By Vic on October 17, 2009
I’m feeling very convicted by what I read in Don Carson’s book, “A Call to Spiritual Reformation“.
Some time ago I developed a very strange way to evaluate my prayer life that actually led me to pray less. Originally this helped to alleviate my feelings of guilt about not being as prayerful as the giants of [...]
Posted in Bible, Faith, Life | Tagged application, lesson, personal, prayer
By Vic on October 1, 2009
In my bible reading I have come to the passage in Ezekiel 34.
The first 10 verses (Ezek 34:1-10) is a scathing condemnation of Israel’s kings. They are the shepherds of the people. And while this is about Israel’s history, I feel safe to make the generalisation: no one is righteous and good. For Israel, [...]
Posted in ADD, Faith, Life | Tagged ADD, gospel, grace, law, lifestyle, salvation, work ethic
By Can on April 13, 2009
Yesterday in Vic’s room i picked up “Tuesday with Morris” and started reading. An old and dying professor shares with his young grad student his journey of facing death and taught him how to live life differently— by knowing how he wants to die.
A few weeks back we watched a Japanese movie titled “Departures”. The [...]
Posted in Life, Regular
By Vic on April 9, 2009
… so one man sharpens another. This proverb came up in my reading this morning. Dr Don Carson commented on this verse (Proverbs 27:17) noting that ours is a culture where “rabid individualism holds sway”, and it is always an uphill battle to fight against the temptation to seek no man’s correction, or even his [...]
Posted in Faith, Life
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