Finished reading Humility: True Greatness, by C.J. Mahaney, whom I saw speak at the Resolved Conference last weekend along with John Piper and John MacArthur.
C.J. on one way to cultivate humility by fighting pride:
Sin-including especially the sin of pride-is active, not passive. Sin doesn’t wake up tired, because it hasn’t been sleeping. When you wake [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 23, 2008
Fighting Active Sin
June 15, 2008
Augustine’s God-Centered Happiness
Currently reading (and enjoying) Piper’s The Legacy of Sovereign Joy. My favorite quote so far:
Happiness is to rejoice in you [God] and for you and because of you. This is true happiness and there is no other.
Augustine, Confessions
June 13, 2008
High School Graduation Speeches
They are like bad sermons. Warm and fuzzy motivation to believe in yourself, but no gospel.
But a dozen or so of the high school guys I discipled over the past year and half graduated this week.
I am grateful for them:
Persevering through high school in a culture that encourages laziness and stupidity
Believing the gospel and trying [...]
