A Brick in the Valley


If Contentment Were Here . . .
March 12, 2008, 7:52 pm
Filed under: Quotes

“If contentment were here, heaven were not heaven.”  Samuel B. Rutherford, page, 32.



Pastors: Uncover the Strangeness of Truth
March 12, 2008, 9:01 am
Filed under: Preaching, Quotes

As Chesterton explained, we ought not to be surprised that truth is stranger than fiction.   

‘Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction,’ said Basil placidly. ‘For fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore congenial to it.’  [G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades.

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One of the Best Stories of My Lifetime
March 12, 2008, 3:38 am
Filed under: Recommended Links

The story of how God saved former Whitehouse insider, Chuck Colson, and has since used him to touch countless lives, is one of the best of my lifetime, of the last 45 years.  I’ve heard him share it many times, but I’ve yet to grow weary of it.

I remember where I was at when my family heard on the radio that President Nixon had (more…)



Which Carson is Right?
March 12, 2008, 12:15 am
Filed under: Parenting

At one time or another, most Christian parents have to work through with their children whether or not it is okay to punch a physical antagonist.

In his recent book, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor, D.A. Carson contrasts his father’s approach to bullies with his mother’s:

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