anchor and hope..

My knowledge of that life is small;
The eye of faith is dim:
But it's enought that Christ knows all;
And I shall be with Him.
Richard Baxter, 1660

If you are a believer, and so an adopted child, this prospect satisfies you completely; if it does not strike you as satisfying, it would seem that as yet you are neither - J.I. Packer

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new order..

Behold the Throne of God above
Words: Charitie L. Bancroft, 1863.

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea.
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free.
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me.

Behold Him there the risen Lamb,
My perfect spotless righteousness,
The great unchangeable I am,
King of glory and of grace,
One in Himself I cannot die.
My soul is purchased by His blood,
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ my Savior and my God

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the sound of silence..

This is what Francis Schaefer said just before he died:

It may sound melodramatic, but sometimes in the morning I reach for my Bible, and just pat it. I am so thankful for it. If the God who is there had created the earth and then remained silent, we wouldn't know who he is.
Francis Schaefer (1912-1984), from his final interview with Melinda Delahoyde.

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we're backdrifting..

hey, he's speaking of my generation too..

Anti-intellectualism is a disposition to discount the importance of truth and the life of the mind. Living in a sensuous culture and an increasingly emotional democracy, American evangelicals in the last generation have simultaneously toned up their bodies and dumbed down their minds. The result? Many suffer from a modern form of what the ancient stoics called "mental hedonism" - having fit bodies but fat minds.
Os Guinness

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