This man displays exactly what it means to love your enemies.  Check the story out.

This is an encouraging post from Abraham Piper, son of John Piper.  He and his wife lost their baby 6 months ago.  The way he, his wife, and their entire family responded in faith to God’s promise of hope should encourage us to rethink how faithful we are to God in the trying times.

A man of such great taste in hair style such as Josh Harris must be a wise man whose words are worth heeding.  Seriously, though, a while back I wanted to start studying my Bible better.  I decided to start in 1 Corinthians.  I took a new approach this time.  I decided I would not only read, but listen to respected leaders’ sermons on what I was reading.  So I would wear my mp3 at work and listen to Josh Harris speaking on 1 Corinthians.  It gave me a whole new perspective on what the text was saying. I never noticed in my own reading how the big issue with the Corinthians was pride. 

I’ve since started reading Josh’s blogthrough my google reader.  His site is one of my most frequented sites now.  He has done a series on Jeremiah 29 recently.  Check out the three parts here, here, and here, as well as future posts on the topic.

It is good to read what someone like this has to teach on the scripture.  He isn’t starting with a topic and fitting scripture to hs lesson.  He is taking a passage and allowing it to speak for itself.  A sermon is so powerful when the speaker just teaches scripture and allows it to speak for itself.

I was reading through my Google Reader today and found this excellent post by Josh Harris.  I did not see one thing in this post that I disagree with.  I read it in detail very deliberately, and I agreed with literally every word.  Check it out.

End of the Spear is a great true story of faithfulness to God.  If you haven’t seen it, go get it.  There is one line in the movie that brought me to my knees.  “No one took my father’s life!  He gave it!”

All I could say after seeing this video was, “Shame on me.”  I’ll let it speak for itself.