Who is this King of Glory?

"He was the meekest and lowliest of all the sons of men, yet he spoke of coming on the clouds of heaven in the glory of God.
He was so austere that evil spirits and demons cried out in terror at his coming, yet so gentle, winsome and approachable that the little children would run up to Him and nestle in His arms.
His presence at the innocence of the village wedding was like the presence of sunshine.
No one was half so kind or compassionate to sinners, yet no one spoke such red hot scorching words about sin.
A bruised reed He would not break, His whole life was love, yet on one occasion He demanded of the Pharisees how they were expecting to escape the damnation of hell.
He was a dreamer of dreams and a seer of visions, yet for purposes of realism He has all of the self proclaimed realists soundly beaten.
He was a servant of all washing the disciples feet, yet masterfully he strode into the temple and all of the hucksters and the money changers fell over one another in their mad rush to get out of the way of the fire they saw blazing in His eyes.
He saved others, but at last and in the end himself He did not save. There is nothing in all of history that confronts us like the union of contrast presented in the gospels.
The mystery of Jesus is the mystery of divine personality."
James Stewart

eternal relief

How burdened are you by your sin?
How much do you feel their weight?
How much do you hate them, wish they were gone from you?

Consider the following quote

"When sin is your burden, Christ will be your delight."
THOMAS WATSON

May our sins drive us to the foot of the cross.
There we will find pardon, relief, and hope.
It is a shade and shelter for heavy souls.

'God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that IN HIM we might become THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST'-Paul, 2 Cor. 5.21

Men's Retreat

Men,

Here is a video about our up and coming men's retreat...

Forward it on to the guys in your D-Groups and people you would like to bring...

Forgiven

“Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Christians are people who never sin or feel sinful.
Rather, because of their faith in Christ, God simply doesn’t attribute their sin to them.
This teaching is comforting to those who have terrified consciences.
For good reason, we often try to impress on people that their sins are forgiven and that righteousness is attributed to believers for the sake of Christ.”
Martin Luther

A theology of little things...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task..
But it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helene Keller

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. --Jesus, Luke 16.10

A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in a little thing is a big thing

It seems to me that the greatest battles in my spiritual journey revolve around being faithful in the mundane, the blue collar, the ordinary, and the unheraled.
But, with God, there are no little things.
As Francis Schaffer wrote, 'there are no little people and no little places in God's economy of things'

May we battle today to be faithful in the little things.

ps... Don't forget the Night of worship this evening at Perimeter... 6pm...
see you there.

Jesus wasn't the only man to walk on water

Not much else left to say about this one.

my favorite song/ great video

This is my favorite worship song...
Great video to go with it using scenes from
Mel Gibson's masterpiece "Passion of the Christ"
Enjoy

When a picture is worth a thousand words

Rembrandt got the gospel... here is his work, "the return of the prodigal son".

In my mind, this is one of the most beautiful portraits of grace i've ever seen.

I sometimes have to stare at it for a while to let the weight of it settle upon my hard heart.
"come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest" -Jesus