My Sanity

I heard this song "Mystery" as sung by Charlie Hall on the Passion "White Flag" CD, and the words really spoke to me. I hope they speak to you also.

Sweet Jesus Christ, my sanity
Sweet Jesus Christ, my clarity
Bread of heaven broken for me
Cup of salvation held up to drink
Jesus, Mystery

Christ has died and Christ is risen
And Christ will come again

Sweet Jesus Christ, my sanity
Sweet Jesus Christ, my clarity
Bread of heaven broken for me
Cup of salvation held up to drink
Jesus, Mystery

Christ has died and Christ is risen
Christ will come again
Christ has died and Christ is risen
And Christ will come again

Celebrate His death and rising
Lift your eyes, proclaim His coming
Celebrate His death and rising
Lift you eyes, lift your eyes
Celebrate His death and rising
Lift your eyes, proclaim His coming
Celebrate His death and rising
Lift you eyes, lift your eyes

Christ has died and Christ is risen
Christ will come again
Christ has died and Christ is risen
Christ will come again
Christ has died and Christ is risen
Christ will come again

Sweet Jesus Christ, my sanity

Study With Passion

"We Should Study Systematic Theology With Rejoicing and Praise. The study of theology is not merely a theoretical exercise of the intellect. It is a study of the living God, and of the wonders of all his works in creation and redemption. We cannot study this subject dispassionately! We must love all that God is, all that he says and all that he does....  Doctrine is to be felt at the emotional level as well as understood at the intellectual level."

       - Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine:

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Infinite Passion

"Christ demands a response of infinite passion, either of hatred or of love."

- Soren Kierkegaard

Sailing With Wind and a Deep Keel

"Large spiritual passion with small doctrinal understanding is large sails and tall masts on a tiny boat in high winds. It will dart wildly over the surface for a hundred yards. Then one wave, or one crosswind, will bring it all crashing into the unforgiving sea.

Give as much attention to enlarging the depth of your ballast as you do to the height of your sails.

Of course, if you are a sixty-ton flat-surfaced barge, with a broken engine, pray for God to give you sails and wind."
            -John Piper:

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