tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206240632012-01-01T19:31:00.590-05:00<b>dord</b> (dôrd), <b><i>n.</b></i> density of mind; chiefly exhibited by one who attempts to demonstrate supposed knowledge <b><i>--adj.</i> dord'ish</b>Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.comBlogger1711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-5184708427298663402010-10-24T22:18:00.001-04:002010-10-24T23:18:35.870-04:00

Two months ago was a time of saying goodbye. It's hard to say goodbye. But I realized that it's hard because I have been given so much to be thankful for. It's not hard to say goodbye to people you don't love... I'm reminded of Tennyson's words, "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." After spending the last five years in school as an undergraduate, I decided last

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You may not be sure that you want your life to make a difference. Maybe you don't care very much whether you make a lasting difference for the sake of something great. You just want people to like you. If people would just like being around you, you'd be satisfied. Or if you could just have a good job with a good wife, or husband, and a couple of good kids and a nice car and long weekends and a

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My diploma just came in the mail. I always hated it when people talked about going through school just to get a piece of paper. Thankfully, the last five years were about much more than a little paper diploma. Here are some highlights... five years, five lists.5 Things I Survived Undergrad Without (as in zero... yes, it is possible)All-nighters FacebookCoffeeStudent LoansWireless Internet on my

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I’m at a crossroad – a big one. I could choose option A or B or C. Quite literally I could turn north or south – or neither.Life seems to be a series of crossroads. The options now before me have come partly as a result of past choices. The choice I make now will affect future options – when still more choices will still have to be made. Each road at a crossroad leads to another crossroad. The

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In the last 18 days, I......was out of town or traveling for all but 6 (and tried to stay on top of school at the same time)...flew for the first time (and I'm not joking)...missed a connecting flight for the first time (but was put on another one and made it to my hotel room by 1am)...walked 40 minutes to church because I decided against taking a taxi (but got a return ride from a great

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-23434225508960348762010-03-15T15:19:00.002-04:002010-03-15T15:32:36.407-04:00

...to read what is said to be one of the greatest books penned by man.The irony is that, today, reading the Institutes seems to be viewed as something that only theology nerds or super-spiritual Christians actually do -- whereas Calvin wrote the book as an introduction to the Christian faith.

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Some of you may have noticed a little box on my sidebar, just under the blogroll. It's a nifty feature that's part of Google Reader, whereby I can choose to "share" certain posts by other bloggers. I've used it for almost two years now, with two main purposes in mind: (1) To share notable blog posts with others (2) to provide easy access to posts that I may want to find again later.But this post

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Here are a few reasons why:I like sour cream on a lot of thingsI refuse to eat donuts or sugared cereals at breakfastI have to set aside time to sort through piles of mailI spend leisure time cleaning/organizing my roomI cannot remember anything about my birthday this past yearDo you suspect that you are an adult?

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-45714521084106559162010-01-21T18:10:00.000-05:002010-01-21T18:11:51.938-05:00

“Is it possible to have too much fruit and not enough productivity?” That was the question raised by Laedelas in response to the last post.It started me thinking (or kept me thinking -- you might call this Round 2), and I found my response to be far too long for a comment. Thus, this post!Clearly, I'm no expert, and I hope people will call me out if my answers are unbiblical (or just plain don't

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-104420845383024672010-01-15T15:27:00.003-05:002010-01-15T16:25:22.154-05:00

Our culture talks a lot about productivity. We Christians do too -- at least, I do. Let me give a recent personal example: I wasn't as productive over Christmas break as I had planned to be. True statement. Disappointing, too, considering I have had to play some catch-up since then. So yes, it's disappointing in a sense, yet I don't regret the way I spent my time over break. Why? As I've jokingly

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-34328234484201308052010-01-05T12:38:00.002-05:002010-01-15T16:30:25.229-05:00

So I received a piece of paper in the mail notifying me that I have indeed fulfilled all of the requirements for the Spanish minor I applied for. Good thing. At three years removed from my last Spanish class, I'm not about to sign up for a 400-level course on advanced composition.

