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Husband. Christ Follower. Collecting Inspiration. Charlottesville, VA

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Church Planting Legal Process

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60 Reasons Jesus Is Better Than I Think

This list was originally written by Dane Ortlund on Monday, December 17, 2012.

His forgiveness…

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A Prayer for the New Year (Spurgeon)

“We will be glad and rejoice in thee.” Song of Solomon 1:4

We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of…

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Lamarkco has been coming to our community group for several months now. In September, God saved him and it was a joy to watch him be baptized today. His response when I asked what it meant for him to be baptized was "Jesus went hard for me on the cross and now I'm gonna go hard for Him. The old Lamarkco is dead and the new Lamarkco is alive". (at Portico Church)

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at Artifact Coffee

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On repeat.

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Day 2. #acts29 #acts29raleigh #churchplanting (at Vintage Church)

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That our prayer would be to shape our lives on His Word.

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Friday afternoon well spent with Ken Myers (Mars Hill Audio) discussing the Christian imagination and the arts. (at Christian Study Center)

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"We must understand that as long as Christ remains outside of us, and we are separated from him, all that he has suffered and done for the salvation of the human race remains useless and of no value for us. Therefore, to share in what he has received from the Father, he had to become ours and to dwell within us.... for, as I have said, all that he possesses is nothing to us until we grow into one body with him" -Calvin (Institutes, III.i.1).

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Martin Luther on John 15:4-5.

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The Greatest Enemy of Our Hunger for God

Was reminded of this quote from A Hunger for God by John Piper a few days ago. Beautiful reminder of the utter satisfaction that is found in Christ and Christ alone.

The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet…

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God the Source of All Good (Valley of Vision)

A prayer to the greatest Father there is. #ValleyofVision

O Lord God, who inhabits eternity,

The heavens declare your glory, the earth your riches, the universe is Your temple, Your presence fills immensity, Yet You have of Your pleasure created life, and communicated happiness;

You have made me what I am, and…

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What is Christian Righteousness? (Quotation)

Christian righteousness is that level of goodness that can withstand the scrutiny of a perfectly holy God and earn the benediction, “You are good!” It is perfect obedience in both outward conformity and inward desire. It is goodness for the sake of God’s…

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yes. this. by Lara Casey.

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