Day: May 19, 2011

On Campus: Thanks for my Freshman Year

On a Christian Campus “I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness,and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.” Psalm 7:17 Well, I did it. I successfully completed my freshman year of college. Looking back, all I can do is give thanks to God. He’s blessed me beyond imagination. I’ve compiled quite a list of things I’m thankful for: I’m thankful for music. I’m thankful for hot tea. I’m thankful for books. I’m thankful for laughter. I’m thankful for friends. The friends that I’ve made in this first year...

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Book Review: The Four Loves

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis It’s refreshing to read a theological book that doesn’t make our experience of reality, emotion and life the baseline for reality and actuality. C.S. Lewis firmly belongs to another age of thought that still expected that our perceptions and experiences ought to be conformed and shaped by God, rather than assuming that our perceptions and experiences are first of all accurate, and second of all proper. Lewis assumes neither, and in fact assumes that left to our own devices, our experiences and perceptions cannot possibly be either accurate or proper. Lewis discusses the...

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Devotion: The Metaphor of Marriage

As young adults begin to engage in serious relationships, marriage is eventually on their mind. Our congregation already has ten weddings scheduled for this year. Have you thought about it? What is marriage all about? There have been many metaphors used to describe marriage. For instance, scissors are made up of two separate blades connected to a handle. But if the blades are not joined together by a pin, they can’t function. So also, unless a husband and wife are joined together by Christ, the marriage cannot function properly. There’s also the metaphor of doubles tennis: to be successful...

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