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A few reflections on this past year.Favorite class:Heat TransferLongest time spent studying for a single test:Six and a half hours -- straight -- for my second Design of Mechanical Components midterm.Number of nightmares about final exams:None. (Two years in a row. Interesting.)Miles on my car:4700One thing I won't miss:One shower for a family of nine.One thing I will miss:... I guess I feel

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-43478748074398882152009-12-30T22:50:00.008-05:002009-12-30T23:08:37.759-05:00

Once upon a time, it was my intention to write frequent book reviews. I haven't totally given up, but I have come up with a new plan: a brief year-end summary. While this is (at a minimum) for my own benefit, hopefully some of you, my faithful readers (who keep coming back even when I'm five weeks between posts), will find some good books to read as well.This list will be limited to Christian

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-51215860694966070102009-11-24T18:45:00.002-05:002009-11-24T19:30:15.678-05:00

Thanksgiving?Christmas lights started popping up the first week of November--right after the Halloween decor came down.Go online, and see how often Thanksgiving is mentioned--despite the fact that it's only two days away. What has dominated headlines for the past two weeks? Black Friday.It's not that Thanksgiving really has been eaten up by Christmas [or whatever the PC term is these days].

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-2512464152294518242009-11-03T15:59:00.002-05:002009-11-03T22:32:08.083-05:00

I'm at another crossroads in life. When I was a senior in high school I somehow thought that if I could just decide on what to study (and where), life would unfold from there.I'm a senior again. I feel like I'm a senior in high school again--minus the idea that future decisions will be obvious if I can only get this one right. What will I do next? The past four years of my life were more-or-less

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-92194044915046725722009-10-28T19:23:00.003-04:002009-10-28T19:35:28.009-04:00

This article sums it all up.Two (two!) Indians aces are starting Game 1 of the World Series tonight. Only neither are pitching for the Indians. I could go on, but the article really does say it all.[Of course, the reason I generalize to Cleveland sports is because the Browns and Cavaliers are their own forms of torture to local fans. I hope they win it all someday (the Cavs? maybe soon; the

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-83881468635036224622009-09-30T22:12:00.005-04:002009-09-30T22:36:20.147-04:00

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.(Matthew 5:6)I hunger and thirst for comfort, ease, respect, man's approval. None of these will ever leave me satisfied. What should be different is not how desperate I am for what I want nor how successful I am at getting what I want, but what I want. Jesus says that if I hunger and thirst for righteousness, I

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-22248695123463469672009-08-31T23:27:00.009-04:002009-09-06T17:25:43.397-04:00

Summer's over. It ended a week ago, really. School's been back for a week and a day. But I'm just now getting around to recording some thoughts.Many good things come to an end. Life keeps moving. It's quite a bit different than it was five years ago. I expect it will be vastly different in another five. I've never thought myself to be an overly sentimental person, but I've found myself, in

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-39097982202710416792009-07-31T23:28:00.001-04:002009-08-01T00:35:04.156-04:00

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you,

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5. Update my reading list4. Update my links3. Update my profile picture2. Get up-to-date reading my friends' blogs1. Write a real post

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"Possessions are only the traveling luggage of time; they are not the stuff of eternity. It [is] sensible therefore to travel light."--John R.W. Stott

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Right now life is a scholastic blur. Sometime I'll get around to writing a real blog post again. In the meantime, I thought I'd share these quotes--almost entirely context free--from my Design of Mechanical Components (DMC) professor."An engineer getting a chance to blow things up. . . what could be better?""You would have to do lots and lots of tests, which would take lots and lots of time,

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-49885190967139394032009-04-11T23:10:00.004-04:002009-04-11T23:40:21.586-04:00

Let me be up front about this: I really don't know how to write this review. For me to attempt to explain all of the reasons why I am glad I read The Holiness of God would make this review way too long. To find reason to include one quote would be to find reason to include thirty.Maybe I will find the time to spill some thoughts that have been stirred in another post. It should suffice to say

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-37288782411651099972009-04-09T22:54:00.001-04:002009-04-09T22:56:45.238-04:00

"The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God."--R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-56963935697390945732009-03-16T12:35:00.002-04:002009-03-16T12:43:36.874-04:00

Today I went to see the eye doctor about some funny things that have been going on with my vision.His verdict? I'm Fine. Okay. Normal.Well, almost."You're an engineering student?""Yeah. How did you know?""Engineers analyze everything."(Basically, the "funny things" are somewhat normal. But normal people either don't notice them, or just don't think twice about them.)

