Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • Where do I Find Myself? +

    All I Can Do Is Be Me -Whoever That IsBob Dylan Who are we? Do we follow the motivations of Read More
  • Forgiveness: Desmond Tutu +

    Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu explains how love and forgiveness kept post-apartheid South Africa from tumbling into anarchy. Read More
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Publications

Everyday Religion by Charles Spurgeon

C_H_Spurgeon-709042Delivered on the Lord's-Day Morning, May 22nd. 1881.

by C. H. Spurgeon,

At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington

"The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God."- Galatians ii. 20.

I am not about to preach from this whole verse, for I have done that before: this single sentence will suffice me. I shall not attempt to enter into the fulness of the spiritual meaning of this very deep and fruitful passage; I am merely going to bring out one thought from it, and to try to work that out, I trust, to practical ends.

Read more: Everyday Religion by Charles Spurgeon

Pastor Jay: Promise in Disguise

streamreflection3(The following is taken from Pastor Jay Thomas' blog--http://www.biblechurch.org/chbcjom/gospel-obessed.html)

Every Command of God is a Promise in Disguise

This Sunday we will be studying Colossians 3:1-11. The key idea of the sermon is: Every command of God is a promise in disguise. Put another way, God's grace motivates obedience. Or, God never calls us to do anything in order to merit his love, but rather because he loves us. One more: believing in specific Biblical promises leads to specific ways of living.

Read more: Pastor Jay: Promise in Disguise

St. John of the Cross: Dark Night of the Soul

St.John of the Cross--Dark Night of the Soul, mp3 file.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/dark_night/mp3/01_Book%20I%20Chapter%201.mp3

Below is the link for the entire listing of Dark Night of the Soul on mp3.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/dark_night/mp3

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

  • River of Love

    There's a river of love that runs through all timeBut there's a river of grief that floods through our livesIt Read More
  • I Am Nothing

    I stutter when I tryTo speak the language of lifeI want to shout out loudBut I just cry insideSometimes it 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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