February 2012
12 posts
The Darling Object of William Wilberforce
At 4:00 AM on February 24, 1807, the British Parliament overwhelmingly voted to abolish the slave trade and then “rose almost to a man and turned towards [William] Wilberforce in a burst of Parliamentary cheers…while he sat, head bowed, tears streaming down his face.”
This extraordinary moment was the culmination of 20 years of relentless, determined personal and legislative exertion to bring...
My brethren, if God have done so great things in the bringing us to glory, as the preparation to it — he did let us fall into sin, delivered us out of it, sent his Son to die for us — if these be but the preparations, what will the riches be? And yet all this is but preparation, that he might show forth the exceeding riches of his grace, in the ages to come, in kindness towards us in Christ...
“Job: “Why did I not die a birth?”
God: Because your worship in...”
The night in 2007 was cold and rainy. I was walking out of the supermarket on Main Street in downtown Jinja, on my way home. Then I saw him. Huddled on the street corner, drenched and shivering, was a little boy. At that moment, all I really wanted to think about was getting home, getting dry, and crawling into my warm bed. But a voice inside me told me to stop.
I took the little boy inside the...
cruce, dum spiro, fido.
solideogloriaa:
while I breathe, I trust the cross.
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
"Fair Trade Products Are Too Pricey" →
Debunking common objections to shopping ethically.
“I’ve had people ask me why I think Africa is so impoverished, but these children...”
– “In the Crucible of Contradiction,” Kisses from Katie (via thesickneedadoctor)
January 2012
12 posts
Katie grew up in America with all its comforts: a loving family, high school homecoming queen, class president, a bright future in college, a boyfriend. She had it all. But then she heard the call of Jesus, left what she had, and followed him.
She wanted to do a year long mission trip before college so she went to Uganda to serve as a teacher. While there she saw the desperate needs of the...
“So let hope rise
And darkness tremble in Your holy light
That every eye will...”
– Hillsong’s “With Everything”
Helpful Websites To Learn Languages
infragilefashion:
les-langues-sont-ma-vie:
French
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/home - I absolutely love this website. It has everything!
http://french.speak7.com/
http://www.bonjour.com/ - Shows pronunciations of words/phrases (which is extremely helpful) But it has limited vocab
http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Words-Phrases/basic_phrases_links.htm
German
...
redeemedandreflective:
“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we
have to...”
– Francis Chan (via martelthechristianrapper)
Praise
onfireforgod:
Lately I’ve learned a lot about the background of hymns written. When you see the rich content of these old songs, they strike you to your core. The last verse of ‘The Love of God’ was written on the wall of an insane asylum. ‘O Love That Will Not Let Me Go’ was written by a man who’s fiance left him after he turned blind. ‘It Is Well With My Soul’ was written after multiple...
December 2011
14 posts
“My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things — that I am a great sinner,...”
– John Newton (via verydewarsontherocks)
“The reason money is so difficult is because it will call you a liar. Here’s what...”
– Matt Chandler, Buying the Field (via solideogloriaa)
Oh, Abraham, we are the stars you were promised.
WatchDaisy’s 7 month journey
beautiful
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are...
“All that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution,...”
– C. S. Lewis (via eternalweightofglory)
Pastor John:
There is a principle here that applies to you and me: God takes small, imperfect things and builds them into a habitation for his glory. O, how we should take courage in our little spheres of influence! And is this not the message of Advent and Christmas?
What more appropriate word could God have said to Mary as Jesus was growing up: Take courage, young mother, you build more...
“Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy...”
– C. S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory” (via samraadeni)
November 2011
10 posts
Isaiah 58:6-10
joshuabrandonbennett:
6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 8 Then your...
You may choose to look the other way, but you can...
- William Wilberforce
Watchan eye-opening film from Unearthed about Jacob, former trafficker turned rescuer
Take a 13 minute break from whatever you’re doing and watch it.
Happy 236th birthday to the Marine Corps! →
October 2011
10 posts
“So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve...”
– Martin Luther (via repeater75)