close shav[ed]

tried growing out a bear dor the first time these past three months or so. i liked it and i'm going to do it again, but needed a break from it. evidence below. (and yes there's a stache leftover. thought i'd have some fun with it)

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quoted

Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favour that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it...Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace.
-Martin Luther

finals week playlist

this is a list of all the music i listened to over finals week. i put my itunes on shuffle and played through the album of whatever artist came up. quite an interesting experience.

Paramore: all we know is falling
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster : Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
John Legend and the Roots: Wake up!
Mae: The Everglow
Holding Onto Hope: To the Sea
Jonsi: Go Do
Mumford and Sons: Sigh No More
William Fitzsimmons: The Sparrow and the Crow
Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight
Owl City: Ocean Eyes
Incubus: Morning View
Acceptance: Phantoms
A Day to Remember: Homesick
Waking Ashland: Composure
Oh, Sleeper!: When I am God
Dashboard Confessional: A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Dead Poetic: New Medicines
This Will Destroy You: Young Mountain EP
Shawn McDonald: Simply Nothing
Joshua Radin: We Were Here
Ascend the Hill: Take the World but Give me Jesus
The Fold: This Too Shall Pass
Taylor Swift: Fearless (heck yea)
Imogen Heap: Speak for Yourself

live and learn?

"therefore dear brothers, in view of God's mercy, I urge you to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God. This is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your minds. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing, and perfect will." Romans 12.1-2

active offering v. passive counters

A Generation of Men Raised by Women

i found this article and it was great. Something that resonates with me; specifically the part about how religion has left men alone. I hope that this changes for the better. Really resonates and I hope you enjoy it.


A Generation of Men Raised by Women

finals week

i'm going to make a running list of all the albums i go through as i study. so far i'm on number nine. i'll post the final list once the week is over. gotta love this week

quoted

"Take courage; offer him your pains incessantly; pray to him for strength to endure them. Above all, get a habit of entertaining yourself often with God, and forget him the least you can. Adore him in your infirmities, offer yourself to him from time to time, and in the height of your sufferings, beseech him humbly and affectionately (as a child his father) to make you comfortable in his will."

Brother Lawrence

thoughts

All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in

C.S. Lewis

thoughts from homework

i've been working on reading for my theology class and this popped out at me when going through a chapter on conversion. i'm going to need a gut check on this.

"It is important to realize that mere sorrow for one's actions, or even deep remorse over one's actions, does not constitute genunie repentance unless it is accompanied by a sincere decision to forsake sin that is being committed against God...A worldly sort of grief may involve great sorrow for one's actions and probably also fear of punishment but no genuine renouncing of sin or commitment to forsake it in one's life."

"It is also contrary to the New Testament to speak about the possibility of someone accepting Christ "as Savior" but not "as Lord," if that means simply depending on him for salvation but not committing oneself to forsake sin and to be obedient to Christ from that point on."

-Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology.