Video of Hiking trip to the Appalachian Trail August 16, 2006
Posted by marineben in Backpacking.add a comment
This is a video that one of the guys who I went hiking with put together. Larry Christie, fantastic job, thanks! I know it won’t be as funny to any of you, but believe me, if you knew the stories behind it, you would be ROTFL (rolling on the floor, laughing.)
Weak Praying August 5, 2006
Posted by marineben in Theology.add a comment
This is the link to an article that was written by Dr. David Powlison for the “Journal of Biblical Counseling.” It is a particularly challenging message about the content, particularly the lack thereof, in our prayers. It is well worth the time to read it, and I believe the truth of it will convict most of us as it convicted me. Too many times my prayers are strictly “help this, help that,” with no thoughts of the greater power and kingdom increasing potential of our prayers when we pray as thoroughly as Scripture commands us to.
His basic premise is that there are three types of prayers, circumstantial (change our circumstances – prayers for healing etc.), wisdom (change us spiritually in some way), and Kingdom (change everything by revealing Himself more fully). Most of us never leave the circumstantial category of prayer.
http://www.9marks.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID314526%7CCHID598014%7CCIID2238798,00.html
For another really good blog on this same article, see Ben Wright’s post at paleoevangelical.
http://paleoevangelical.blogspot.com/2006/08/overcoming-wednesday-night-organ.html
