“It means,” said Aslan, “that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know.  Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time.  But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned,she would have read there a different incantation.  She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward”

- C.S. Lewis TLTWATW (163)

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What joy it is, believer, to think that thou has such a perfect atonement to rest upon! If there were one sin Christ did not suffer for on the cross, or one evil thought of one of His people that He did not bear, we could not be saved. But He has “finished” the whole of His people’s transgression, He has made an end of all their sins, He has obeyed all the jots and the tittles, as well as the great and weighty things, of the law of God, He has magnified it, and made it honourable. He has gone to “the end of the law for righteousness” — not half-way, but all the way; not near to its boundary, but even to its very end. He has not merely sipped from the cup of wrath, not merely tasted a portion of its bitter draught, but He has drained it to the very dregs. Ere He died, He turned the cup of wrath bottom upwards, for He had taken all it contained; and when He saw that there was not a single black drop trembling on its brim, He exclaimed, with the loud voice of triumph, “It is finished!” He had drunk the whole. Glory in this, ye living people of the living Christ! He hath offered for you a complete sacrifice, acceptable unto His Father. Glory in this, ye chosen people of the living God, that “Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.”

- Charles Spurgeon

A sailor hired on as the first mate to a merchant ship back in the days of the pirates. After a few days on the open seas the crew spied a pirate ship on the horizon. The captain shouted to the first mate, “Hurry, go to my cabin and get me my red shirt!” The first mate did as he was told and the captain donned the red shirt. A furious battled ensued, but the pirates were driven back and the merchant ship cruised on victorious. Two days later they again spotted a pirate ship cruising toward them and the captain shouted, “Quick! Go to my cabin and get me my red shirt!” The first mate got him the red shirt and a terrible battle was underway with the pirates. The merchant ship won the battle and sailed on into the night. Two days went by and they saw two pirate ships on the horizon. The captain shouted to the first mate, “Hurry! Go get me my red shirt!” - and the first mate quickly obeyed. Again, the merchant ship valiantly fought off the two pirate vessels and sailed away victorious. Finally the first mate could no longer mask his curiosity and he asked the captain, “What is there about that shirt that makes you win your battles? Does it bring you simple luck? Is it a mystical shirt?” The captain laughed and said, “Oh, nothing as unusual as that - I simply wear my red shirt so that if I am cut in the heat of battle my enemies and my own sailors won’t see that I am wounded. It gives the impression that I am in a stronger position.” A week later they spied TEN pirate ships cruising toward them. The captain turned to the first mate and shouted, “Quick! Go to my cabin and get me my brown pants!”

Sandra McCracken performing an acoustic version of “Justice Will Roll Down” from the upcoming album, In Feast Or Fallow.

I finally got the DSLR kit i’ve been wanting for a while.

So excited to start using it!

I got:
- Nikon D90 (body)
- Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens
- Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR
- Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR
- Battery Grip and extra battery
- Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote
- Kata KT DR-466 DPS Digital Rucksack
- Aperture 3

I have had so much fun already as I’ve been testing it out.
I can’t wait to see the images this baby will help me create!

I mainly got it for pics of our son so I can show him off! ;0)

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A friend of mine named Josh Stockment said something interesting on twitter tonight. He said:

“Sometimes happy endings are not happy at all, but they are still endings. This does not mean that they are the wrong endings, or that a better ending slipped by. Perhaps in a broken world, imperfect endings are at times the only way to close a story. They are the only endings that fit. They are the best endings.”

This got me thinking.

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I really appreciated this letter written in 2002.

Source can be found at this Link

Recently a number of leaders in the Protestant community of the United States have urged the endorsement of far-reaching and unilateral political commitments to the people and land of Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, citing Holy Scripture as the basis for those commitments. To strengthen their endorsement, several of these leaders have also insisted that they speak on behalf of the seventy million people who constitute the American evangelical community.

It is good and necessary for evangelical leaders to speak out on the great moral issues of our day in obedience to Christ’s call for his disciples to be salt and light in the world. It is quite another thing, however, when leaders call for commitments that are based upon a serious misreading of Holy Scripture. In such instances, it is good and necessary for other evangelical leaders to speak out as well. We do so here in the hope that we may contribute to the cause of the Lord Christ, apart from whom there can never be true and lasting peace in the world.

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Well, here is the first episode of my Geof Morris inspired music podcast. This week I’m featuring The Beatles so if they aren’t your cup of tea then you might want to avoid this weeks episode. Hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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For my friend Rae