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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

My favorite Michael Jackson song remade….

“I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross. The only God I believe in is the One Nietzsche ridiculed as “God on the cross.” In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing round his mouth, a remote look on his face, detached from the agonies of the world. But each time after a while I have had to turn away. And in imagination I have turned instead to that lonely, twisted, tortured figure on the cross, nails through hands and feet, back lacerated, limbs wrenched, brow bleeding from thorn-pricks, mouth dry and intolerably thirsty, plunged in Godforsaken darkness. That is the God for me! He laid aside his immunity to pain. He entered our world of flesh and blood, tears and death. He suffered for us. Our sufferings become more manageable in the light of his. There is still a question mark against human suffering, but over it we boldly stamp another mark, the cross that symbolizes divine suffering.”

The Cross of Christ : John Stott

Books on Deck for Today

The Cross of Christ : John Stott

Suffering and the Sovereignty of God : John Piper

Surprised by Suffering : R.C. Sproul

This is by far one of the most influential books in my theological journey that I have ever read...

*click me*

Therefore, in faith in the risen Jesus, men already live in the midst of the transitory world of death from the powers of the new world of life that have dawned in him. There is already true life in the midst of false life, though only in communion with the one who had been crucified by that false life. ‘The future has already begun.’ Jesus’ resurrection already makes possible the impossible, namely reconciliation in the midst of strife, the law of grace in the midst of judgement, and creative love in the midst of legalism.

Jürgen Moltmann, The Crucified God

Gonna dig into this book later...

Nobody who has not the Spirit of God can see a jot of what is in the Scriptures. All men have their hearts darkened, so that even when they can discuss and quote all that is in Scripture, they do not understand or really know it… The Spirit is needed for the understanding of all Scripture and every part of Scripture.

Martin Luther, The Bondage Of The Will

Just ordered some new books….

Just ordered some new books (hooray for gift certificates!):

Redeeming Sociology by Vern Poythress

Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright

Becuase He Loves Me by Elyse Fitzpatrick

Discovering Jesus by T.D. Alexander

Wisdom Christology by Daniel Ebert

The Cross: The Vindication of God by D M. Lloyd-Jones

A Guide to Christian Living by John Calvin

Some Great Book on Clearance

Check ‘em out, here!

Good Song. Good Friday.