February 2010
13 posts
It is sinful not to like what God likes. To the degree that you see Biblical truth clearly, you should like it.
This is something Piper said in response to a question about election. It is something I have thought a bit about. I believe the things I do because as I have meditated on Scripture, I have found these things to be true. Doctrine like election and reprobation and complementarianism...
January 2010
20 posts
Dear Deadly,
It is a constant struggle not to want to hate you (or myself), because I am always so sure I would love you, if only you’d let me try. I will wait, as always, with no expectations, no anticipation, and only a fool’s hope. And what will be will be. That may be nothing, but it will have to be enough.
As always, I would be yours,
Tory
Unsatisfactory
“I believe; help my unbelief!” -Mark 9:24
It is a recurring theme with me, but one that still deserves attention. It is faith. Specifically my lack of it. Piper said that the essence of faith is satisfaction with all that God is for us in Jesus. I really like this definition and have adopted it. It also constantly challenges me. By my nature I am always restless. Just with...
I have two major issues with Campus Crusade for Christ. I am and have been a part of this organization for my entire college career, but lately, as certain convictions have grown, I am seeing certain flaws that I cannot easily reconcile or ignore.
First, Crusade takes no position regarding complementarianism. This is the theological view that men and women have different roles in ministry as...
One Thing
I was inspired recently by a song to think if I had to write down everything I felt for anyone on one slip of paper, what would it say. As I went over many people in my head, there were two main themes:
“I’m so sorry. For whatever reason I am convinced you were never real; that anything that may have been there was only an illusion. I fear you hate me, and I fear I hate you too. I...
Casting
“So it’s the same sorry story, just the cast changes nightly.” -Kevin Devine
It seems to move in cycles. Or maybe that isn’t quite right. Maybe it is just a recurring theme. But whatever it is it happens over and over again. But maybe it isn’t the script that is broken. Maybe the script is okay. Maybe it is all in the casting.
There are, at any given time,...
Dear Deadly
You know, you knew, and I cannot believe you didn’t. You strung me along, you made a fool of me, and you hurt me. It may have been my mistake for trusting, for letting my guard down, I don’t know. But I do wish you health, happiness, and absolutely nothing else.
In all honesty, I don’t know that I’ll miss you. Sure, I’ll miss the idea. That something was finally...
I Love This Passage:
Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying. He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin. With fierceness and...
I just watched Gone Baby Gone again, and man, that movie is fantastic. Talk about a movie that gets to you. If you haven’t seen it, see it. It raises the question of what the “right thing” to do is, or if it even exists. I don’t know, I love it though.
You remember those old Roadrunner cartoons? Wile E. Coyote can never catch the Roadrunner. But he never gives up. At some point you’d think he’d realize that it is a hopeless endeavor. But he soldiers on. And then, at some point, he seems to catch a break. Roadrunner appears to be caught under a trap. The coyote is elated. He goes up to finally see his prize, only to find,...
I am not sure what all the steps are in meeting someone, progressing through infatuation or simple affection, before you end on resentment and possibly hating them, but I am almost positive I can go through the whole process faster than most.
I Cried Laughing After Reading This
From Textsfromlastnight.com:
(810):
Jon just got arrested by the quesadilla police
(616):
What?!?
(810):
What I actually meant, is I had a quesadilla, and Jon got arrested by the real police
Evil
I was thinking today about something I read once in Plato’s republic. It is called the ring of Gyges. And if I remember correctly, the story is something like this: A man finds a ring, and when it is turned inward he becomes invisible, when it is worn outwards (normal) he is visible. He uses his invisibility to seduce the queen, and with her murder the king and become king himself. The...
So, I love this song, and I don’t really...
Maltese Falcon
Spade: When a man’s partner’s killed, he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of him, he was your partner, and you’re supposed to do something about it. And it happens we’re in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed, it’s - it’s bad business to let the killer get away...
It is late and I should be asleep, or really anywhere else than writing, but who cares.
I hate my pills. I am now at a point where I cannot be sure that anything I feel is a result of general swings of life, things getting better with God, or chemicals. Of course, who is to say that medication is not a means ordained for getting better. I don’t know. I am trying to give them a shot to...
Repent
Christmas Conference was amazing. Intense to say the least. One of the speakers’ talks was entitled Self in the Dirt: A Picture of Repentance. And I had a thought running for a while on that. In the dirt, on our knees, in earnest repentance. It is fitting we are in the dirt, because we were created from dirt. God took dirt, crafted it with His hands, and made Adam. The only reason we...
Stay
“Tell me I’m good.”
“You’re good.”
“Tell me they’ll remember me.”
“Who’s ‘they’”
“The World.”
“Is that what you want?…..The world will remember you.”