Bits & Pieces (6/5/12)

  • Four Lessons from Forty Years – Tim Challies writes about four lessons he has learned from his parents as they celebrate forty years of marriage.

 

  • First Things – Carolyn Mahaney asks whether we would do first in the day accurately reflects what we say we value most?

 

  • Exchanging Fear for Fear –  In this insightful posts about whether we fear God or man, Kevin DeYoung writes “[w]e will not fear God more than people unless we know the truth about God and people.”

 

  • Principles & Practices – Mark Altrogge writes about something that I’ve also tackled here on the importance of not taking a biblical principle and transforming it to a particular practice that we prefer (unless the Bible specifically commands a specific practice.)

 

  • Digging Deeper in God’s Word – John Piper’s letter to a 13-year old girl on how to go deeper in God’s Word is instructive for Christians of all ages.
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Bits & Pieces (6/4/12)

  • If Only – “The cry of “if only” is all too often a cry of distrust.  The seemingly harmless expression insists that we know best, that we know what is better, that we know what we need.”

 

  • The Fall – Tim Challies has a series of post describing essential terms in Christianity. This one defines the Fall.

 

 

  • Rooting Joy In Ministry Success  – Tony Reinke reminds us that Christ commanded His disciples to rejoice that their names were written in Heaven, not to find their joy in the success of their ministry efforts.

 

  • Boy Gives Two Trips Away – This is a heartwarming story of a young boy who traded until he got a trip to Disney World and then gave it away to a military family. When a news station wanted to reward him with a trip, he opted to give that one away too.

 

  • 30,000 Photos of Disneyland – If that last story wasn’t enough for Disney enthusiasts, here is 30,000 time-lapsed photos of Disneyland that were taken over a year’s time.
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