Here is the house that we are looking at:
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We are still doing a little research before we make an offer, but we are leaning in this direction. I am going to find out about the power bills today, and we are doing a little background research on the neighborhood.
It is a really cool house. There is one full bath and two half baths, three bedrooms, living room, dining room, sun room, attached garage, plus... the basement is basically like a one bedroom apartment, complete with kitchen... Then there is a finished attic with a spiral staircase in one of the bedrooms going up to the top. It is also a quirky, odd house. My wife, of course, loves it. I just struggle with the other stuff: What direction is the neighborhood going? Is it going to be a money pit? Can my wife take a walk and feel safe? etc.
Here is the listing.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
It Burns Us...
I have been preaching through the Sermon on the Mount at Church. It has been really good so far... not necessarily the preaching... but what it is doing in me. I have been learning so much about the truth of the Gospel that is wrapped up in every little spot of the Sermon on the Mount.
Every time I study the next passage I feel like another little light bulb has been turned on in this big room. It is similar to the experience of turning lights on in a gym. Especially one of those old gymnasiums where the lights come on a little at a time. As each one flickers into its own brilliance, the features of the room become more clear.
I just saw this quote over at the blog titled Tolle Lege (which is one of my favorite blogs to read and you should really add it to your list of must reads). The quote is by D.A. Carson, it says,
That quote summed up so much of what I am experiencing as I read and study this sermon, so I thought I would share it with you.
What have you been reading lately? How has God's word been "burning" itself in and upon you?
Every time I study the next passage I feel like another little light bulb has been turned on in this big room. It is similar to the experience of turning lights on in a gym. Especially one of those old gymnasiums where the lights come on a little at a time. As each one flickers into its own brilliance, the features of the room become more clear.
I just saw this quote over at the blog titled Tolle Lege (which is one of my favorite blogs to read and you should really add it to your list of must reads). The quote is by D.A. Carson, it says,
"The more I read these three chapters– Matthew 5,6, and 7– the more I am both drawn to them and shamed by them. Their brilliant light draws me like a moth to a spotlight; but the light is so bright it sears and burns. No room is left for forms of piety which are nothing more than veneer and sham."
That quote summed up so much of what I am experiencing as I read and study this sermon, so I thought I would share it with you.
What have you been reading lately? How has God's word been "burning" itself in and upon you?
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Sermon Audio Feed
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The ESV
Just recently, I made the switch to the ESV. I think that I did a post on it a few weeks ago, but I wanted to mention some more about it. For those of you who don't already know, the ESV is the English Standard Version of the Bible.
If you are a reader of this blog and you fall into the KJV Only camp... I hate to disappoint, but I am most definitely not in that camp. In fact, I don't really even visit that camp anymore and I may have even moved myself to the KJV Hardly Ever camp.
I don't mean any offense to the King James Translators. I really admire what they did and would uphold their translation philosophy. I would even go as far as to say that by switching to the ESV I am more in line with what the King James translators were trying to do than those people who cling to the King James Version.
From the ESV website I am borrowing this quote which really summarizes what I am trying to say, way better than I am saying it:
"The true heirs of the King James translators are those who continue their task today, not those who declare it to have been definitively concluded in 1611."
—Alister McGrath, In the Beginning
In fact, I would suggest going on to their website and reading their stuff instead of listening to anything else that I have to say. Here are a couple of links to different pages on their website that I found especially interesting.
Translation Philosophy
How is the ESV different from other Bible translations?
and
From KJV to ESV: A Historical Legacy
If you are a reader of this blog and you fall into the KJV Only camp... I hate to disappoint, but I am most definitely not in that camp. In fact, I don't really even visit that camp anymore and I may have even moved myself to the KJV Hardly Ever camp.
I don't mean any offense to the King James Translators. I really admire what they did and would uphold their translation philosophy. I would even go as far as to say that by switching to the ESV I am more in line with what the King James translators were trying to do than those people who cling to the King James Version.
From the ESV website I am borrowing this quote which really summarizes what I am trying to say, way better than I am saying it:
"The true heirs of the King James translators are those who continue their task today, not those who declare it to have been definitively concluded in 1611."
—Alister McGrath, In the Beginning
In fact, I would suggest going on to their website and reading their stuff instead of listening to anything else that I have to say. Here are a couple of links to different pages on their website that I found especially interesting.
Translation Philosophy
How is the ESV different from other Bible translations?
and
From KJV to ESV: A Historical Legacy
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