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-7221517150433383002009-03-12T22:12:00.002-04:002009-03-12T22:20:15.782-04:00

I don't usually blog on politics or the economy--there are plenty of other blogs devoted to those things--but this Glenn Beck clip is. . . well, see for yourself. . .

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"If your action is out of tune with your beliefs, you tend to change either your actions or your beliefs."--Albert M. Wolters, Creation Regained

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-46664163895227129912009-02-12T21:33:00.002-05:002009-03-12T22:12:09.822-04:00

Today is Darwin Day, the big day within Darwin Week, all just a part of the great Year of Darwin. Darwinism, it would seem, is as popular as ever.I, however, am a skeptic. And I have plenty of reasons why.People point to Charles Darwin. They say that the guy was born 200 years ago. Today they want to commemorate the anniversary of his birth. They say that they have facts about his origins: the

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-51501826513869467442009-02-12T21:23:00.004-05:002009-02-12T21:41:30.481-05:00

Abraham Lincoln was born. He famously stated his belief that "all men are created equal."Charles Darwin was born. He famously popularized the theory that no men were created (never mind equal).

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Phil Vischer spoke at the Moody Bible Institute's Founders Week 2009. "Phil Vischer?" You say. "As in the Veggie Tales guy?" Exactly.Whether you loved or hated Veggie Tales, listen to Phil share what God taught him about dreams through the bankruptcy of his own Big Idea. (He also has a few laughs about being a storyteller in a lineup of preachers.)So listen to it, and share your thoughts. (Scroll

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-17970249447539751772009-02-06T23:02:00.002-05:002009-02-06T23:14:14.561-05:00

"Divine grace does not trample on human personality. Rather the reverse, for it enables human beings to be truly human. It is sin which imprisons; it is grace which liberates. The grace of God so frees us from the bondage of our pride, prejudice and self-centredness, as to enable us to repent and believe."--John R.W. Stott, The Message of Acts

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-68227027919993154322009-01-31T21:25:00.003-05:002009-01-31T21:33:53.603-05:00

... already over 1 million views on YouTube

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When our church began a series on the book of Acts last fall, our pastors ordered a number of copies of John Stott's commentary, The Message of Acts, and made them available in the church resource center. This provided a great opportunity to go deeper into the book, so I bought a copy and used it for a couple of months as part of my personal devotional time.I found The Message of Acts to be a

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-33676625275040317102009-01-20T20:34:00.003-05:002009-01-20T20:43:07.570-05:00

NaIt used to be New AttitudeNot anymoreNew name. New speakers. Any guesses?

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It feels good to be back to school. (It might not feel as good once the homework assignments start, but that's another matter).Anyway, in the first Design of Mechanical Components lecture, the professor was impressing upon us some constraints of real-world design projects: "As engineers, there are two things you will never have enough of for your design project: time and money."And people say

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-73866616651717838972009-01-04T14:28:00.002-05:002009-01-04T14:36:09.898-05:00

"Don't wait for the perfect moment to share the Gospel. Perfect moments won't come until heaven, where there's no evangelism."

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-7692663964665698712008-12-31T23:04:00.005-05:002009-12-30T23:09:50.485-05:00

A few reflections on this past year.Strangest thing that wasn't so strange:Spending only eight weeks in class for the whole year. I've been doing school for eight or nine months each year since I was five. Along comes an engineering co-op job in the spring, followed by a session of summer school and another co-op session in the fall. It didn't end up feeling nearly as strange as I

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-53211902576396591582008-12-24T14:36:00.001-05:002008-12-24T14:36:01.075-05:00

Many years ago a new nation was founded. By and large it was agreed that, whether God was distant from or involved in the world, certain standards of life and law were self-evident. The nation would function under neither the thumb of a single despot nor the sneer of select aristocracy, but by a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Conceived in liberty, and dedicated to

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-82588532789911671892008-12-03T14:11:00.004-05:002008-12-03T14:11:00.980-05:00

Thou still unceasing tide of quietness,Thou foster-child of Silence and Slow Mind,Mental historian, who canst thus expressA flowery tale more sweetly than thy archives;What brilliance-tinged thoughts haunt about thy draftsOf deities or mortals, or of both,Who can say whether any shall escape?What mental lapse is this? What empty thought?What mad pursuit? What struggle to put forth?What types the

