Christians were never meant to be normal. We’ve always been holy troublemakers, we’ve always been creators of uncertainty, agents of dimension that’s incompatible with the status quo; we do not accept the world as it is, but we insist on the world becoming the way that God wants it to be. And the Kingdom of God is different from the patterns of this world.
— Jacques Ellul (via northodoxy)
(via shortbreadsh)
This is the ultimate evil and the ultimate outrage in the universe. The glory of God is not honored. That is what sin is.
The holiness of God is not reverenced.
The greatness of God is not admired.
The power of God is not praised.
The truth of God is not sought.
The wisdom of God is not esteemed.
The beauty of God is not treasured.
The goodness of God is not savored.
The faithfulness of God is not trusted.
The promises of God are not relied upon.
The commandments of God are not obeyed.
The justice of God is not respected.
The wrath of God is not feared.
The grace of God is not cherished.
The presence of God is not prized.
The person of God is not loved.
— John Piper (via abideinhislove)
(Source: nameful, via abideinhislove)
Ron Paul is a Pragmatic Choice
I don’t deny there are certain socially questionable things about the guy. He is honestly an old-school 1930s conservative. But I mean, look at what the President can do. The President does not pass social laws about race. The President does not create legislation. The President controls foreign policy. And I’m pretty sure that Ron Paul has the sanest foreign policy out of any other presidential candidate. Even leftists who rip on the man for his social views admit he has a good foreign policy. And what I’m saying is that all things considered, his foreign policy is THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE because that is the one thing the President influences most.
Henry Purcell - Jubilate Deo in D major, Z. 232 / The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Personally, I am sick of bashing pastors and you all should be too.
The view from the valley is oftentimes sweeter than the mountain top. His presence seems to be so near.
— John Wimber
Angus & Julia Stone Big Jet Plane
(Source: fancysweaters, via ohtodayisawindingroad)
Johnny Cash - It Was Jesus
Who was it everybody?
It was Jesus Christ, our Lord.
My prayer is that I may be taught to embrace this broken heart so that I may fully know your unceasing love.
The first Sisters of Notre Dame arrived on Guam on August 10, 1949 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(via jesucaritas)
In this New Year, 2012, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day.
This is an ironic juxtaposition of events.
One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication.
The other involves a groundhog.
(via statehate)
