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It is one heart-quieting consideration in all the afflictions that befall us, that God has a special hand in them: “The Almighty hath afflicted me.” Instruments can no more stir till God gives them a commission, than the axe can cut of itself without a hand. Job eyed God in his affliction: therefore, as Augustine observes, he does not say, “The Lord gave, and the devil took away,” but “The Lord hath taken away.” –Thomas Watson, A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas see also www.disciplemaking.net

Here are 4 great truths about Homeschooling from a article I read on the Homeschooling Journey: School is NEVER a better option.  For some, school may be the ONLY option, but that doesn’t make it a better option.  While schools don’t fail every child, school puts all children at risk spiritually, academically, emotionally and socially. Why would anyone knowingly expose their children to those risks when there are better options available? Despite what the NEA (and Elizabeth Edwards) will tell you, a child’s parent is almost always (and unfortunately, I feel the need to qualify that statement to some degree) better qualified to teach

God has left the indelible mark of His fingerprints all across the vast face of the universe… This revelation is sufficiently clear and inescapable that it renders all without excuse (see Rom. 1:20). Consequently, there is no such thing as “an innocent native in Africa” any more than there is “an innocent pagan in America”… The problem is not a lack of evidence. The problem is the innate, natural, moral antipathy of mankind to God. The problem is not that the evidence is not open to mankind. The problem is that mankind is not open to the evidence. Sam StormsGeneral

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TGC Mobile | Article | Driscoll, Who Do You Think I Am? In Who Do You Think You Are? (Thomas Nelson, 2013), Driscoll works from Ephesians to expose our insecure hearts to the Spirit’s scalpel. Identity surgery isn’t painless, but it is vital. With a pastor’s touch, Driscoll shows how our identity before the Father is secure when we’re tethered to the Son by faith—and how remembering this “one thing” changes “everything.” see also www.disciplemaking.net

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Let me recommend the following book:  Kingdom Through Covenant – A Biblical-Theological understanding of the Covenants by Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum .. I am currently reading the 3rd chapter where the authors talk about the Bible as a “Word Act Revelation” which is very enlightening and beneficial.   Here are some quotes:  …”Events are never left as self-interpreting, there  was always a divinely initiated prophetic or apostolic word of interpretation.  …. without God’s acts the words would be empty, without his words the acts would be blind.”   It is not enough to read the scripture in a “thin” manner, i.e.,

MP3CD Giveaway! An Exposition of the Book of Revelation (MP3 CDs)Arturo G. Azurdia III (Speaker)Re-Released! Many people have been deeply affected by this series and we cannot recommend its content more highly. We are confident that it will be a rich blessing to you and your family. see also www.disciplemaking.net

  Gospel Centered Life – Lesson 1 – (Example of Material)   This is a example lesson that is part of a small group bible study that teaches pastors and all Christians to see their life as Gospel centered and how one can teach and preach the gospel to believers and have it not be just tacking on of forgivness and milk instead of meat.  The “Gospel Grid” Article is excellent.  This is part of the Sonship Discipling Curriculum that I like, and am planning to use.   Here is a quote from lesson one of the Bible Study: Many Christians live with a truncated