January 17th, 2008
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Crystal Lewis - Lord, I Believe In You
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Jody & I have great memories of blasting this song in the first few weeks of our married life. Great voice, greater lyric exclaiming the unspeakably great God.
The Swan is Not Silent
Thursday, January 17th, 2008From desiringgod, as Piper continues to unpack the wondrous reality of confronting problems with a view to historical precedent. We are not the first to struggle….
“The fact that grace governs life by giving a supreme joy in the supremacy of God explains why the concept of Christian freedom is so radically different in Augustine than in Pelagius. For Augustine, freedom is to be so in love with God and his ways that the very experience of choice is transcended. The ideal of freedom is not the autonomous will poised with sovereign equilibrium between good and evil. The ideal of freedom is to be so spiritually discerning of God’s beauty, and to be so in love with God that one never stands with equilibrium between God and an alternate choice. Rather, one transcends the experience of choice and walks under the continual sway of sovereign joy in God. For Augustine the self-conscious experience of having to contemplate choices was a sign not of the freedom of the will, but of the disintegration of the will. Choice is a necessary evil in this fallen world until the day comes when discernment and delight unite in a perfect apprehension of what is infinitely delightful, namely, God.”
