April 2011
19 posts
Prince Harry and the half-bald prince.
britishguysrock:
I see there's a lot of people asking if Kate...
This sentence has five words. →
This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I...
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The Chaser's letter to the Queen
Dear Australian Head of State,
We would like to place ourselves at your mercy and request a stay of execution for our television program, The Chaser’s Royal Wedding Commentary.
We, like Kate, are commoners, and were looking forward to celebrating her wedding to your exalted grandson with a few affectionate observations.
To ensure that our coverage was respectful, we were only planning...
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The dawn will come, the sun will rise
Out of the grave we’ll see hope’s light....
Yesterday was Maundy Thursday. Today is Good...
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and...
– C.S. Lewis (via excessivebookshelf)
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Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to...
– “Hallelujah, What a Saviour?” aka “Man of Sorrows”.
What a song.
(via hymnlyrics)
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palm sunday pedantry.
I’ve already heard so many times this easter that “one week after the crowd was shouting Hosanna!’, those same people were shouting ‘Crucify him’”.
It’s beginning to annoy me.
As Kevin de Young has said recently:
But read all four gospel accounts carefully (and check some good commentaries). The excited throng on Palm Sunday was filled with...
This link is an awesome use of web design - and... →
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March 2011
18 posts
I believe the only long-term solution to world poverty is business. That is...
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Wayne Grudem Business for the Glory of God; The BIble’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business