We and They: mediations on a God who loves us despite ourselves.

They wanted comfort,
But  Jesus offered them a cross.
They wanted comfort,
But Jesus gave them cannibalism.
They wanted comfort,
But Jesus promised persecutions.
They wanted comfort,
But Jesus promised them death.
They wanted comfort,
But Jesus gave them nothing.
But WE want Jesus,
And He has promised HIMSELF!
But WE want Jesus,
And we find our comfort in Him.
But WE want Jesus,
And HE has given us ALL!
BUT [...]

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The Lion Christ: a mediation on the laying Lion who can not lie…

Lord, You lay in wait as the wicked store up wrath,
and they seem to over run this world with their dark hearts.
No one seems to want this Christ,
No one seeks God.
But I then must be reminded that my King is a Lion,
and that one day Your roar WILL crack the sky.
And the heavens and earth [...]

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What Makes Me want YOU? (An extended comment to the article, “Bound Freedom”)

And no I’m not talking about you personally. I am talking about the only one worthy of our desire, namely, the the Son of God, our Lord and King Christ Jesus. But what makes me want Jesus? Does the desire come from some secret bank of emotions and dispositions deep within my soul that I [...]

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Esau’s Tears: a pressing plea for repentance

1John 5:16-17
 16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not [...]

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The Gospel: The Message

THE GOSPEL:
The Sermon Notes from Pastor David Platt @ Church of Brook Hills on April 13, 2008. I plan over the next two months to really camp out in unraveling and unfolding the components and parts of the whole Gospel presentation as seen below. These sermon notes will basically work as an outline [...]

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On the Importance of Fasting

            “History,” it was once proposed, “belongs to the intercessors.” And as one glances over the pages of both Biblical and ecclesiological history, the proposition rings true over and over and over. Perhaps no clearer example comes than in the person of Moses. The Israelites had just molded their golden calf [...]

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Does God bless the good of evil?

What is good? Your car, a ham sandwich, a nice salesman at the Best-buy store? Well according to Jesus none is good but God (Matthew 19:17). So what does this mean for the well-intentioned philanthropist who gives his money freely to charities and non-profit organizations?
Is this a good thing that this person is doing?

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Consume us…a prayer for the glory of God

Consume us with the fire of Your glory, 
O God, make me as passionate about it as you are. May the dryness of this world be set ablaze by the fire to where no water spout of the adversary or “well rooted” tree could stop it. May the fire that does not scold, burn others and may the [...]

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Jesus is…(Part 3)

Jesus is… existentially essential… “I am the bread of life“
Sitting in a hospital room watching a loved one hooked up to all kinds of medical instruments and tubes, one hopes that the doctor knows what is going on. The door opens and a nurse appears and asks if there is anything wrong in the room [...]

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A Water Pot Conversion

I left my waterpot 
to enter the city
did you have to tell me all I did to believe?
you simply protected & loved me through all I did.
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