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08/26/2022 – “If we examine ourselves with honesty we will discover, only one reason why we are not as holy as the saints: because we do not wholly want to be.” William Law – “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life”

August 26, 2022 JimmyB 0

Reference : “How to be Holy” by Peter Kreeft – Chapter 14 – “Holiness is easy” – pg. 80.

Soli Deo Gloria!

08/05/2022 – Book study commencing Aug. 28th: “How to be Holy / First Steps to Becoming a Saint” by Peter Kreeft // Join us and spread the word! …

August 5, 2022 JimmyB 0

A brother recommended this to me, and I am thankful for that. I recommend the book and your participation with us in a group study that is wrapped in …

08/02/2022 – “If you are typically modern, your life is like a mansion, with a terrifying hole right in the middle of the living-room floor. So you paper over the hole with a very busy wallpaper pattern to distract yourself. You find a rhinoceros in the middle of your house. The rhinoceros is wretchedness and death. How in the world do you hide a rhinoceros? Easy: cover it with a million mice. Multiple diversions.” Peter Kreeft – “Christianity for the Modern Pagans.”

August 2, 2022 JimmyB 0

This is my 2nd post on David Gibson’s book: “Living Life DRAWKCAB”. The first was this just this past Saturday, 07/31/22.

Note, this is our 2nd book on Ecclesiastes, the …

07/31/2021 – “Do not say, ‘Why were the old days better than these?’ For it is not wise to ask such questions” Ecclesiastes 7:10 // What is up with that? (see comments) Thoughts?

July 31, 2022 JimmyB 0

My source: “Living Life drawkcaB” by David Gibson / “How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End”. (ISBN reference # 978-1-4335-5629-6). My reading queue is …

07/24/2022 – “A small man can see when it is growing dark… but he cannot see beyond the darkness. He does not know how to put a sunbeam into his picture. A great man pierses the darkness and sees the glory of a hidden dawn.” Charles E. Jefferson // What a sublime connection to yesterday’s Bible reading in Jeremiah! (attached)

July 24, 2022 JimmyB 0

Always connected through prayer and by His grace!; Soli Deo Gloria!

And as long as we are talking about sunbeams, let’s tie this to our bible reading yesterday, specifically Jeremiah 46 …

07/16/2022 – “Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible – not to have run away.” Dag Hammarskjold

July 16, 2022 JimmyB 0

I found this quote as I was studying “Be Decisive (Jeremiah): Taking a Stand for the Truth (The “BE Series” commentary)” by William Wiersbe / ISBN reference : 978-1434766342. …

07/14/2022 – Chapter 59 Excerpts – “Practical Lessons from Puritan Theology Today” // Why?: To fulfill our mission to His kingdom as faithful warriors for Christ! // “This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls…’ ” Jeremiah 6:16

July 14, 2022 JimmyB 0

Alistair Begg sermon quote again: “The best of men are men at best!” So indeed, they are just messengers. But warriors who have gone before for us …

07/09/2022 – Day 132 – Jeremiah 32 – 36 – a look again at our commentary from 10/03/2020 – From the book: Be Decisive by Warren W. Wiersbe.

July 9, 2022 JimmyB 0

“A nation that cannot preserve itself ought to die, and it will die — die in the the grasp of the evils it is too feeble to overthrow.” Senator …

06/30/2022 – “Endurance” by Alfred Lansing and Nathaniel Philbrick – 2015

June 30, 2022 JimmyB 0

This book is on my very short list of all-time favorites.

ISBN-13 Reference – 978-0465062881

The amazing heroic story of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 “failed” attempt to reach the South …

06/12/2022 – “The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress: An Allegorical Tale” by Kyle Mann and Joel Barry of the Babylon Bee.

June 12, 2022 JimmyB 0

From two leaders from the Babylon Bee, check it out! I haven’t ordered this one yet but if we enjoyed the original 17th century Pilgrim’s Progress (on my all …

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08/26/2022 – “If we examine ourselves with honesty we will discover, only one reason why we are not as holy as the saints: because we do not wholly want to be.” William Law – “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life”

08/05/2022 – Book study commencing Aug. 28th: “How to be Holy / First Steps to Becoming a Saint” by Peter Kreeft // Join us and spread the word! …

07/31/2021 – “Do not say, ‘Why were the old days better than these?’ For it is not wise to ask such questions” Ecclesiastes 7:10 // What is up with that? (see comments) Thoughts?

07/16/2022 – “Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible – not to have run away.” Dag Hammarskjold

07/09/2022 – Day 132 – Jeremiah 32 – 36 – a look again at our commentary from 10/03/2020 – From the book: Be Decisive by Warren W. Wiersbe.

06/30/2022 – “Endurance” by Alfred Lansing and Nathaniel Philbrick – 2015

06/12/2022 – “The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress: An Allegorical Tale” by Kyle Mann and Joel Barry of the Babylon Bee.

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