I don’t know if you have been following the story of Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks NBA basketball team (it’s been kinda hard to miss it!), but I have been fascinated by it, for a number of different reasons. First, I love basketball, and although I don’t like the NBA all that much [...]
Posts Tagged ‘joy’
Jeremy Lin the Underdog and You
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged Jeremy Lin, joy, Parenting for Joy on February 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Overcoming our bent toward blindness in the wonders of the ordinary, Part 3
Posted in General, Personal growth, tagged Clyde Kilby, John Piper, joy, world on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it (Isaiah 42:5) A biblical theology of creation will influence how we view the ordinary things in [...]
Overcoming our bent toward blindness in the wonders of the ordinary, Part 2
Posted in General, Personal growth, tagged Clyde Kilby, I, John Piper, joy, world on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am continuing to quote from Clyde Kilby, whom John Piper cites in chapter 11 of When I Don’t Desire God, downloadable from Desiring God if you click on the title. (See Part 1 here.) 5. I shall not demean my own uniqueness by envy of others. I shall stop boring into myself to discover [...]
Overcoming our bent toward blindness in the wonders of the ordinary
Posted in Personal growth, tagged Clyde Kilby, John Piper, joy, world on June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Clyde Kilby was formerly a professor at Wheaton College. He established the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton as a resource center for the study of seven British authors, including C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Kilby was one of the most influential instructors on the life of John Piper. Piper quotes him [...]
Treasures and Techno-lust
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged joy, technology on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is your technology your greatest joy in life? In today’s Daily Reading, Martyn-Lloyd Jones comments on our treasures and our heart. Treasures are not merely limited to money, but include anything in which we place our highest value. This includes the web, blogging, technology and the like. It is a question of one’s whole attitude [...]
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