July 2010
9 posts
“The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbour’s glory should be laid on...”
– C.S. Lewis in The Weight of Glory
“There is nothing in a Holy Spirit-conceived life that exempts that life from the...”
– Eugene Peterson
WatchJohn Mark McMillan has become one of my favorite artists over the past year or so. You probably already know his song ‘How He Loves’ - covered by David Crowder. It is a great song but many of his others songs are just as powerful and moving. He recently re-released his album Medicine. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Buy it here.
“He is “for us,” with all the infinity of his being; with all the omnipotence of...”
– Charles Spurgeon, Evening July 13
“What makes the temptation to power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that...”
– Henri Nouwen, ‘In the Name of Jesus’
Pure and Undefiled, Not Perfect →
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June 2010
12 posts
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The Dad Life →
Adoption Garage Sale →
“When the beams of the sun are contracted by a burning-glass, upon one spot, then...”
– Charles Spurgeon from Daily Help Devotional.
Piper on Biblical Counseling
Piper’s definition of biblical counseling fromThe Journal of Biblical Counseling, Winter 2002:
God-centered, Bible-saturated, emotionally-in-touch use of language to help people become God-besotted, Christ-exalting, joyfully self-forgetting lovers of people.
“The secret of the whole story of humanity is the love between the Father and the...”
– George McDonald
May 2010
14 posts
Together for Adoption Registration Now Open! →
WatchThe story behind John Mark McMillan’s song ‘How He Loves.’ Powerful. Watch this and then worship.
The Great God
This is a one of many powerful prayers in Valley of Vision. If you don’t have this book, I can’t recommend it highly enough.
O Fountain of All Good, Destroy in me every lofty thought, Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds, Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness, Implant in me true lowliness of spirit, Abase me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence, Open in me...
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2010 National Foster Care Prayer Vigil →
Orphans, Adoption, and Islam →
Open Adoption: Not So Simple Math →
Essential Adoption Resource: Created To Connect →
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In Some Adoptions, Love Doesn’t Conquer All →
Eat at Pei Wei and Help Orphans! →
April 2010
20 posts
Father of the Fatherless by David Platt
David Platt preaches on the ‘Father of the Fatherless’ from Psalm 10.
Click here to listen.
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Adoption is both complicated and beautiful →
The Greatest Need in the Adoption Movement Today →
“Failure to forgive one another wasn’t a matter of failing to live up to a...”
– N.T. Wright
We Will Win
This is a powerful message by John Piper from Easter Sunday 2010. I too often forget the reality of Satan and the spiritual battle we are engaged in. It is something that has massive implications for my personal life, marriage, family, and ministry. Watch or listen to the full sermon if you can. Here is his closing:
Last week I spoke of the dangerous powers of sin, especially the sin of pride in...
WatchLet Hope Rise by @jeremy_rodgers
Austin Stone Community Church Easter 2010
I had the chance to watch this video 3 times yesterday in our easter services and each time it brought tears to my eyes. The life-shattering reality of death. The staggering beauty and hope of redemption. It is a beautiful reminder that there is more to this life and the next.
Glory to our risen Christ!