By Tim on Oct 3, 2008 in BOOKS, FEATURED, QUOTES, SOCIAL ISSUES, THOUGHTS | 0 Comments
Excerpt taken from William Wilberforce’s book Real Christianity (p. 126). Wilberforce wrote this in the late 1700’s while a part of British Parliament and experiencing severe health problems. Wilberforce was instrumental in stopping the brutal slave trade throughout the British Empire.
In moments of clarity, we are reminded that Jesus possessed little, yet He never [...]
By Tim on Jul 28, 2008 in BOOKS, FEATURED, MOVIES, MUSIC | 2 Comments
I recently returned to reading a book I had delighted in a couple years ago. I was also introduced to a musical artist recently who for whatever reason I completely missed when they first released their music. It struck me that surely many people are not familiar with some music, books and movies [...]
By Tim on May 28, 2008 in BOOKS, QUOTES | 0 Comments
I’ve been reading Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton and I came across this brilliant quote. We so often want to dismiss tradition for the sake of the here and now, Chesterton beautifully dismisses the idea:
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition [...]
By Tim on Aug 21, 2007 in BOOKS | 1 Comment
John Piper has made many of his books available for free online in PDF format!
Here’s the link.
Some of Piper’s books are very deep and academic while others are much lighter. Many thanks to Piper and Desiring God Ministries for making these helpful books available for free. They even encourage you to print out [...]