Continuing my thoughts on Richard Sibbes‘ The Bruised Reed, the following passage was one of the first in the book to give me pause.
It is a very hard thing to bring a dull and an evasive heart to cry with feeling for mercy. Our hearts, like criminals, until they be beaten from all evasions, never [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 28, 2008
The Bruised Reed, part two
February 26, 2008
Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
Woven Hand (a band which I will extol the virtues of at a later time) has a new song, Consecration, which is part of a documentary I just came across the other day, Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp.
A description from the film’s website:
‘Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp’ [...]
February 26, 2008
Desiring God Regional Conference
No living person besides my parents has influenced me more than John Piper. My favorite preacher and one of my favorite authors, he has profoundly shaped my theology and my personal knowledge of God and the bible.
I first encountered Piper in my first year at California Baptist University, where I read Don’t Waste Your Life [...]
February 24, 2008
The Reward of Jesus Christ’s Reign
Our teaching pastor preached from Luke 19:11-27 this morning, continuing our trek through the gospel of Luke, and the last verse in Jesus’ parable grabbed me.
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.
Luke 19:27 (ESV)
The call to follow Jesus [...]
February 23, 2008
The Moral Inconsistency of Ohio Catholics
I listen to National Public Radio, a lot. It is on at least 95% of the time I am driving my car. Yesterday on the way home from work they featured a story about Catholic voters in Ohio who are Democrats.
What caught me off guard was a quote from a voter (which was not included [...]
February 21, 2008
The Bruised Reed, part one
I love to read. I am not that good at it, I don’t get to do it as often as I like, but I love it.
One of the books I am reading and greatly enjoying is The Bruised Reed, by Richard Sibbes, a short book on Isaiah 42:3, “a bruised reed he will not break, [...]
February 21, 2008
Reformed Ruffians
That is the tentative title of another blog I will post to, but one that will serve a different purpose than this.
Reformed Ruffians will be the group-blog of the current high school seniors of Northpoint, a group of stalwart young lads that I have the tremendous pleasure and honor to disciple in my role as [...]
February 19, 2008
New ESV Deluxe Compact TruTone Bibles
I recently lost my ESV Compact Thinline that I rebound with some nice leather I cut out from a laptop bag, and have been looking for a replacement. Good news for me, in April Crossway will publish a new version, the Deluxe Compact TruTone Bible.
The ESV Blog highlights the following features:
A larger font (6.55 [...]
February 15, 2008
This Weekend
I have the pleasure of spending the weekend and part of Monday somewhere in the mountains with my dear friend Chris Fisher, his wife Bethany, and the youth group he leads at his church.
Please pray that God uses me to speak the truth of the gospel to these kids that I don’t even know.
February 15, 2008
The mind and the will in true repentance
A customer came into the print shop today and quickly became greatly agitated at what he deemed to be a grievous offense shown toward him. In reality, he misunderstood our policies and blamed us instead of taking responsibility. About an hour later he called us to apologize for acting rude and acknowledged that we were [...]
