Porn use is never harmless. It won’t satisfy the exhaustion, depression, loneliness, boredom, anxiety, etc, but only deepen it Plus, porn sites profit from *exploiting underage children and videos of rape* nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opi…

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Ray Ortlund: “I have never met anyone suffering from too much encouragement in Christ.” desiringgod.org/articles/the-s…

“Truth not spoken in love ceases to be truth.” Paul David Tripp

In another life hosting This Old House would be my dream job

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“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up” Psalm 68:19

Gets me very time #twocathedrals #westwing

If you’ve ever wondered why Wrigley Field is the greatest ball park in baseball goodreads.com/book/show/1807…

O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. - Psalm 71:17-18

Spotify has announced a new "Songwriters Hub to be able to discover and connect with songwriters". They should. But SPOTIFY, if you genuinely want to CONNECT with songwriters -- in a year of record income, PAY SONGWRITERS FAIRLY!!!

Costco does it again

Corporate worship is designed to refocus the eyes of your heart on things that are above, given to you by the one who is the source of every good gift.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. Psalm 42:11 Don’t just listen to your worries: preach to them.

What if we all walked into church tomorrow and, along with attending to the Word, engaging in worship, and all the rest, purposed to do two things: 1. Find one trusted friend to unburden a present sin 2. Find five others to encourage Church history has a word for this: Revival.

This Sunday: faith alone, from the lips of Jesus: "Only believe" (Mark 5:36). Let's come together to let our guard down and be more deeply astonished than ever before at what the Lord Jesus is really like.

The Lord is building an oasis of comfort and healing through the power of the gospel at Naperville Presbyterian Church. We are standing back, astonished, at what we see. To God be the glory! If your soul is suffocating, come hook up to the oxygen of the REAL JESUS with us!!!

Gospel: God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us... (1 Thess 5:9-10) Gospel culture: Therefore encourage one another and build one another up. (1 Thess 5:11)