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-20904430711996320112008-12-02T21:04:00.002-05:002008-12-02T21:10:42.513-05:00

"Alas, how far from being godly are those who are destitute of faith! Such are altogether drowned in sense."--Thomas Watson, The Godly Man's Picture

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-75016095000022779052008-11-24T09:10:00.000-05:002008-11-24T21:11:21.230-05:00

Never move on from the Gospel. Keep the Gospel the main thing. Those two corollaries sum up the message of C.J. Mahaney's Living the Cross Centered Life, the combined and expanded result of two of Mahaney's previous works: Christ Our Mediator and The Cross Centered Life.Looking to the New Testament writings of the Apostle Paul, Mahaney begins Living the Cross Centered Life by making a case for

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-91676877635769120542008-11-03T22:22:00.003-05:002008-11-03T23:18:41.901-05:00

I've seen it.You've seen it.Your neighbor's seen it.In fact, your neighbor is probably hanging it -- a poster with a politician's face and the word HOPE.I'm not here to enumerate the aspects that I find deeply disturbing. They are many, but I'm not here to write a political rant. There are plenty of other blogs for that.Messianic overtones lauding a political leader are far from unique in human

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-19650079627901738712008-11-01T10:00:00.000-04:002008-11-01T10:00:00.823-04:00

"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."--Francis Bacon

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-38056158197544752282008-10-31T23:53:00.001-04:002008-10-31T23:55:21.558-04:00

Given the choice, would you prefer a whole half or half a whole?

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Jerry Bridges is fast becoming a favorite author of mine. Bridges writes with a firmly gospel-centered approach and an engaging style. His books are composed of doctrinal content, not glossy words; yet he has a gift for expressing the glorious truths of the Bible with both wonder at the simplicity and awe at the mystery. And I know that I am far from being the only one who has been fed through

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"There are many ways to read the Bible. Any is better than none."--John Piper, When I Don't Desire God

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-62952797493887864192008-09-16T21:22:00.001-04:002008-09-16T21:24:10.981-04:00

"Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture."--J.C. Ryle, Thoughts for Young Men

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I don't believe in negative numbers -- they are the root of all things unreal.

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Considering that the doctrine of the Trinity concerns God Himself, and that we will never come close to an exhaustive understanding of God, we would do well to seek a deeper Biblical understanding of trinitarian doctrine. If you agree, consider reading Bruce Ware's book Father, Son, & Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, & Relevance.I believe I first became aware of Father, Son, & Holy Spirit after

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(a) Watch every day(b) Watch your favorite events(c) Follow the results(d) Be indifferent(e) BoycottWhatever you have decided, consider using the Beijing Olympics as a reminder to pray for the Chinese people, especially the persecuted church. The Voice of the Martyrs has reminder prayer bands that you can purchase, wear, and give to friends and family. (If any of you from the Akron area are

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-32125621629348259212008-08-01T22:02:00.000-04:002008-08-01T22:11:45.149-04:00

"The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing."--John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-44750950953866841022008-07-27T23:10:00.003-04:002008-07-27T23:56:49.922-04:00

I sat on the couch this evening, thinking about tomorrow's waiting tasks, when a sudden thought crossed my mind: some years from now, I may not remember any of what I do tomorrow. I may do nothing either memorable or noteworthy tomorrow. Probably I'll eat breakfast and drive to school and sit in class and do homework and...Pull a couple of dates at random, and think with me. January 12, 1995 -- I

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-82184244274186872852008-07-23T22:15:00.001-04:002008-07-23T23:43:28.943-04:00

I have a friend I met in Spanish class over two years ago. We've kept up with each other over the following semesters, and have had many good philosophical and theological conversations: the nature of sin, the mercy of God... whether Jesus was divine, or merely a prophet. You see, my friend is a Muslim. I am a Christian.We hadn't seen each other in over a year (he finished an accelerated

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-69905386976843368582008-07-02T12:00:00.009-04:002008-07-02T12:08:25.108-04:00

