“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter–the city that is devoured by locusts each day and [...]
Posted in General | 3 Comments »>Telephone Poles, originally uploaded by brannonmcallister.
Posted in General | No Comments »>Test post to see if I could get Flickr and Wordpress working together.
house, originally uploaded by brannonmcallister.
Posted in General | No Comments »>I was able to get a Nikon D90 for the upcoming trip to Albania. Last night Melissa and I walked around Downtown Greenville for a while as the sun went down. I hope to continue to improve my abilities, but these are a few of the first shots that I’m pretty happy about. (Oh, and [...]
Posted in General | 4 Comments »>Dear Friends and Family,
I am writing to you to let you know about a trip that I will be taking this coming September and to ask that you consider how you could be involved in supporting me as I go.
I have been asked by Frontline Missions to join a small team on a trip to [...]
Thanks to many other bloggers who have already posted this. I’m unsure of the original source.
by Tim Keller
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RELIGION: I obey-therefore I’m accepted.
THE GOSPEL: I’m accepted-therefore I obey.
RELIGION: Motivation is based on fear and insecurity.
THE GOSPEL: Motivation is based on grateful joy.
RELIGION: I obey God in order to get things from God.
THE GOSPEL: I obey God [...]
“I had this experience recently where I met the extraordinary American poet Ruth Stone who is now in her 90s, but she’s been a poet her entire life.
She told me that when she was growing up in rural Virginia, she would be out working in the field, and she would feel and hear a poem coming [...]
“We see very few healthy, happy examples today whose lives spell out in flesh and blood the rugged words, ‘Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds’ (James 1:2). When historians list the character traits of America in the last third of the twentieth century, commitment, constancy, tenacity, endurance, patience, [...]
Posted in General | No Comments »>Author Tim Keller spoke with LifeWay’s Chris Turner during this special edition of Inside LifeWay.
Paraphrase from the interview:
You might have a church where there’s not a lot of emphasis on the “Law”, there’s not a lot of emphasis on what we would consider “legalism”, which is: “We don’t smoke, we don’t chew, and we don’t [...]
I’ve added a way for you to check out my Del.icio.us links through the front page of the blog. Check it out near the bottom of the homepage on the right side. Some links there are old, but as I find new articles that I want to pass on, I’ll post about it there.
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