Wise Words

... as we go into Election Day.


As always, I appreciate his Biblical perspective.

There is an interesting critical response to Piper's video here .

Following that, Piper expounded further on his thoughts on Sarah Palin here with, "Why A Woman Should Not Run For Vice President, But Wise People May Still Vote For Her," where he closes with this statement: "In my view, defending abortion is far worse sin for a man than serving as Vice President is for a woman."

Above all, we should pray.

He Made Purification of Sins

"In eternity we're going to sing on and on and on and it will be never-ending joy, ever-deepening joy. On a dark night like this Maundy Thursday we want to remember how it is that we got such a promise, sinners like us..."

I encourage you to go here to read the rest of the article.

Wise Words

I'm working on our school lesson plans for the week, and since I have some time to myself to do so (!!) I'm listening to some wonderful messages from some spiritual giants like John MacArthur, Jerry Bridges, John Piper, Helen Roseveare and Randy Alcorn speak at the 2007 Desiring God Conference. All I can say is "wow."

Oh, if you get time (or want to multitask!) please take the opportunity to watch or listen to all of the sessions here. Powerful, powerful stuff!

Praying for Minneapolis

As I mentioned it at the end of my previous post, my prayers (and I'm sure yours as well) are going out to the families of those affected by the Minneapolis bridge tragedy. If you or anyone you know have been touched by this, please know that I am praying.

Since John Piper's church is located there, I knew that he would have some powerful and (and much-needed) words to say in the wake of this.

His initial response is here, titled, "Putting My Daughter to Bed Two Hours After the Bridge Collapsed." There have since been other posts on the Desiring God Blog, and I'm sure others will follow in the days to come.

In Case You Haven't Seen This...

It's worth taking three minutes to watch. Wow.

I know it's been making the rounds on some blogs, but I just felt compelled today to post it as well.

These are John Piper's thoughts on the "prosperity gospel." If the health & wealth gospel isn't going to somehow work its way into our thinking and infect what we tell others, it's going to have to be deliberate and intentional on our part.

God, you are enough. You are enough.