What follows is an excerpt from the first chapter of “The School of Christ” by T. Austin Sparks. This is an incredible little book that I recently started reading for the second time. Although I’ve read ahead, I haven’t been able to truly move past this section of the first chapter in my mind and spirit just yet. I think this excerpt speaks well enough for itself. Enjoy and may Christ ever be made greater in our sight…
I was thinking about the difference between living for Christ and living by Christ over lunch today.
I was also considering how Jesus went about living by the Father’s life, a life source beyond Himself. Jesus is our “example” in that He shows us how to live by the life of an indwelling Lord…
Living life by our own power, in our own strength ultimately just leads to sin, failure, and death. It’s a very unfortunate truth. The instant that we begin to believe that we’ve got it all together without God, we fall.
We are to “fix our eyes on Jesus,” as Hebrews 12 says, for good reason. We…
The Apprentice is my buddy Eric’s band. They’re awesome and this is probably one the best songs I’ve ever heard.
(Source: Spotify)
New minimalist posters! Harry Potter lives on. :D
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These are awesome.
This is an all out Hunger Games appreciation post. Thank you Suzanne Collins, if not for you I wouldn’t be able to be part of this awesome fandom. These are my THG posters summed up in one post.
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"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
— Paul of Tarsus, Galatians 2:20
