Tim Challies shares five things that Scripture teaches about government.

 

Preparing for Marriage – Are you or someone you know preparing to get married? Desiring God is offering a free eBook on the subject.

 

On Fighting Worldliness & Fruit Flies – A reminder that the little lusts for this world can consume us, and we have to diligently fight them lest they reap destruction.

 

In Evil Long Took Delight – A beautiful poem by John Newton.

 

Free ESV New Testament Dramatized Edition – As Justin Taylor states, I don’t know how long this will last, but you can get a free copy of an audio edition of the ESV New Testament at Amazon.

 

When Trials Come – “When the trials do come, we should let them teach us. We should use them as a time to get underneath our emotions, to see what we have valued above God and his glory. We need to see what is being threatened that we don’t want to live without. Then we can move forward, taking comfort in the fact that we now know God better.”

 

 

 

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