From Desiring God: The Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, LA, is the largest and historically one of the bloodiest maximum-security prisons in the USA. In 2009, Desiring God and John Piper were invited to Angola to learn about prison life, hear from men who have been radically changed by the gospel, and minister to many [...]
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Don’t Waste Your Life Sentence
Posted in Grace, Knowing God, Life on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My Part/God’s Part in the Psalms
Posted in God's Love, Knowing God, Worship on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From Doug Wolter: As I look at the Psalms, I’m amazed at how little we do and how much He does. For example: Psalm 23:1-3 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of [...]
Oh My God
Posted in Knowing God, Religion, Understanding, World on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve only seen the trailer, but I hope I will be able to see the movie. The premise of the movie is simply someone going to 23 different countries asking the question, “What is God?” Hugh Jackman is in the video and states that if you put a bunch of religious leaders (Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, [...]
Repentance
Posted in Knowing God, Repentance, Sin, Theology on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently preached a sermon on the prophet Jonah (Yunus) so I have been thinking about repentance. For those who aren’t familiar with the story of Jonah, here it is in a nutshell (or you could read the whole book in the Old Testament in about 10 minutes). The Lord told the prophet Jonah to [...]
Our calling as parents
Posted in Knowing God, Parenting on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There is no greater calling than being a parent. There is no weightier, more humbling or more fulfilling calling than being a parent. The Bible tells us plainly that we are to bring up our children “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). That is no small task. The significance of parenting [...]
May God be our portion
Posted in Knowing God on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. – from the Zabur (Psalm 73:25-26) God frequently deprives his children of the good things of this world, that [...]