I heard John Piper tell a story in a message today from his “Don’t Waste Your Life Conference” based on the Julio Diaz story… Apparently the guy’s a social worker and, like all chronic Bachelors, frequents a particular diner for his evening meal on the way back from work on Fridays. On this day, he was ambushed by a would-be mugger. Rather than attempt to struggle, Diaz proceeded to offer his coat, and then dinner to the teenager. ...
If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large. William Wilberforce (Abolusionist & Member of Parliament)
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot (Missionary to Ecuador and Martyr)
The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night. For all the ill that Satan can do, when God describes what keeps us from the banquet table of his love, it is a piece of land, a yoke of oxen, and a wife ...
No real update today, so i decided to share a quote from some of the stuff I’ve been listening to.. The only thing worse than nostalgia is amnesia… - Ravi Zacharias
“Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs” Jonah 2:8……
Found this interesting article on Boundless.org. Dennis Prager is a Jewish American and a talk show host.. Enjoy his thoughts from the commencement address he gave to the 1997 graduating class of Pepperdine University. One: The Greatest Struggle Is with Yourself - not with society.. Two: Trust Your Common Sense Three: Race is Unimportant Four: Don’t Leave Your Values at Home Five: Beware of Bad Ideas Six: Behavior Matters More than Intentions Seven: Religion is the True Counterculture ...
Just saw the shocking videos referenced by the waffarian. Such behavior is not only appalling, it is simply unacceptable. I’d hazard a guess that while Akwa Ibom may be in the spotlight on this issue at the moment, things like these are happening all over the country in the hinterland… The combination of spiritual zeal and half-baked knowledge has always being a fatal mix. I’m deeply ashamed to admit that I spent a couple of years in Eket and did not realize the full extent of this problem - yes we saw kids on the road and occasionally gave them money - but there was no concerted effort on our part to do something about it.. A couple of expats came together from time to time and provided funding to get some off the streets and into safe houses in other states for their safety - but the overwhelming response from us Nigerians was one of apathy and studied indifference… ...
Spent May Day listening to the likes of Fred Thompson, Sharon McPherson, Ibukun Awosika, Leke Alder at the platform (www.theplatformnigeria.com ) .. Fred seems to be big on this TQM thing – Meeting specifications, meeting expectations and providing excitement.. Maybe there is a fourth quality – operating at a more fundamental level — but none the less critical – quality of thought…
Russ Bush: A worldview is that basic set of assumptions that gives meaning to one’s thoughts. A worldview is the set of assumptions that someone has about the way things are, about what things are, about why things are. St. Augustine of Hippo: True faith is bound up with reason James W. Sire (The Universe Next Door): A worldview is a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic make-up of our world. ...