Here we go with another Free Book Friday give away. For all you who really enjoy digging into the original languages of the Bible here are two (2) great resources.
The Complete Word Study Old Testament
The Complete Word Study New Testament
Remember, you can retweet this and be entered to win. The random drawing will be held Saturday morning and announced here.
This weeks winner of Free Book Friday is Cat Pruitt. Congrats on picking up two John Piper devotionals, A Godward Life vol. 1 & 2.
This video is so funny to me because it reminds me of a friend.
If you haven’t seen this before take time to watch, it is only 1 minute. If you have seen King Curtis, relax, watch again and laugh one more time.
Great question.
Life has been going 110 miles an hour trying to prepare for our transition to Belgium. While we have been working our way through all of the checklist items the blog has gotten lost. I am hopeful that I can get myself back in gear and start engaging the keyboard more and putting my thoughts into words.
Thanks for hanging in there with me and being patient.
I have been reading about a couple of topics lately that not many people in the United States and the western world do not like to discuss. In fact, I couldn’t even type the words. I think my computer is having problems and wouldn’t allow the letters to be put together to spell the words.
Several months ago the I began to sense the Lord leading me to learn more about what it means to “share in the suffering of Christ”. Here are a few of the books I have been walking through as a read and try to digest. I haven’t completed all of them but I am in process.
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper and Justin Taylor
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
If God is Good by Randy Alcorn
Any words you would like to add to this discussion I would love to hear them.
I would love to hear from you about passages of scripture that help you explain suffering to others.
Once again I will post this video of one of the best speeches of all time. It was given by a man who tirelessly fought, marched and spoke out so his children and thousands like them could have a better life, a life of equality.
Over the past several weeks as we have prepared for the impending sale of our house and the move to an apartment we have given, sold, and thrown many things away. It has been amazingly freeing to get rid of “stuff.” The “stuff” we have moved out of the house hasn’t been bad, worn out or broken….just extra. Why do we have four pots and three pans when we always use the same one? That example doesn’t take into account the other cooking implements we have in the cabinets. The “stuff” we have had in closets and the attic for years that we never used and really had forgotten about had to be dealt with before we moved to an apartment. I was amazed at the amount of clothes that I had in my closet that I didn’t wear and really didn’t like. Someone else could utilize these and probably needs clothes that I am hoarding or holding onto “just in case” I decide I need them. Well, purging started and continued for several weeks and honestly it felt good. Freeing is the only word I can really use to describe how it feels to “lighten” the load. Amy has called this “taking off another layer.” I think that phrase adequately describes the process we have been walking through in preparation for our move to Belgium.
I am so thankful that God has given us time to walk through this process over a period of time. I cannot imagine what it would be like to “take off the layers” all at once as some have had to do before. This past week we took off “another layer.” Our house sold and we moved into the apartment finally. God has given us a wonderful place to live. We are very thankful God answered our family’s prayer to sell our house quickly so we could transition to an apartment and learn that lifestyle again before moving to Belgium. It has been around thirteen years since we last lived in an apartment and we wanted to make that transition while we were still in a familiar culture, not while going through culture shock in another land. We said goodbye to our house of seven and one-half years and around 2000 sq. ft. and began life in a multi-family housing development and a 1300 sq. ft. apartment.
All the “layers” that we had shed over the past several months had been well worth it. I am so thankful that God has given us this opportunity. But, we have learned we still need to take off several more “layers.” We didn’t fully realize the size of our refrigerator in our former house, the size of our food pantry, the amount of cabinets we had or the lack of closets, drawers and storage in an apartment. I think our “stuff” multiplied during those years of attic and closet living in our old house.
God help us to not hold onto “stuff” and show us the “layers” that have built up over the years.
I am speechless right now. This 15 minute video is overwhelming to me. I am so thankful that our family is part of the Compassion movement. My wife and children have encouraged this for several years in our home and this real life story will help us all to understand the impact we can make on the world from right where we live.
Please watch this video.
The world in which we live is changing rapidly. The demographics are undeniable…please watch.
