tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201180952024-03-14T01:10:23.793-04:00Affections Fixed AboveSince, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. COL 3:1-4ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-16013078819334882272011-01-13T22:39:00.000-05:002011-01-13T22:39:33.496-05:00It don't matter where you bury me!I<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SW_3kHHvk8M?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SW_3kHHvk8M?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-36494228680983805792010-11-11T09:14:00.001-05:002010-11-11T09:14:00.838-05:00Thinking supports loving<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HpdpIoZaW04/TNX9pDHXpKI/AAAAAAAAAEk/XVrtJwYD5b4/s1600/think%21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HpdpIoZaW04/TNX9pDHXpKI/AAAAAAAAAEk/XVrtJwYD5b4/s320/think%21.jpg" width="208" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">From John Piper's book Think:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Any knowledge that does not stand in the service of love is not real knowing. It is prostituted knowing. It's as though God put surgical tools in our hands and taught us how to save the sick, but we turned them into a clever juggling act while the patients died. Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking. We only imagine that we are thinking. God does not see it as thinking. It's not surgery; it's juggling.</span></span>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-3658126956274269172010-11-09T16:10:00.000-05:002010-11-09T16:10:00.208-05:00Reformed Eye for the Arminian Guyvia Tim Challies: An oldie-but-goodie blog post:<br />
"I offer you <i>Reformed Eye for the Arminian Guy</i>, a new production currently filming pilot episodes in New York City. This exciting new program will offer theological assistance to those men who need it most. In each episode a fabulous team of Reformed men will track down an Arminian guy and offer him the makeover of a lifetime. Each of the five team members is an expert in a different field. Each will assist the subject of the program in a unique way." <br />
<a href="http://www.challies.com/articles/reformed-eye-for-the-arminian-guy">Click to read the whole thing</a>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-87238350466305493362010-11-07T13:30:00.001-05:002010-11-07T13:30:00.731-05:00Beautiful Redemption<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/taF4KY6MDHM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/taF4KY6MDHM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-1866653031853021622010-11-06T13:40:00.001-04:002010-11-06T13:40:00.144-04:00Songs to Relieve Sorrow Numbers 6 thru 77<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody">I'm well. I've discovered that I'm not able to be sorrowful AND listen to Taylor Swift. So, I pipe Taylor thru my headphones via Napster. It will have to do until my precious Lord Jesus returns from God's Right Hand in the flesh.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messageBody"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S-BjukTDtLA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S-BjukTDtLA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> </span></span></h6>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-29711658964127127562010-11-03T09:59:00.001-04:002010-11-03T09:59:00.926-04:00Vigorous Writing<span style="font-size: large;"><b><em>It’s muscular, forceful. Vigorous English comes from passion, focus and intention. It’s the difference between putting in a good effort and TRYING to move a boulder… and actually sweating, grunting, straining your muscles to the point of exhaustion… and MOVING the thing!</em></b></span>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-41372231226277148132010-11-01T18:59:00.000-04:002010-11-01T18:59:33.765-04:00From Ben Arment<div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"We tend to send honor <em>up</em>.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We turn Ps into VIPs, rooms into greenrooms, and Americans into idols.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But here's the paradigm shift with Jesus.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>He sent honor <em>down</em>.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Those who were last became first, those who had least gave most, and those in the lowest seats got promoted."</b></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.benarment.com/history_in_the_making/">Click to begin enjoying Ben's blog</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-9763511126352677932010-10-23T18:54:00.000-04:002010-10-23T18:54:25.276-04:00PART 2 Bible Exposition: Ephesians 3, Part 2 | The Lausanne Global Conversation<a href="http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/11490">Bible Exposition: Ephesians 3, Part 2 | The Lausanne Global Conversation</a>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-11292043369055714532010-10-23T18:47:00.000-04:002010-10-23T18:47:14.327-04:00Bible Exposition: Ephesians 3, Part 1 | The Lausanne Global Conversation<a href="http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/11491">Bible Exposition: Ephesians 3, Part 1 | The Lausanne Global Conversation</a>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-52523746753723925852010-10-20T09:31:00.000-04:002010-10-20T09:31:42.504-04:00Sorrowful, yet rejoicing<br><br />
<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/--JiiuJNvt4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/--JiiuJNvt4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-67228282486568627842010-10-16T21:28:00.000-04:002010-10-16T21:28:45.845-04:00Starts today through Oct. 25th<br><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.lausanne.org/</span>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-51797595378782489222010-10-12T23:23:00.000-04:002010-10-12T23:23:56.386-04:00RECONCILIATION<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reconciliation with a brother or sister takes precedence even over worship. This is truly astounding. It is also one of the most frequently disobeyed commands in all of Scripture.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/markdroberts/2010/09/what-to-do-when-you-sin-against-someone.html"> More here</a> </b></span>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-66687847423879301592010-10-11T14:16:00.000-04:002010-10-11T14:16:42.181-04:00In honor of adding "Take your Vitamin Z" to my blogroll<br><br />
