Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • Paradigm Questions +

    Paradigm Questions To which of the following commands of Christ’s do you only pay only lip service? Love your enemies Read More
  • July 27 Devotional: FB Meyer +

    He suffered thee to hunger. Deuteronomy 8:3 Read More
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Publications

Changed Into The Same Image: The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, part 1

instrumentpanel2A foundational book of Christian writing. Below are chapters 1-8.

PREFACE

This is not a theological book. I frankly confess I have not been trained in theological schools, and do not understand their methods nor their terms. But the Lord has taught me experimentally and practically certain lessons out of his Word, which have greatly helped me in my Christian life, and have made it a very happy one. And I want to tell my secret, in the best way I can, in order that some others may be helped into a happy life also.

Read more: Changed Into The Same Image: The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, part 1

Deep-Rooted in Christ

2143341This book is an oasis for my soul. The words of Josua Choonmin Kang, pastor of the Oriental Mission Church in Los Angeles, http://www.omc.org/, bathe me in the presence of Christ, enlivening my spirit and encouraging me to draw closer to Him. Deep-Rooted in Christ, The Way of Transformation, is a book that defies categories. It is the book most evangelists and Christian writers aim to create, I imagine, but fall short of. Simple, direct and penetrating, Kang gives me scriptural analysis that is soaked in Christ. Few books have moved me and drawn me to Christ as this. I encourage you to read it.

Reflections on the Psalms

C.S. Lewis' book, Reflections on the Psalms, is not an easy read, but Lewis provides a poet's insight into the works. Below are two quotes from the work, and then an extended passage from the book.

"Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible."

"It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men."

The following passage is taken from Lewis' book, Reflections on the Psalms:

"When I first began to draw near to belief in God and even for some time after it had been given to me, I found a stumbling block in the demand so clamorously made by all religious people that we should 'praise' God; still more in the suggestion that God Himself demanded it.

Read more: Reflections on the Psalms

The Shack

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The Shack (Windblown, 2007) is a fictional religious story about experiencing grace and learning forgiveness. It was written by William P. Young for his six children and not originally intended for publication.  It has been on the top sellers list at Amazon and the New York Times.

Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, had been abducted during a family vacation and evidence of her murder found at an abandoned shack in the Oregon wilderness.  For years Mack suffered from The Great Sadness until he received a note presumably from God to meet him at the shack. Most of the story involves his encounter with God at the shack and his reconciliation to God, his family, and himself.  Be prepared for Young’s unusual, and provocative depiction of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.  This book will prompt questions and discussion.

Reflections to Consider

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Music

  • Jesus be the centre

    Center is a song that speaks of the essence of our life in Christ, and echoes the words the Christ Read More
  • I Lift My Hands

    A powerful hymn of adoration and praise Arkansas Gospel Mass Choir. This succinctly captures the joy of knowing our savior. Read More
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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Transforming this World: The Hope of Glory by NT Wright +

    Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows Read More
  • What is Good in a World that Defies Hope: a talk by NT Wright +

    This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic Read More
  • The Stream, the Lake and the River: NT Wright +

      Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the Read More
  • Jesus in the Perfect Storm by NT Wright +

    Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Christ is a Great Savior: a review of the movie Amazing Grace +

    Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21 Read More
  • Wilberforce, Hollywood's Amazing Grace, Charlotte Allen +

    William Wilberforce's relentless campaign eventually led the British Parliament to ban the slave trade, in 1807, and to pass a Read More
  • Making Beauty out of Ugly Things: Grace by U2 +

    Grace, she takes the blame She covers the shame Removes the stain It could be her name Grace, she carries Read More
  • The True Nature of Grace and Love: a movie review of the Soloist +

    The 2009 movie The Soloist is based on a book by the same name, written by Los Angeles Times columnist Read More
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