Atlas Mountain Dog (Aidi), courtesy of zwierzakiblue12fotki.bloog.pl
Today’s Scripture
“One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.” (Psalm 27:4-5)
Notable Quotables
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” (David Viscott)
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” (Peter Drucker)
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
“If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, unselfishness.” (C. S. Lewis)
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” (Maya Angelou)
“Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” (Zig Ziglar)
Around the Net Today
The Christian Introvert (Article)
Tim Challies (Challies.com)
10 Things to Pray for Your Wife (List Article)
Jonathan Parnell (Desiring God)
Porn Is an Elementary School Problem (Brief Article)
Adam Griffin (The Village Church)
Is the Pro-Life Cause Really Winning? (Article)
Russell D. Moore (Moore to the Point)
Adoption Tax Credit Made Permanent (Excerpt)
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (via Zach Nielsen)
Why Adoption Became Russell Moore’s Personal Cause (Article)
Adelle M. Banks (Christianity Today)
Why I Won’t Read Your Book on Visiting Heaven (Article)
Aaron Armstrong (Blogging Theologically)
I Want to Know What Love Is (Inspirational Video)
Via Timothy R. Valentino (Ponder Anew)
Dr. Mohler’s Daily Briefing (News & Analysis Links List)
R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (AlbertMohler.com)
On the Lighter Side
Today’s Cool Comic: Herman (1-Panel Strip)
Jim Unger (via GoComics.com)
The Glory of Creation: Captivating Pictures from Space (Photo Essay)
Kari Collins (TIME: Science & Space)
Friday Fun: It Turns Out That Pro Wrestling Really Is Fake (Brief Video)
Via Abraham Piper (22 Words)
Something to Ponder
Why Jesus Calls His Followers to Submit to Secular Authorities
“It is risky for Jesus to say, ‘Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.’ That puts a high premium on obedience to the demands of Caesar. One of the realities that warrants this risk is that the heart of rebellion is more dangerous in us than the demands of Caesar outside of us. Jesus wants us to see that the danger to our soul from unjust, secular governments is nowhere near as great as the danger to our soul from the pride that kicks against submission. No mistreatment from Caesar or unjust law from Rome has ever sent anyone to hell.
“But pride and rebellion is what sends everyone to hell who doesn’t have a Savior. Therefore, the subordinate authorities of the world are warranted by God’s will in two senses. On the one hand, he wills that we recognize that these authorities are indeed subordinate and that we glorify him as the only supreme sovereign. On the other hand, he wills that we recognize these authorities as God-ordained and that we not proudly kick against what he has put in place.”
- John Piper, What Jesus Demands from the World
Into All the World
“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.”
- Epictetus
