"And we desire each one of you to show the same earestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises." -Hebrews 6:11-12 "Christian! the only thing that makes you differ from the vilest being that pollutes the earth, or from the darkest fiend that gnaws his chains in hell, is the free grace of God!" - Octavious Winslow "To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect."-John Owen "It is true we bear the punishment of our sins and we may know something of the bitterness. We are subject to the wrath of God, and the sting of unremitted guilt can reflect the awful severity of divine displeasure."-John Murray "I hope that my Master will lay hold of some of them and say, "You are mine, and you shall be mine. I claim you for myself." My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will."-Charles Spurgeon "It is entirely by the intervention of Christ's righteousness that we obtain justification before God."-John Calvin "The best way to lift up the lost and degraded from the horrible pit and the miry clay, in a spiritual sense, is to preach to them Jesus Christ and Him crucified."-CH Spurgeon "Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry."-Martin Luther "If I see a man who loves the Lord Jesus in sincerity, I am not very solicitous to what communion he belongs. The Kingdom of God, I think, does not consist in any such thing."-George Whitefield "Just as the sinner's despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace."-AW Pink "A man is what he is on his knees before God, and nothing more."-Robert Murray M'Cheyne "You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure"-Jonthan Edwards “Man is nothing: he hath a free will to go to hell, but none to go to heaven, till God worketh in him to will and to do his good pleasure.”-George Whitefield “Two things I know, the first I am a great sinner the second that Christ is a great savior."-Unknown "For we affirm His divinity so joined and united with His humanity that each retains its distinctive nature unimpaired, and yet those two natures constitute one Christ"-John Calvin “Self determination as a necessary counterpart to justice on God’s part or accountability on our part is simply not taught in the Bible. It is a philosophical presupposition brought to every text.”-John Piper “The Christians who did the most for this present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have begun thinking less of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither.”–CS Lewis "O, Church of God! believe thyself invincible, and thou art invincible; but stay to tremble and fear, and thou art undone. Lift up thy head and say, "I am God's daughter; I am Christ's bride." Do not stop to prove it, but affirm it; march through the land, and kings and princes shall bow down before thee, because thou hast taken thy ancient prowess and assumed thy ancient glory."- C.H. Spurgeon "[If Jesus died for all men]...why then, are not all freed from the punishment of all their sins? You will say, "Because of their unbelief; they will not believe." But his unbelief, it is sin, or not? If not, why should they be punished for it? If it be, then Christ underwent the punishment due to it. If so, then why must than hinder them more than their other sins for which he died from partaking of the fruit of his death? If he did not, then he did not die for all their sins."-John Owen " They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."-Francis Bacon "I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see but because by it I see everything."-CS Lewis "When God calls a sinner, he does not repent of it."-Thomas Watson "Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times." Martin Luther "But there was only one, and there will not need to be another, who bore the full weight of the divine judgment upon sin and bore so as to end it. The lost will eternally suffer in the satisfaction of justice. But they will never satisfy it."-John Murray "If people separate themselves from teaching that is positively false and unscriptural, they ought to be praised rather than reproved. In such cases separation is a virtue and not a sin."-JC Ryle "A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe."- Euripides "Rebirth brings us into the Kingdom of grace, and death into the Kingdom of glory."-Richard Baxter "The purposes of God point to one simple end—that we should be as he is, think the same thoughts, mean the same things, possess the same blessedness."–George MacDonald "To know God is to be changed by God; true knowledge of God leads to worship."-John Calvin "The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love."-Henry Scougal "The Church which is married to the Spirit of the Age will be a widow in the next."-Dean Inge

Sunday, November 05, 2006

To My Readers

Well, I am taking a bit of a break from the normal postings I generally do and will give all my readers an update on my life. I am stuck doing drill this weekend. Most of the unit is in Afghanistan right now supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Out of my sixteen man shop there are two of us left. Because there is no one here we cannot fully support any missions and so our job for the weekend is to look occupied and busy while really we are doing nothing. Because of strict guidelines I am not allowed to do much but somehow my blogger site has not been blocked by the base's comptuer administrators.
Life is moving on swiftly. There are only 56 days left until Rachel and I get married. She has been splendid at planning our big day and I am so thankful for that-she really is wonderful. The big stuff is planned now it comes down to the little stuff (who would have thought there is so much to plan for a wedding?). Excitement and anticipation seize my heart daily (something I find I must surrender to the Lord at all times). How eager I am for our marriage but how much more eager I am for the True Marriage when our Groom shall come and forever claim his Bride. We started our marriage counseling this week which will hopefully prove to be a fruitful time. We found a subleasor for Rachel's place-an awesome demonstration of the faithfulness of our Father. We begin moving our stuff into the new apartment in early December.
School is progressing. We just finished with our midterms which is always a kick in the pants to get back on track. It has been incredibly hectic and busy and it seems everytime you hand one paper in another is due and on top of that your profs dump test after test on you...but really, it's not that bad. I've picked up some extra hours at work so we can save a little bit of money before the wedding. I'm working on average right around 25 hours a week and Rachel between 25-30. I'm employed by the University and fix faculty's computers and set up new systems, I've been doing that for around two years. It certainly isn't the most glorious job but it does help pay the bills. Rachel is working at TGI Friday's as a server and was recently hired on to help in the kitchen.
It appears as if this spring I will be putting my application in to come under the Presbytery. This is something I am greatly looking forward to and trust that the Lord will use it to reveal further my path for life (ministry or not). In April I will go before the board and plead my cause and from there they will determine whether they want to take me under their care.
I am also learning beginners Greek. This has been incredible and it is so fun to open a Greek Bible and begin reading in the original language. Pastor Jeff set this class up for Wednesday mornings at 6:30, pretty early but well worth it.
I am currently leading an off campus Bible study. We are going through the book of Matthew and the Lord has been ever gracious to us. We are working through chapter 3, one of my favorite chapters in the whole book. We talked this week about repentance which was very convicting and definately pricked my heart (how thankful I am that we have been granted this great treasure in the Word!).
Aside from all the responsibilities an employee, student, and fiance have I am finding some good time for myself. I am trying to be faithful in reading more so my goal is one book a week. This usually entails sacraficing something (which ends up being sleep-much to Rachel's frustration) but I figure there is so much worth reading out there and so little I know. My prayer is that whatever I learn the Holy Spirit may show me how to let it resonate in my life, who wants empty useless knowledge? The other way I look at it is the quicker I read the books I have now the sooner I will be able to get some more (books just might be my blessing and curse). I'm thankful to Pastor Jeff for letting me dip into his plentiful library as well.
My weekends are staying plenty busy. I had the oppurtunity to visit some good friends near Duluth last weekend. What a blessing that proved to be! We had a splendid day spending time running around in their woods (and riding the bucking branch) and reflecting on the goodness of our God. And like I said I have a drill weekend today and tomorrow and next weekend Rachel and I will be spending some time in Austin and Fairmont, we are finally going to get our registration done!
Well, that's about it on this side of things. The Lord is gracious and compassionate, abounding in steadfast love and this become more and more evident every day. Many blessings to you all may you be found in our Master's good grip.
Grace and Peace,
KMB

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