Head-dibs

Many of the characters in Lewis Carroll’s stories were suggested by the illustrated tiles that decorated the fireplace in his study at Christ Church, Oxford. Springs in the Dead Sea ! " German group pinpoints new types of microorganisms growing in fissures on the saline seafloor near the springs, university announces." Thabiti Anyabwile comments on Multi-site churches . My two cents: nice idea, but then so was New Coke. Galatians, Gospel Indicatives and Gospel Imperatives . A sermon of 42 points. The Gospel according to Jonah . Clear hints of the gospel in unexpected places. How to Keep a Long Commute from Wrecking Your Healthy Habits .

"Being in the same boat as Jonah means you are going to lose your stuff." -- Dr. Roy King

Oswald Chambers: " “Prayer honors God; it dishonors self” (Purpose in Prayer [Chicago: Moody, n.d.], 43). A friend (who makes a point to visit me each week) made a comment that I can't seem to shake. We were talking about the things that keep us busy and off-balance, distracted in life. He said to the effect that in some ways our busy-ness is in fact our "fighting God." So, the next someone asks how you are doing, or what you are doing, say, "I'm fighting God." This can be one way to look at prayer. The Christian life is dangerous! God will not let us stay the way we are--we are in a constant state of change, being delivered from this body of death and being transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. When we pray, we pray less about ourself and more about Him! We used to sing a long time ago: " From glory to glory He's changing me, changing me, changing me, His likeness and image to perfect in me, the love of God shown to the world. For He...