Last month our family spent a week at Topsail Island, NC with my dad's side of the family. Having 31 people share a house is bound to be interesting. Thankfully, it was a good interesting.We learned a few valuable things:--A game of pool volleyball, in the presence of poolside cacti, will be very short.--Making up a bracket for a 16-person double-elimination billiards tournament is a science.--

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"Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel."--C.J. Mahaney, Living the Cross Centered Life

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-38863646058257781812008-06-10T15:50:00.001-04:002008-06-10T15:53:53.022-04:00

Likely you've heard the following words:"If you were to be put on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"That's a serious question. It's challenging, no matter how many times you've heard it before. Yet today I came across a quote that took it one step farther.This morning I picked up Randy Alcorn's The Treasure Principle, a book that is oh-so-brief yet packs

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WASHINGTON - In a long-awaited turn of events, Democrat Hillary Clinton announced today that she would be withdrawing from the race for the party's 2008 presidential nomination."My campaign, however, is far from over," she continued. "In recent months, my support from you, the American people, has steadily grown." Clinton proceeded to explain that, while mathematically eliminated from receiving

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"[W]here we are not consciously relying on God, there we shall inevitably be found relying on ourselves."--J.I. Packer, Evangelism & The Sovereignty of God

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Conference registration: $150Three nights in the Galt House: $85Transportation: $35Two trips to the bookstore: $23(Mostly Unhealthy) food: $34Main session downloads: FREE

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It has long been an observance of mine that a particular word—popularized and almost exclusively employed by the female gender—often fails to convey specific significance. The breadth of application of this word, combined with the ambiguity of its implications, easily results in confusion and bewilderment, particularly for the male population, who are typically as inclined to its usage as they

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What is the purpose of small groups? How do small groups serve in building strong local churches? How are small groups supposed to serve in strengthening biblical fellowship? For that matter, what is biblical fellowship?If you find yourself asking these questions--or ones similar to them--you would benefit from reading Why Small Groups?, one of five books in the Pursuit of Godliness series

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Title: Discern Your CultureSpeaker: Al MohlerSession: Main Session #3, Na07Date: May 27, 2007Main TextMatthew 22:23-33Some Opening ThoughtsIt’s obvious, at this point, that I will not be able to finish posts on all five remaining messages. I think I’ll probably be able to fit one more in before the conference, and simply listen to the rest in my car (which I am excited to do).This message is

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-73041342179235987952008-05-09T23:10:00.001-04:002008-05-10T00:15:25.211-04:00

The man stood motionless in the dusk, staring forward, lost in thought. Tomorrow would be the anniversary of that terrible day, so many years ago. He hated to think about it; and yet, somehow, he had come again to revisit the place—and its memories.He looked up at the tree. Its branches hovered solemnly overhead, just as they had twenty years before. The tree was older and now grander with the

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-38129363946777000252008-05-06T22:10:00.001-04:002008-05-06T22:18:33.587-04:00

"When they had crossed [the Jordan], Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so." (2 Kings 2:9-10)I wonder what kind of

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Title: Discern Your DoctrineSpeaker: Mark DeverSession: Main Session #2, Na07Date: May 27, 2007Main TextsJohn 17 & 2 John 10-11Some Opening ThoughtsNot are doctrinal differences are equal. How do we tell the difference between what is compromise and what is cooperation? How do we discern between primary doctrines that we need to contend for, and secondary doctrines where we can work with each

Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16476494287062018753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624063.post-81293690978072344312008-05-01T20:59:00.000-04:002008-05-01T21:00:56.385-04:00

"When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do; when we depend upon educations, we get what education can do; when we depend upon man, we get what man can do; but when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do."--A.C. Dixon

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The First Law of ChronodynamicsTime cannot be created or destroyed.Translation: When a person needs extra time, he can neither create extra nor extend what he has. Conversely, when time is passing in an unbearably slow manner, it cannot be expedited.The Second Law of Chronodynamics(i) In any instance, a process can occur only if it increases the total chronoentropy* in a person's life.(ii) Time

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Two words that don't go together in Ohio: "normal" and "weather." Hmm, I had always thought of January as the snowy month.I find it interesting, too, to see that kind of variation between Akron and Cleveland -- it's not as though Cleveland, being in the snowbelt and receiving lake-effect snow, had higher precipitation each month. (A note for anyone not from the area: those words are a part of the

