Notable Quotable


July 29, 2005

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark Twain

What Do You See In Your Clouds?

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Behold, He cometh with clouds. – Revelation 1:7 In the Bible clouds are always connected with God. Clouds are those sorrows or sufferings or providences, within or without our personal lives, which seem to dispute the rule of God. It is by those very clouds that [...]

Thank God for the Thief


July 28, 2005

One of my biggest pet-peeves in my faith is bad theology. There are legitimate differences in opinion and interpretation, but there are also differences based solely on ignorance. I recently came across a posting on digg.com, a totally secular site, lambasting Christians for boycotting Verichip, because many see it as either a precursor to the [...]

After Obedience-What?

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . . – Mark 6:45 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. [...]

Alabama State Highways in ……. Massachusetts?


July 27, 2005

This is kind of funny!

Disappointed

I just took a look at my traffic reports over at site meter. I have to say I am a bit disappointed that 68% of my readers are using Internet Exploder. Only a meager 13% of you are using Firefox, and the rest are using Netscape. Internet Exploder is so bloated and ugly. I can’t [...]

The Way to Know

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine. . . – John 7:17 The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into [...]

The Account with Purity


July 26, 2005

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Out of the heart proceed. . . – Matthew 15:18 We begin by trusting our ignorance and calling it innocence, by trusting our innocence and calling it purity; and when we hear these rugged statements of Our Lord’s, we shrink and say-‘But I never felt any [...]

Am I blessed like this?


July 25, 2005

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Blessed are. . . – Matthew 5:3 When we first read the statements of Jesus they sem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unobserved into our unconscious minds. For instance, the Beatitudes seem merely mild and beautiful precepts for all unworldly and useless people, but [...]

Sanctification


July 22, 2005

Today’s My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. This is the will of God, even your sanctification. – 1 Thessalonians 4:3 The Death Side. In sanctification God has to deal with us on the death side as well as on the life side. Many of us spend so much time in the place of [...]

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