February 2012
28 posts
Youcef →
Puts persecution (and a lot of things) in perspective.
“If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and...”
– Alexis Carrel, “Prayer Is Power”
“The Lord your God is in your midst,
A mighty one Who will save;
He will...”
– Zephaniah 3.17
“The Lord is my strength and my shield;
In Him my heart trusts, and I am helped;...”
– Psalm 28.7
Towards Effective Alms for the Poor →
“The dear Lord accepts imperfect surrender, ignorant faith and love, of which He...”
– Alexander Maclaren, The Holy of Holies
Should I?
“There is a guy I know, Joseph Porter is his name. Who absolutely refuses to read ‘The Hunger Games.’ Now don’t get irate yet, Don’t put up a fight He hasn’t completely said no Today he said he “might.” I just don’t understand it The book is so good! With his intelligence level I know that he could Hahaha it’s written for Kids who are ten I know many boys who like...
“God loves us unconditionally, but He doesn’t accept us unconditionally.”
– Kevin M. Miller
Jesse and Lai-Yan's Wedding! →
“How much we ought to hate sin! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, dallying...”
– John Charles Ryle, Expository thoughts on the Gospels, with the text complete, St. Luke
A Priestly Advocate for the Poor →
Real-life 'Vow' Couple: 'You Do the Right Thing' →
I don’t care what you think, this is adorable.
Finding God →
“One notable limitation of the sphere assigned to the Holy Spirit in the New...”
– Thomas Rees, The Holy Spirit in Thought and Experience
Jeremy Lin Is No Fluke →
“If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a...”
– Pinchas Lapide, The Resurrection of Jesus: A Jewish Perspective
“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him;
Yet I will argue my ways to His face.”
– Job 13.15
“At an acceptable time, O God,
In the abundance of Your steadfast love answer me...”
– Psalm 69.13b
“If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
The Lord would not have listened.
...”
– Psalm 66.18-19
“For You, O God, have tested us;
You have tried us as silver is tried.
You...”
– Psalm 66.10-12
“Our Master was his own Gospel. Men came to Him one by one attracted by the...”
– Reginald John Campbell
“I see you driving
‘round town with the girl I love.
And I’m like, haiku.”
– Bazinga!
OBSESSED!
(via yeahwriters)
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we trust in the name of the Lord...”
– Psalm 20.7
The Prodigal Son - Luke 15 →
Jesus and the American Christian
Money
Jesus: “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. […] Sell your possessions and give to the poor” (Matthew 6.24; Luke 12.33a).
The American Christian: “The median annual giving for an American Christian is actually $200, just over half a percent of...
January 2012
49 posts
“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me thus far?”
– 2 Samuel 7.18b
“For the God of the New Testament is not less holy than the God of the Old...”
– Rudolf Otto, Das Heilige - Über das Irrationale in der Idee des Göttlichen und sein Verhältnis zum Rationalen
WatchQuincy Talent Show 2011
Cello: Andrés Uribe
Piano: Alex Valente
Vocals: Joseph Porter
My roommates and I performed this medley of “Love Story,” “Baby,” “In the End,” and “Reflection” last year for a talent show.
“Evangelism makes a lot more sense when you’re happy.”
– Kevin M. Miller
“The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the...”
– Proverbs 16.1-3
“I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will You come to me?
I will...”
– Psalm 101.2-4
“To be chosen by God so often means at one and the same time a crown of joy and a...”
– William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke
“All hatred of sin is love to the sinner.”
– George MacDonald, Donal Grant
“The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns...”
– Proverbs 21.1
“I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
That it is not in man...”
– Jeremiah 10.23
“Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily bears us up.
God is our salvation.”
– Psalm 68.19
"Thy Will Be Done" →
“For He satisfies the longing soul,
And the hungry soul He fills with good...”
– Psalm 107.9
“God has a calling card. It’s called the universe.”
– Richard Hislop
"Why 'Fishers of Men'?: A Forgotten Old Testament... →
Didn’t notice this connection between Mark 1 and Jeremiah 16!
“The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in steadfast...”
– Psalm 103.8-9
“You have put more joy in my heart
Than they have when their grain and wine...”
– Psalm 4.7
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but...”
– John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Here and now, in this life, placing our happiness in God will require that we...”
– Gilbert C. Meilaender, The Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life
“For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.”
– John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Meditations on the Little Way: Part 4, The... →
Sometimes the best way to be like Jesus is just to love the people who annoy you.