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A Quest for Godliness – February 5, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. As their [the Puritans] Christianity was all-embracing, so their living was all of a piece. Nowadays we…
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A Prayer from The Valley of Vision
The Deeps Lord Jesus, Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach; Help me chastely to flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in thee, the ground of my rest,…
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A Quest for Godliness – January 29, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. The belief that the Puritans, even if they were in fact responsible citizens, were comic and pathetic…
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A Quest for Godliness – January 22, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both; if…
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Book Review: 7
An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker B&H Books, 2012 Sometimes a woman must make a drastic change to achieve her desired ends. Jesus didn’t advocate any less. When he saw the crowds following him, he sat down on the mountainside and taught them the differences between what they had heard and the soul-killing…
Leslie Wiggins 