A Wink and A Smile

Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile, and I doubt anyone will read this because of that, but I just really wanted to share a quote that is leaps and bounds lovelier then I could describe Scriptures place in our lives.

“Thus, the words of Scripture are “self-attesting.” They cannot be “proved” to be God’s words by appeal to any higher authority. For is an appeal to some higher authority (say, historical accuracy or logical consistency were used to prove that the Bible is God’s word, then the Bible itself would not be out highest or absolute authority: it would be subordinate in authority to the thing to which we appealed to prove it to be God’s Word. If we ultimately appeal to human reason, or to logic, or to historical accuracy, or to scientific truth, as the authority by which Scripture is shown to be God’s words, then we have assumed the thing to which we appealed to be a higher authority than God’s words and one that is more true or more reliable.”

-Wayne Grudem

Harry Connick, Jr.

Blessed Assurance

I’ve come to realize that I have a very hard head, I notice how I always have to be right, and even if I realize I’m wrong I will fight to the death over my stupid argument whatever it may be at the cost of lying or spinning the truth all so that I don’t have to humble myself, all so I don’t have to apologize

In other news, I need to start taking pictures again, I’m starting to run out of pictures to put here and has never been seen before, also I got a Holga 120N and can’t wait to play with it.

Jadon Lavik

Commentary

I just spent way too much money. Amazon.co.uk not the US retailer but the uk one has a crazy sale on NICOT and NICNT, examples: Genesis – 2 volumes £1.99 each or about $3.16, Leviticus £1.99, or 2 Corinthians £4.79 (~$7.60). Shipping though to the US costs about $5 for each book, but for some of the books it is still totally worth it. Two good sites to see which commentaries to look out for What commentaries does DG recommend?(Desiring God), Biblical Commentaries (Ligonier Ministries). Selling out quick so act fast.

Update I: Seems to have all gone, no more deal, hopefully some of you got in on the deal, now I’m kind of glad I stayed up for one more hour getting my commentaries.

Update II: Got an email, actually 9 to be precise, to tell me that they it was a pricing error, and so they cancelled all my orders, sad…, although now I don’t have to worry that I spent tons of money

Mr. Fletcher’s Song, “Shape Of My Heart”

BookMooch, I read about this site and finally gave it a try, the concept is that you trade books and basically just pay for shipping, you get 1 point for sending a book, and can receive any book someone lists at the cost of 1 point, I have sent a book, but have not requested a book yet, but I love the idea

Jean-Michel Bernard & Moe Holmes

Sting

Wallflower

Priscilla Ahn

Mr. Pitiful says, “Yes”

Because I think many have seen my Bart picture, I’ll upload a second one.

Matt Costa

Elliot Smith (warning: expletives)

A Change is Gonna Come

Tried to get that film look, success?

Sam Cooke

Holy, Holy, Holy

Alright I need to do something with this, maybe I’ll just weekly give you a picture and a song to go along with it, and if I feel like writing something I will write something.

Phil Wickham – Holy, Holy, Holy

The Show

I’m not feeding my soul. I’m reading Van Til, Lloyd-Jones, Horton, the Bible. I’m not feeding my soul. What am I doing? All I want is to know a little more, all I want is to say a little more, all I want to do is do a little more. There’s my problem.

Verses:
1 Corinthians 1:17, Romans 3, Psalm 25:9

Song:
O God Where Are You Now – David Crowder Band

Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) – Sufjan Stevens

-DKo

“Oh God, Where are You now?”

What have I done to have such a great God? What have I done to have the sun shine on my face? What is so great about me that I should have a home? Do I deserve to have a car? Do I deserve clear skies? What kind of God saves nothing for something? What God shows ultimate love to those who cannot show love?

The world is a dark place. It has been so dark for so long that I’m use to it, I am accustomed to it, dare I say, I like it. So much of my life needs this world, and when the world shows a glimpse of it’s dark ugly face I get scared, I get mad, I get sad, I get depressed. I am called to be a light in this dark world, what am I doing when I hide the light under a table?

Too many times do I look for the external God, the God of this world where situations are to be perfect. If it is a little bit cloudy, if my room is not the way I want organized, if I’m not playing the right song, my mood fluctuates. Why? Why am I so attached to this world, where it is the world that needs to be perfect so that I may worship God? Why can’t I just know that God is perfect to worship God? Why do I rely on feelings to some how reveal more of God to me?

This light is not of this world. The light that I have been transformed into. The light from the only source that it can come from. The light that I have no right to claim as something I wrought within myself. That light is not of this world, I am not of this world. I must remind myself of this. If I don’t I will be sucked back into this world.

“Light not only exposes the darkness; it shows and provides the only way out of the darkness.”

- Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Verses:
Matthew 5:14-16, John 8:12, John 3:19, 1 John 2:8-10

Song:
Free Fallin’ – John Mayer

-DKo