The Normal Christian Life
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 | By Rich Shipe | Posted in Blog, From Rich | 1 Comment »
Bill Wilcox recommended a book to me by the great Chinese pastor Watchman Nee called The Normal Christian Life. So far it is excellent! I want to share quotes from books I’m reading here and in the case of this book it is hard to narrow it down to what to share. This is becoming one of those books where there is less text that is highlighted than not highlighted. :)
Here is a short excerpt from the first page: Read the rest of this entry »
A Wonderful Prayer
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | By Rich Shipe | Posted in Blog, From Rich, Resources | No Comments »One of my favorite preachers on the radio is Dr. Allistair Begg. In today’s brodcast he quoted a short Puritan prayer that really hits the centrality of the Gospel in our lives as believers. I hope that this prayer expresses our heart each day.
Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory. Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision. Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine; let me find Thy light in my darkness, Thy life in my death, Thy joy in my sorrow, Thy grace in my sin, Thy riches in my poverty, Thy glory in my valley.
A Parable
Monday, October 20th, 2008 | By Rich Shipe | Posted in Blog, From Rich | No Comments »The author of this delightful parable is unknown. I discovered it in The Adventure of Discipling Others by Ron Bennett and John Purvis.
At first I saw Christ as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there, sort of like the president, I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn’t know Him. Read the rest of this entry »
Glimpses Of God’s Goodness
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | By Rich Shipe | Posted in Get Involved, Missions | No Comments »The Holman family in Bolivia have certainly gone through a lot lately. Check out some of the recent headlines on the political unrest here.
Joe posted on his blog the following post that puts it all in perspective. Read on to see the whole post… Read the rest of this entry »
Redemption and Josh Hamilton
Monday, July 21st, 2008 | By Rich Shipe | Posted in Blog, From Rich, Men | 1 Comment »
Josh Hamilton
Josh Hamilton, a professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers, is an amazing testimony of God’s power to redeem and change a life. You might have heard about Josh Hamilton recently because he put on an impressive show last week at the Home Run Derby, breaking the record by hitting 28 home runs in one round. You can watch all the impressive home runs by Josh Hamilton at MLB’s website here. He even hit three more than 500 feet! In addition to the Derby performance, Hamilton currently leads the Majors in RBIs.
Hamilton’s amazing performance is made all the more impressive when you find out that not too long ago, he was deep within the dark pit of drug addiction. He says that his last drug use was October 6, 2005.
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