The weaning that brings us to contentment in the Lord takes place through loss. Every experience in life in which we are deprived of what we naturally want becomes the means by which our Father gives us what he knows we really need. S Ferguson in Deserted by God, p138
"With an elite providing the arbitrary absolutes, not just TV but the general apparatus of the mass media can be a vehicle for manipulation. There is no need for collusion or a plot. All that is needed is that the world-view of the elite and the world-view of the central news media coincide."~ Dr. Francis Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live?
There is grace for it all today. For all the inner struggles, for all the outward temptations, for all the disappointments and opportunities, for all the pain and dashed dreams, for every relationship and ministry moment...there is grace.- Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp
WE DENY that true justice can be culturally defined or that standards of justice that are merely socially constructed can be imposed with the same authority as those that are derived from Scripture. We further deny that Christians can live justly in the world under any principles other than the biblical standard of righteousness. Relativism, socially-constructed standards of truth or morality, and notions of virtue and vice that are constantly in flux cannot result in authentic justice.- The Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel.
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