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Title: DiscernmentSpeaker: Josh HarrisSession: Main Session #1, Na07Date: May 26, 2007Main TextsRomans 12:1-2 (also 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22)Some Opening ThoughtsThis is the first of eight messages on discernment. I have taken a lot of notes, so without further adieu. . .A Brief Outline–> What is discernment? The ability to judge well.–> 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22–> Two reasons that we need to give

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Title: The Family: Taking It Home To Your Local ChurchSpeaker: Josh HarrisSession: Main Session #7, Na06Date: May 30, 2006Main Texts2 Timothy 2:15, and general conference reviewSome Opening ThoughtsJosh said at the beginning that he would not be teaching anything new, but only reviewing the teaching from the past three days. That doesn’t mean that this is a message to skip over, though, because

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"It's one thing to have an answer ready. . . it's another thing to live a lifestyle that causes people to ask you for it."--John Piper, "Let Your Passion Be Single" (audio message)

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Happy Opening Day! I realize that I may have all of zero Cleveland Indians fans reading this blog. We'll have to work on that. Not saying I need new readers -- the old ones can simply become new fans.And how about that! First place already.Cleveland Indians 10Chicago White Sox 8Go Tribe!(Note: It is entirely possible that the recent surfacing of a Red Sox fan among my readers was a significant

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Title: The Mission: Reaching the World Next DoorSpeaker: Eric SimmonsSession: Main Session #6, Na06Date: May 29, 2006Main TextColossians 4:2-9Some Opening ThoughtsGoing to New Attitude 2006 had a big impact on my perspective on personal evangelism. This message—along with a book called Questioning Evangelism, which I bought at the New Attitude bookstore—challenged my fears, built my faith, and

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Have you had the following experience recently? You are reminded of a truth, one that you know and firmly believe in, yet you are suddenly impacted by it in a fresh way.As noted on my sidebar, I am currently reading Jerry Bridges' The Discipline of Grace. It is a good book, a very good book. Not wanting to speed through it too quickly, I've been doing some extra re-reading and reviewing of

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Title: The Power: Understanding And Experiencing the Holy SpiritSpeaker: Jeff PurswellSession: Main Session #5, Na06Date: May 29, 2006Main TextsSeveral, including John 14:16 and Ephesians 5:17-21 Some Opening ThoughtsWhen going to a conference and hearing sitting in on eight sessions in three days, it is easy to miss a lot of what is said. That is one of the reasons I am going back through and

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Title: The Cross: A Meditation on Jesus’ Atoning DeathSpeaker: C.J. MahaneySession: Main Session #4, Na06Date: May 28, 2006Main TextsIsaiah 53:1-6,10aSome Opening ThoughtsThis message by C.J. is one of the finest sermons on the atonement that you will ever hear, and I am reminded again of how little I can effectively represent in one of these posts. My hope is that this will encourage you to

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My mom was right. She insisted that I'd grown, evidenced by the fact that my dress pants were coming up a bit too high around the ankles. "But mom, I wore these pants to work all last summer. They fit fine. And I've been 5'9" since I was sixteen." My mom reminded me that she has friends whose sons continued to grow through college. Such did not seem to be my experience. [Mind you, careful

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Rather reminiscent of last year.Maybe Napoleon would have fared better in Russia if he'd had a few of these babies to help clear the way.(After concluding that this is a rather stupid-looking photo, I realized that one can expect no less when imitating Napoleon.)Special thanks to DeAnna for photographic assistance.

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Title: The Life: Applying the Gospel to All of LifeSpeaker: Mike BullmoreSession: Main Session #3, Na06Date: May 28, 2006This is almost a whole week late, so I'll have to catch up in the next few weeks. Oh well, I was busy last weekend. Main Text1 Corinthians 15:1-3 (among others)Some Opening ThoughtsEven if you are not listening through the New Attitude messages, let me strongly encourage you to

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"When we pray to God for His blessing, He does not examine our performance to see if we are worthy. Rather, He looks to see if we are trusting in the merit of His Son as our only hope for securing His blessing."--Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace

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Do you know the difference between "emerging" and "emergent"? I found this post (actually an excerpt from another blog) over at Church Matters, the 9Marks blog.

