Tozer Tuesday

"Left to ourselves we tend immediately to reduce God to manageable terms. We want to get Him where we can use Him, or at least know where He is when we need Him. We want a God we can in some measure control. We need the feeling of securuty that comes from knowing what God is like, and what He is like is of course a composite of all the religious pictures we have seen, all the best people we have known or heard about, and all the sublime ideas we have entertained...If what we conceive God to be He is not, how then shall we think of Him?...The answer of the Bible is simply 'through Jesus Christ our Lord." Knowledge of the Holy.

Oh the beauties of dwelling on the Messiah. When we dwell on Him, we dwell on God.

Wife's are good

The last week has been a long week for me. I was without my wife for about 5 days and i felt as lost as (insert funny metaphor). She had precooked meals for me and told me where they were in the fridge and what containers held what so i would not microwave the cole slaw. Yet, with all the instructions, I still felt lost, not knowing what to do. It has been a long time since i was a bachelor, and i have never lived alone, so this was foreign territory for me. I stayed up late watching stupid programs until i fell asleep and then i went to the bed only to put on my ipod until i really fell asleep. I don't like going to bed alone. To be honest, it is scary: the noises, the creaks, the shadows. How do you single people do it? So needless to say (but i will say it anyway), I was overjoyed when my wife made her arrival a few days ago. Now all is right in the world again. I love her.

Tuesday's with Tozer

"All the problems of heaven adn earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with the overwhelming problem of God: That He is; what He is like; and what we as moral beings must do about Him. The man who comes to a right belief about God is relieved of ten thousand temporal problems, for he sees at once that these have to do with matters which at the most cannot concern him for very long; but even if the multiple burdens of time may be lifted from him, the one mighty single burden of eternity begins to press down upon him with a weight more crushing than all the woes of the world piled upon another...The gospel can lift this destroying burden from the mind, give beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. But unless the weight of the burden is felt the gospel can mean nothing to the man; and until he sees a vision of God high and lifted up, there will be no woe and no burden. Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them." Knowledge of the Holy by Tozer

New Book!

This is the latest book I have spent my money on and actually enjoyed reading. Ryken is pastor of a presy church that James Boice pastored(http://www.tenth.org). The content is meditations and talks Ryken gave to his church on Sunday nights. The book reminds of Piper's Godward Life series. If you are looking for a book that will help you think through your faith and how it applies to the everyday marketplace, this is a good one. Ryken says that he talks about everything because theology is about everything since it is about God. Hope you enjoy.

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Revival and success

So i just got back from preaching a revival this week and many people have asked me, "How did it go?" I know the question is asked with the purest of intentions and interest, but how do you respond to that? No one was converted that i know of; there was no move of mass repentance; in fact, there was barely any movement at all! But does that mean the revival was unsuccessful? I don't think so (and i say that not just for my own sake and pride). So what are some responses that you would give?