Posts Tagged ‘Christ our hope’

Romans 1:5 says, “through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.” Paul is speaking of his ministry as an apostle here; he desired to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations for one reason: the [...]


This comes from an email I recieved from my old roommate, Tumaini (nickname). She just moved to Africa two weeks ago.
Thoughts on Easter:
We met together on Good Friday night to have a time of singing and prayer, which was a blessing, and as we sang, the drone of the mosque echoed in the background. The [...]


Waging War

11Feb09

I need to wrestle with this so I decided to write it where I’m going to see it a lot.

My commentary at the bottom:
“Every thought captive to obey Christ,” suggests that these strongholds, these arguments, these lofty opinions “raised against the knowledge of God” come from within ourselves. Oh what a powerful weapon I need! [...]


Laminin

01Feb09

It’s nine minutes long, but if you set yourself down to watch the whole thing it will change. your. life. Seriously.
When I first got back from Africa, we had a Christmas party for our youth group. When I was told last minute that instead of party games we’d be sitting down [...]


Nerd Cool

24Jan09

I recently had a conversation with a friend about the term “cool.” She proceeded by telling me a theory she developed in high school that has continued to stand the test of time.
People fit into two categories: Nerd Cool and Jerk Cool. She said that on some level, people fit into either category. The jerk-cool [...]


Thoughts and meditations on different passages of scripture:
The Beatitudes
I recently started memorizing the Sermon on the Mount and since the Beatitudes are first-up in that section, I’ve been saying them a lot. One morning, while in the shower a thought hit me and almost brought me to tears. Jesus spoke these words. Not only did [...]


Melancholy

04Jan09

My 25th birthday stunk. I remember crying on the phone with my best friend hoping that the awful day wasn’t a reflection of the year to come. It was my birthday and I was sitting at home; alone.
If you have read my birthday post, you may remember that I alluded to some pain that I [...]


Black Friday

28Dec08

These are the words we were asking the students to not say to their families.
On Black Friday, while most of America was out shopping for holiday bargains, Jos, Nigeria was covered in the smoke of hatred. While our team was incredibly safe on the other side of town, we allowed the students to call home [...]


Please don’t assume that my lack of excitement for Nigeria translates into a desire to stay state-side. I think a lot of people who know me well, know that this trip is a big deal for me and are a wee-bit confused on why I’m not oozing with hyper-excitement. I think some people are expecting [...]


Tim, after months of putting the purchase off and then waiting to finish another book, I have finally read your book. I loved it. Thank you for writing it. I’m terribly sorry it took me this long.
For the rest of you, I’ve just finished reading The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, by Tim Challies. If you’re [...]