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Title: The Story: Understand the Storyline of the BibleSpeaker: Mark DeverSession: Main Session #2, Na06Date: May 28, 2006I’ll be honest and say that out of all of the New Attitude messages from 2006, I’ve always found this one to be the most difficult to draw particular application points from. There a couple of reasons for this. As can be seen by the fact that Mark Dever provided an overview of

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Title: The Truth: Rediscovering Humble OrthodoxySpeaker: Josh HarrisSession: Main Session #1 (Na06)Na06Date: May 27, 2006There are so many ways I could go about blogging through these teachings. I won’t, however, be attempting to provide a full transcript—not only because it would be a lot of work, but also because that simply isn’t my aim in doing these posts. I’m hoping that you will be able to

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New Attitude 2008 is still almost four months away, but I have an idea that will make that time seem much shorter. More importantly, it is also a great way for those of us who will be attending to prepare our hearts for what we will hear. (Not that you have to be attending to benefit. If you won't be there, keep reading, and join in anyway.)New Attitude is an annual singles conference put on by

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"People no longer confessed their beliefs, but they only believed their confessions."--Herman Bavinck, The Certainty of Faith

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A couple months ago, Bob Kauflin announced that he would give a free CD of "Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man" to 100 bloggers whose blogs receive at least 1000 hits per month, providing they agree to review it on their blog. Now, my blog falls well short of that mark, but I decided to go ahead and buy it anyway. After listening to a number of times, I decided to review it too. I

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I stretched out my arms and leaned back against the bench. The sun shone down on the park behind me, while a gentle wind rustled the leaves of nearby trees–a perfect mixture of warm sunshine and crisp autumn air.It was a peculiar location for a park bench. The park was large, but this particular bench was placed in the far corner, under a lone tree, facing not the park, but the intersection

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While I wasn't able to attend any of the Rebelution conferences last year, I'm hoping to this year. Anyone else thinking of going?

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"[A]ny good-hearted goal, without the desire to give people eternal joy in God, is condemnation with a kind face."--John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

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A few reflections on this past year.Favorite class:Tough choice. I took a lot of good classes, but none stand out. I'd probably choose Thermodynamics, with Dynamics coming in a close second.Longest time spent studying for a single test:Actually, I'm not sure. Probably my first Thermodynamics test, at 6+ hours.Number of nightmares about final exams:One. I dreamed I got a 70 on my Thermo final--

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I've heard John Stott's The Cross of Christ recommended more times than I can remember. Now, having read it, I can say that it is so frequently recommended for good reason. The dilemma I now face pertains to how I am going to review it. I've come to the realization that including too much in a book review is likely to cause it to be skipped over, rather than making the recommendation more

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. . . finals will be over. It's been months since I've read a good fiction book. Any suggestions?

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I would like to think that I could be more disciplined through sheer resolve. I'm learning, however, that God often uses increased responsibilities to bring about greater discipline in my life.For several years, I have desired to operate on an "earlier schedule." Rather than staying up until the early morning hours and sleeping as late as the day's responsibilities would allow, I have wanted--and

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"[T]he essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man."--John R.W. Stott, The Cross of Christ

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Forgiven. Alive. Servant. I love the thoughtful responses to my last post. We can easily become over-familiar with the vocabulary of the Cross, and cease to consider the significance of the words we use so often. I don't think that one word can encapsulate all that we are and all that we have received in Christ, but I do think that some words are particularly packed with meaning, and I know that

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If you were to choose one word to describe who you are as a follower of Jesus Christ, what word would you choose, and why?

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"What God is inspires awe. What God has done for His people commands affection."--William Arnot

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(Photos courtesy of my sister DeAnna)

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I finished the book of Ezekiel today. Reading through the book over the last few weeks impressed a couple of things on me. The first is that I should use a good commentary when next I read Ezekiel. As if the valley of dry bones, the 390 days that Ezekiel spent leaning on his side, the heavenly vision of chapter one, and the detailed descriptions of the new temple weren't reason enough, there are

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Analysis of Mechanical ComponentsEngineering AnalysisFluid MechanicsKinematicsPatronage in Renaissance FlorenceProbability & Statistics for EngineersThermodynamicsThe days are short; the nights, even shorter. But God is good.

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