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Here is a great little post by Josh Harris.

Where the Battle Rages, There the Loyalty of the Soldier is Proved

"If I profess with the loudest voice and the clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I maybe professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battle field besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point."

Martin Luther, quoted in The Truth War by John MacArthur, pg. 26

Virginia

Were you surprised when you heard about the shooting at Virginia Tech University yesterday? I was - catastrophic events like that always seem to come out of nowhere. However, considering that

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick" Jeremiah 17:9a

and

“All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.”       Romans 3: 12-18

The fact that should surprise us is there are approximately 4,500 colleges and universities in the US and Canada that didn't experience a shooting yesterday.

The incredible goodness of God in restraining sin in his creatures is the only thing that keeps things like this and much worse from happening every day.

While we pray on behalf of the families affected by this shooting, let's also praise God for His sovereign control of the universe, and the fact that though we deserve death for our sin, we live.

Worth Considering...

Certain avant-garde evangelicals sometimes act as if the demise of certainty is a dramatic new intellectual development, rather than seeing it for what it actually is: an echo of the old unbelief. It is unbelief cloaked in a religious disguise and seeking legitimacy as if it were merely a humbler kind of faith. But it’s not faith at all. In reality, the contemporary refusal to regard any truth as sure and certain is the worst kind of infidelity.

The church’s duty has always been to confront such skepticism and answer it by clearly proclaiming the truth God has revealed in His Word. We have been given a clear message for the purpose of confronting the world’s unbelief. That is what we are called, commanded, and commissioned to do (1 Corinthians 1:17–31). Faithfulness to Christ demands it. The honor of God requires it. We cannot sit by and do nothing while worldly, revisionist, and skeptical attitudes about truth are infiltrating the church. We must not embrace such confusion in the name of charity, collegiality, or unity. We have to stand and fight for the truth—and be prepared to die for it—as faithful Christians always have.

John MacArthur The Truth War pg. xvi,xvii

Link to Read

If there is anyone who visits this blog that does not read Tim Challies, here is a perfect place to start: Sweet Drudgery

Thinkerup: TONY CAMPOLO QUOTES

Thinkerup: TONY CAMPOLO QUOTES
Someday soon I shall post some thoughts of my own. For now, give this post a read. I find these quotes truly disturbing.