tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60725482011-04-21T14:46:22.790-04:00C. S. Lewis - Grace substitutes a full, childlike, and delighted acceptance of our Need, a joy in total dependence. We become "jolly beggars." Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16719085044373386838noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072548.post-1121831034690312022005-07-19T23:41:00.000-04:002005-07-19T23:43:54.696-04:00

It just occurred to me that, though I haven't posted on this blog in over a year, there may be the odd person here or there who stumbles on this and doesn't know I have moved. The only reason I am leaving this up is that it has some of my earlier posts that I don't want to lose and that I may recycle on my current blog.So, if you still want to find me I'm at http://jollyblogger.typepad.com now.

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I found this tonight on Blogpipe - its from Tolstoy to his son. The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this larger task. Though we should indeed love our spouse with true satisfaction, the most selfish and hateful life of all is that of two beings who unite merely in order to enjoy pleasures.

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I shouldn't have done this but I did. What started as a five minute break from productive work turned into a 20 minute ride into the wilderness of chest-puffing, rhetoric spewing and name calling. Said five minute break was to take a quick look at a couple of websites. Somehow I followed a link to Andrew Sandlin's website at the Center for Cultural Leadership, where he had this interesting

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I have downloaded and installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a Windows-client for my blog tool (as well as some for other tools).Actually, it was not me who wrote this text: when I launched BlogJet for the first time, it's edit window already contained this text and the program asked me to click Post and Publish button to post this text to my blog in order to test the connection (

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In his entry of 1/20/04 George Grant says that if G. K. Chesterton were alive today he would be a blogger. And, the good news is that some wag has started a G. K. Chesterton blog of thoughts from his writings. Gotta love it!

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Here's an interesting thought on the idea of spiritual gifts vs. natural gifts. It has been my experience that, in the church, whenever we talk about spiritual gifts we distinguish between them and natural talents. The stuff in I Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 are spiritual gifts, as opposed to natural gifts like the ability to sing, cook, dance, play a sport, play a musical instrument, etc. Of

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Laurence Windham is an associate of R. C. Sproul Jr.'s at the Highlands Study Center. I got to know him in seminary and he is a great guy, full of wisdom, ergo, this stimulating thought: If you ever want tangible evidence of God’s common grace to man, you needn’t look any further than garlic. Garlic, wonderful garlic. Amen, Laurence, Amen. Actually, Laurence thinks much deeper thoughts than

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It's been a while since I last blogged - been a little busy. Here's an article I just couldn't resist sharing with anyone who happens to read my blog - its from The Internet Monk, and it deals with Christians who just have to argue and press their positions. It's titled: The Little Brothers of Saint Archie Bunker - How to argue theology till no one but the cows come home. Here's just a smidge

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My friend Terry Pruitt sent me a response to my January 4 post on fundamentalism He has pointed out to me that people often confuse Christian (doctrinal) fundamentalism with Muslim fundamentalism and it is important to distinguish the two. Terry has greater knowledge of the Muslim world than I do and I thought his insights were helpful and worth sharing. Dear David, In your blog you mention

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In the Redeemer Fellowship Group Handbook Tim Keller says the following: The context for a gospel-centered life is never merely individual. The gospel creates a new community, a unique community. "One of the immediate changes that the gospel makes is grammatical: we instead of I; our instead of my; us instead of me." (Eugene Peterson, Reversed Thunder). This kind of new community is not an

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David Wells, in his book No Place for Truth Technology per se does not assault the gospel, but a technological society will find the gospel irrelevant. What can be said of technology can also be said of many other facets of culture that are similarly laden with value (p. 11).

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In the preface to his book "The Calvary Road," Roy Hession speaks of the necessary heart attitude of the one who would experience revival. He must be possessed with a dissatisfaction of the state of the church in general, and of himself in particular - especially of himself. He must be willing for God to begin His work in himself first, rather than in the other man. He must, moreover, be

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I was saddened, like many, to hear of the recent passing of Mike Yaconelli, founder of Youth Specialties and The Wittenberg Door (now simply called The Door) magazine. I never met Mike, but as a former youth minister, I have been impacted by his life and ministry. I used to attend the Youth Specialties National Youth Worker Convention and half the fun of it was to see what Yaconelli would come

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This site takes it's name from a quote in the book, The Four Loves, by C. S. Lewis. My friend Ernie Jennings from Jacksonville, FL used to be a member of a reading group called the Jolly Beggars - I've loved the name ever since. Thanks Ernie. It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the

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Check out my friend Terry Pruitt's web page at PrunePitts Communications. In addition to several stunning photographs of himself climbing Ha'iku Valley Ladder in Hawaii he has some good essays on baptism, speaking in tongues and place names in the four gospels.

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My last post regarding Gatorstuff was in praise of Ron Zook and took a shot at the guy at the FireRonZook.com webpage. I guess Ron's fortunes went south in the Outback Bowl and FireRonZook.com is doing just fine, thank you very much. Oh well, I tried to be a loyal fan. FireRonZook.com has a t-shirt out already that says "Outback - Australian for FireRonZook." Funny, but I don't think he will

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Here's an interesting little bit of dialogue from Francine Rivers' book And the Shofar Blew. In this, Stephen is a "young buck" deacon at centerpiece Community Church who has been brought in as a part of a youth movement by the pastor. He is all for growth and change in the church. Samuel is a wise old elder who has some reservations about all of the growth at the church. Stephen

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On ESPN Trev Alberts has this to say about the coaches of the upcoming Outback Bowl between Florida and Iowa. He titles this little blurb "Quality Coaches." Quality coaches This game features coaches who did two of the best jobs in the nation this season. Florida's Ron Zook held his young team together after a shaky start and has gone with a freshman QB most of the year, while Iowa's Kirk

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In my last post I mentioned Rick Reilly's conversation with Isaac Bruce about his accident. I found the book and the exchange. In two days both Isaac Bruce and Derrick Thomas were in car accidents - Isaac Bruce came out fine but Thomas was paralyzed. Here's an exchange between Reilly and Bruce. "Do you ever thinkg about Derrick Thomas and say 'that could be me?'" "Oh, no, not at all," Bruce

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With 2003 ending and a new year upon us I decided to try out something new in 2004 and start blogging. At this point I forsee my blogging as following the meandering trails of my thoughts, most of which will deal with Biblical and theological issues. Since I love reading I imagine that most of my thoughts will be spurred on by things I am currently reading. In the near future I plan to share

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