The Newest Wingler

     There is a new Wingler in our family.  Today it is roughly the size of a blueberry and is due in mid-December!  I usually post things that interest me on my blog like videos I've seen, sermons I've heard, book's I've read, or just random stuff.  The thing that will interest me for the next 7 and a half months will be the addition of a child to Jill and I.  This is a blessing from a gracious God.  We are excited for what He is going to do through this new adventure.  I am excited to get to teach my child daily about the glories of Christ and walk alongside of him/her as Christ would.  We know very little and will find out soon that we know even less.  We are humbled that God would do this in us and that we will have the privilege to spread His good news to our child.  I will post updates for now.  Below is a baby at 7 weeks...amazing...

Another Reason I Enjoy how God is using John Piper

CHRISTIAN:

Hello, Death, my old enemy.  My old slave-master.  Have you come to talk to me again?   To frighten me?  I am not the person you think I am. I am not the one you used to talk to. Something has happened.  Let me ask you a question, Death.  Where is your sting?

DEATH, sneeringly:

My sting is your sin.

CHRISTIAN:

I know that, Death.  But that's not what I asked you.  I asked, where is your sting?  I know what it is.  But tell me where it is.  Why are you fidgeting, Death?  Why are you looking away?  Why are you turning to go? Wait, Death, you have not answered my question.  Where is your sting?  Where is, my sin?  What?  You have no answer?  But, Death, why do you have no answer?  How will you terrify me, if you have no answer?  O Death, I will tell you the answer.  Where is your sting?  Where is my sin?  It is hanging on that tree.  God made Christ to be sin—my sin.  When he died, the penalty of my sin was paid. The power of it was broken.  I bear it no more.  Farewell, Death.  You need not show up here again to frighten me.  God will tell you when to come next time.  And when you come, you will be his servant.  For me, you will have no sting.

O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:55-57)

Great Luther Quote

"In truth you cannot read too much in Scriptures;

and what you read you cannot read too carefully,

and what you read carefully you cannot understand too well,

and what you understand well you cannot teach too well,

and what you teach you cannot live too well."

-Martin Luther

What a good quote to remind us that we are small and God is big.  At the end of the day in our feeble attempts to know God more, we can rest and rejoice in waking up and knowing that God still has more to reveal to His people.  

Sunday Sermon

I got to preach Sunday at our church, here is the link to our sermons:

MCC Sermons