http://blog.shatteringstone.com The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:52:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en O God most high and holy, I understand that you are worthy to be praised with my every breath, And loved with all the love that I am able to offer and more besides. Occupy the throne of my heart, Take full possession of my life and reign supreme in me. Tear aside every sin in my ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/a-sinners-prayer/ I've been extolling the worth of John Piper's biographies to several friends and family members.  However, some of you have had a hard time finding them.  Here is a link to make it easier: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/There you can find text, audio, and sometimes video versions of these biographies.  I recommend starting with ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/piper-biographies/ The Arminianism of our day is decidedly not the Arminianism of centuries ago. Anyone who has studied the Arminian Articles of Remonstrants knows this. Yet we argue against Arminianism today according to the old arguments and paradigms. The new root of Arminianism seems to be this: coming to God ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/combating-the-new-arminianism/ Matthew 21:21-22 I believe if we have enough faith we can literally expect God to move mountains. Yet we don't see this power in our own prayer-lives ... why?  The problem of God not moving very much in our lives is not to be solved by an expectation that this is ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/what-can-we-expect-from-god/ 1 Peter 3:17 We will all suffer in this world. The rich along with the poor, the old along with the young, the healthy along with the sick. Some have more suffering and some have less but we all have a portion of that cup. But what good is your suffering? If ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/suffer-for-god-not-for-vanity/ [esvbible reference="Amo 6:1, Amo 6:6, Rev 3:17-19" header="on" format="block"]Amo 6:1, Amo 6:6, Rev 3:17-19[/esvbible] What does revival take? Does it not take the blood, sweat, and tears of the saints? When John Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, was in route to his mission station, he thought of how, not twenty ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/church-revival-then-and-now/ Psa 51:11 David's cry to not have the Holy Spirit taken from him is a confusing psalm to us. How can a man after God's own heart be in such doubt over the assurance of keeping the Holy Spirit? We interpret such psalms as spiritual weakness, we say to ourselves, see ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/take-not-thy-holy-spirit-from-me/ It seems to me as if this subject is one of the most important ones in our religion. Piper's, Packer's, Tozer's (and I'm sure a host of other authors') most famous books are about the subject. It is what the Christian life is all about and we know very ... http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/knowing-god/