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It is only in the light of God’s hatred and abhorrence of sin that we can really see His love, and appreciate the wonder and the glory of the Gospel. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (The Plight of Man and the Power of God) We tend to think that God has two faces: justice and mercy, [...]

The demon in money is greed. — Richard Foster (The Challenge of the Disciplined Life) “You have come to a dreadful end / and shall be no more forever” (v. 19, NRSV). It’s difficult to imagine words with more finality. We have been looking at Tyre, the island trade-mogul, for a while now. This is the seventh [...]

And I love when folks look right at me and what I’m doing or have done, And lay it on about how groovy I am and that I’m looking grand. And every single word makes me think I’ll live forever; Never knowing that they probably won’t remember what they said tomorrow, Tomorrow I could be [...]

Well, I see something and I want it. Bam! Right now!  No questions asked. Don’t worry how much it costs me now or later I want it and I want it fast. I’ll go to any length, sacrifice all that I already have and all that I might get. Just to get something more that [...]