Into The Wild
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which… Read More
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The Unreached
2.8 billion This is the number of people in this world who are considered “unreached.” This means that these people will be born, live their entire lives and die, without ever hearing the… Read More
Gospel, God’s Glory, Manhood, NT use of OT, and Kisses From Kate.
Here are a ton of resources and encouraging things I have found this week in the world of blogs. Enjoy. How to Lead Young Men Beale on NT use of OT Kisses from… Read More
Bon Iver at AIR Studios
Seriously, this man is brilliant.
Half Dome Adventure
A couple of us crazy college kids decided to hike Half Dome this weekend. True to my traveling habits, we decided to hike it in one day. This means, we left Thursday night… Read More
Live a Good Story
“And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can’t go back to being normal; you can’t go back to meaningless scenes… Read More
Bon Iver
What a hipster.
Precious Scriptures, Precious Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus. No turning back. Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father… Read More
Imagine the Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQuz8jmUYDU
When was the last time you read through Revelation 5 and imagined the scene of Jesus being revealed to the nations and all of creation with the angels bow down before him and worship?
I challenge you to listen to this song by Jonsi and just try to imagine the scene. Forget about Jonsi’s words but rather listen to the beautiful sound he has created.
Just sit and worship. This song regularly brings my heart to a deeper desire to see that day when Jesus returns and open the scrolls.
Can you imagine all the nations of the world before throne? Can you imagine the languages you would hear? The cries of praise in all tongues would be overwhelmingly beautiful.
“Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,
and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.”
The Lion and the Lamb.
Jesus Christ.
(Revelation 5 ESV)
N.T. Wright On How To Read The Bible
An awesome, concise understanding on how to read the Bible from the very mouth of N.T. Wright.
I need the Word like I need food. I am starving without it.
