Archive for February, 2009

John Piper posted this on the Desiring God blog today.  As someone who has had many struggles with assurance since first accepting Christ in college, I love to hear words such as what is said below. . . 
From Desiring God blog (bold added):
J. Gresham Machen, one of the great proclaimers and defenders of the Christian [...]


I attended the Singleness Forum that the Stone put on last night at Mercury Hall.  I know – I’m not single, and I’m really pregnant – so between the wedding ring and the big belly, I probably wasn’t fooling too many people.  Our Monday night group was volunteering at the event, so I was mostly [...]


For those of you attending the Austin Stone, sign-ups for Get Trained classes are currently underway.  You can sign-up online or in the foyer on Sundays.  There is a wide range of classes available: Reason for God, Old Testament, Married Life, theology, journaling through the Bible, women’s classes, etc.  So, please click here to check [...]


we will be having a baby girl in about 9 weeks, Lord willing.  And I’m feeling some anxiety over having two kids – I mean, I remember how hard it was to have just one in the beginning: late nights, no sleep, painful nursing experience, recovery from labor.  And to do all of that again, [...]


One of the joys of parenting is the ability to force your child to wear things that they don’t like, but that you like or think are funny, and then taking pictures.  I have a horrible picture of me at age 7 wearing a dress with a black velvet bodice and huge puffy red sleeves [...]