<a href="http://takeyourvitaminz.blogspot.com/2010/10/thinking-and-loving.html">A quote from Piper's new book</a><br />
<br>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-59978834126142722492010-10-06T17:24:00.000-04:002010-10-06T17:24:09.348-04:00Songs to Relieve Sorrow No. 5<br><br />
For the genuine believer in Christ, nothing relieves sorrow like this proclamation:<br />
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<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/brVIlXlJRkQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/brVIlXlJRkQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-67537147277830738772010-10-05T01:48:00.001-04:002010-10-05T01:48:00.327-04:00Songs to Relieve Sorrow No. 4<BR ...> <br />
<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Qp11X6LKYY?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Qp11X6LKYY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-89099607011727216942010-10-03T15:42:00.000-04:002010-10-03T15:42:23.975-04:00On Writing, Blaise Pascal<br><br />
In what I am writing, let no one think I am saying anything new. It is only the arrangement of my material that may be new. For it is like a game of tennis, where we both play with the same ball, but one of us uses it to better advantage. So I would like it to be said that I am simply using well-worn words in a new framework. For when familiar thoughts are rearranged, they simply present a different way of communicating the truth. [So too, we can rearrange Truthful words to edify the Body of Christ].ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-88050826281408643182010-10-02T23:45:00.003-04:002010-10-02T23:45:00.677-04:00Songs to Relieve Sorrow No. 3<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U6tV11acSRk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U6tV11acSRk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-77564804039214896302010-09-29T22:43:00.002-04:002010-09-29T22:43:00.820-04:00Songs to Relieve Sorrow No. 2<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FlblVMo94zs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FlblVMo94zs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-5505852783795666832010-09-28T10:36:00.009-04:002010-09-28T10:36:00.475-04:00The fundamental principle ON PRODUCTIVITY<br><br />
This from Matt Perman, one of just a few in my blog roll there on the left:<br />
3. In a nutshell, what is the most important and fundamental principle for being productive?<br />
I would actually say: realize that you don’t have to be productive. By this I mean: your significance does not come from your productivity. It comes from Christ, who obeyed God perfectly on our behalf such that our significance and standing before God comes from him, not anything we do. Then, on that basis, we pursue good works (which is what productivity is) and do so eagerly, as it says in Titus 2:14.<br />
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When it comes to day-to-day application, the main principle is this: The key denominator of effectiveness is not intelligence or even hard work, as important as those are. It is the discipline to put first things first. You need to operate from a center of sound principles and organize and execute around priorities. This means that instead of prioritizing your schedule, you schedule your priorities.<br />
<br>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-85520036734416939572010-09-25T08:42:00.001-04:002010-09-25T08:42:00.420-04:00A TULIP for my Reformed friends<BR><br />
<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dz5dCj3McBw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dz5dCj3McBw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-17448316070785925232010-09-23T01:15:00.003-04:002010-09-23T09:52:50.923-04:00Songs to Relieve Sorrow No. 1<BR><br />
<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3CACT2ybjPo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3CACT2ybjPo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-3270882529719184172010-09-22T16:41:00.002-04:002010-09-23T20:39:45.526-04:00For those who think their foolishness is the problem<br ...> HT: Challies<br />
<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0vdKx2ZXEKI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0vdKx2ZXEKI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-28054070240181004122010-09-18T14:12:00.001-04:002010-09-22T22:55:35.778-04:00God's gracious arrow named "Sorrow"<BR ...> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HpdpIoZaW04/TJUAicFx_NI/AAAAAAAAAEY/ZgcLB1NRvSQ/s1600/Mission+of+Sorrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HpdpIoZaW04/TJUAicFx_NI/AAAAAAAAAEY/ZgcLB1NRvSQ/s1600/Mission+of+Sorrow.jpg" /></a></div>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-85605072927542282162010-09-15T14:38:00.002-04:002010-09-22T22:56:20.566-04:00Some Rock & Rollers know "satan's kingdom MUST come down"<BR ...> <br />
<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GnVYht0iq-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GnVYht0iq-Y?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118095.post-54129135267775650222010-09-10T10:37:00.007-04:002010-09-22T22:57:53.893-04:00Coming Soon<BR ...> <br />
<h1 style="margin: 0px;">Cape Town 2010: The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization</h1><strong>To be held in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010<br />
And at GlobaLink sites around the world</strong><br />
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Cape Town 2010, held in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance, will bring together 4,000 leaders from more than 200 countries to confront the critical issues of our time – other world faiths, poverty, HIV/AIDS, persecution, among others - as they relate to the future of the Church and world evangelization. <br />
Thousands more leaders will participate in the discussion on the issues through the <a href="http://www.lausanne.org/conversation" title="">Lausanne Global Conversation</a> and at remote Congress sites through the <a href="http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/globalink.html" title="">Cape Town GlobaLink</a>.ed elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876197483414248158noreply@blogger.com0