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An odd combination of Reformed theology posts, Bob Dylan out takes, gluten-free recipes, thoughts of mine, and anything else I find interesting on the interwebs. I hope you enjoy.

Sunday, June 25, 2017

PM Notes: So, What's Your Excuse For Not Going To Church?

Why I Am a Cessationist

ESV Study Bible

Watch "Gotta Serve Somebody" on YouTube

the-westminster-shorter-catechism.pdf



Reformed Creeds and Supplementary Resources (eBooks) | Monergism

Baseball moves way too slowly. Is it time for a pitch clock? - The Washington Post

Sunday, June 11, 2017

The 100 Greatest Jazz Album Covers | uDiscover

An Exclusive Message in an Inclusive World | SermonAudio.com

The Christian Reader's Resource Guide

Watch "Mark Heard – I'm Crying Again" on YouTube

You Can't Anxiety Attack Your Way Out of God's Love - The Blazing Center

How We Worshipped - Tim Challies

How God Sees Me – Discover

Monday, June 5, 2017

sundries re:blog: A Christian is always in the process of becoming, never in the state of having become…

J. I. Packer on Why Annihilationism Is Wrong

Glory-Cloud Podcast: 039 – Interview with Dr. Byron Curtis about Republication, Framework, and Minor Prophets – Meredith G. Kline Resource Site

Can We Really Preach Too Much Grace? - The Blazing Center

/10-books-every-calvinist-should-own

Full time pastors?

"Churches led by bi-vocational pastors should examine their commitments and priorities. Many Christians don't see the necessity of pastors working full-time in gospel ministry and don't perceive the spiritual implications when a pastor's attention is divided. When Paul discusses the call to proclaim Christ in Colossians 1:28, he is speaking about preparing God's people for judgment before God himself. There is nothing of greater importance for the pastor. Even sheer spiritual self-interest should stir God's people to do all they can to enable their pastor to devote himself fully to the work of caring for their souls. A congregation makes a meaningful and tangible impact when they sacrifice so that their pastor can minister on their behalf and labor to expand the kingdom of God.

The full-time pastor, of course, shouldn't squander the sacrifices God's people have made to enable him to devote himself fully to ministry. How severe the judgment must be for those pastors who take this liberty, made possible by the sacrificial commitment of believers, and then waste it through laziness, irresponsibility, or sin."
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He gives sleep to His beloved sheep

Focus Verse of the Week

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. - Psalm 127:2 (ESV)


It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows. Because the Lord is mainly to be rested in, all anxious care is mere vanity and vexation of spirit. We are bound to be diligent, for this the Lord blesses; we ought not to be anxious, for that dishonors the Lord, and can never secure his favor. Some deny themselves needful rest; the morning sees them rise before they are rested, the evening sees them toiling long after the curfew has tolled the knell of parting day. They threaten to bring themselves into the sleep of death by neglect of the sleep which refreshes life. Nor is their sleeplessness the only index of their daily fret; they stint themselves in their meals, they eat the commonest food, and the smallest possible quantity of it, and what they do swallow is washed down with the salt tears of grief, for they fear that daily bread will fail them. Hard-earned is their food, scantily rationed, and scarcely ever sweetened, but perpetually smeared with sorrow; and all because they have no faith in God, and find no joy except in hoarding up the gold which is their only trust.

This is not the way the Lord would have his children live. He would have them, as princes of the blood, lead a happy and restful life. Let them take a fair measure of rest and a due portion of food, for it is for their health. Of course the true believer will never be lazy or extravagant; if he should be he will have to suffer for it; but he will not think it needful or right to be worried and miserly. Faith brings calm with it, and banishes the disturbers who both by day and by night murder peace.

(Adapted from The Treasury of David, Psalm 127:2.)

A Thought to Keep

Do we believe that God is big enough to provide for us even after we rest and acknowledge our physical limitations? Sleep is a physical humility, an acknowledgement that all our efforts will fall short unless God blesses them.

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Top 5 Commentaries on the Book of James

Three Books for a Depressed and Disillusioned Christian – Discover

10 Ways To Overcome Spiritual Weariness - The Blazing Center

Turn Your Smartphone into an Astronomy Toolbox with Mobile Apps

Voluntary Slaves by R.C. Sproul | June 2, 2017

A Pulpit Is Not A Platform | The Heidelblog

10 Things You Should Know about the Reformation | Crossway Articles

8 Best Family Kitchens In Pittsburgh

From John MacArthur