Gospel Prism

(HT: Dane Ortlund)

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Tim Challies had this link up on the worst first page of a novel and I thought it was hilarious.  Sad to say, I think this was a real first page of a book.

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I thought this list was very interesting:
1. Losing a parent
2. Going blind
3. Academic retainment
4. Welling in class
5. Parental fights
6. Caught in theft
7. Suspected of lying
8. Poor report card
9. Sent to principal
10. Having an operation
11. Getting lost
12. Ridiculed in class
13. Moving to a new school
14. Scary dream
15. Not making 100 on a test
16. Picked last on [...]

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To see more pics…

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Here are 10 sample questions from the new citizenship test.  How well would you do (don’t cheat or you’ll automatically fail the test!)?
1. What does the Constitution do?
2. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
3. Name one branch or part of the government.
4. We elect a U.S. representative for how many [...]

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They’re now charging for water.

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Couldn’t pass this one up. Combine one blogger with his bike and his camera and you get this.

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Bob Kauflin reflects on this phenomenon.  It is definitely true and definitely worth the read.  I’m in agreement.  I think lyrical content with style usually makes this happen.  There were some songs that I used to love to sing in worship, but now it can sound like scratches on a chalkboard, not because the melody [...]

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From the first chapter of Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God:
“The prayer of a Christian is not an attempt to force God’s hand, but a humble acknowledgment of helplessness and dependence.”
“… what we do every time we pray is to confess our own impotence and God’s sovereignty.”

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“One bit of Bible prayed over, and bedewed with the Spirit, and made alive, though it be only a short sentence of six words, will profit you more than a hundred chapters without the Spirit … ”
- from “Spiritual Religion” on page 290 of the Sermons of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon

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