As Stephen is being stoned, he makes two statements- “Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit.” (similar to Lk 23v46) “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” (similar to Lk 23v34) Men and women full of the Spirit repeat the words of Christ.

Common grace restrains sin and preserves nature; special grace mortifies sin and restores nature.

Thoreau said, "That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest." Isaiah (55:1-2) says, "That man is the richest whose pleasures are priceless."

I was kinda hoping that I would follow the link to his substack only to find the sentence, “I don’t owe people I have never met an explanation for why I switched denominations.”

“To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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“None are so safe as those whom God keeps; none so much in danger as the self-secure.” Charles Spurgeon

The best part about starting school back was new school shoes.

Strife is better than loneliness. -Irish Proverb

“Change is avalanching upon our heads and most people are grotesquely unprepared to cope with it.” Alvin Toffler

I want to like and RT this video a thousand times. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

Over 7K Christians killed in Nigeria so far in 2025: watchdog christianpost.com/news/over-7k-c…

Marked safe from watching My Girl. My wife tried to sneak that noise on the kids. They may never know what I saved them from.

Whenever possible, remove yourself from relationship triangles.

Flik taught us this.

Christ was the Son of love, and as such God was not angry with him. God was wrathful towards sin, however, and in righteously executing justice as Judge, caused him who had taken sin upon himself to feel his wrath. A' Brakel

TBC- this is the opposite of a 'humble' admission.

Sixty years ago today, Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian, threw himself in front of Ruby Sales, an African-American teenager, to spare her the bullets of a racist gunman. I share this photo to show that he was a normal person, not some super human. 1/3

Psalm 34:22 The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

The Son of God... suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that their suffering might be like his. George MacDonald