Posts Tagged “god”
Fear Not The Toilsome Path
by i.burgess on November 24, 2011
Come hither, all ye that have strayed and lost your way, whatever your error and sin may have been, whether it be one which in human eyes is more more pardonable and yet perhaps more dreadful, or one more dreadful in human eyes and yet perhaps more pardonable, one which was revealed here on earth, [...]
Not Forever
by i.burgess on June 24, 2011
Yesterday I wrote a lengthy piece about experiencing the harsh hand of the Lord. I drew from the language of the Exiles to show how terrible, hurting experiences are not void of God’s presence and there is no sin in admitting that these things are held in his hand. I tried to follow the Mourner’s [...]
Man is Made to Think, Deeply
by i.burgess on April 11, 2011
Man is obviously made to think. It is his whole dignity and whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. Now the order of thought is to begin with the self, and with it’s Author and its end. Now, of what does the world think? Never of this, but of dancing, [...]
God’s plan in the fall of man
by i.burgess on April 6, 2011
Yesterday I was at a loss at to what to blog on. A frequent complaint of bloggers. Unless you’re a Tumblr user, in which case original content is never an issue. Anyway, I was speaking with a friend when he presented me with this interesting statement: I posit that the Fall was intended: The whole [...]
He taught them, saying…
by i.burgess on January 13, 2011
On the 30th of January I am preaching on Matthew 5:1-12. Otherwise known as the ‘beatitudes’, these constitute to some of the most stirring, most memorable words of Jesus’ teaching. In Matthew’s Gospel, these statements are the prologue to Jesus’ whole teaching. These statements make sense of the rest of his life and ministry, and show the [...]
Being in the process of becoming
by i.burgess on January 12, 2011
Last time I wrote, I quoted Kierkegaard on the fear of the Lord. This time I want to pick up an idea which was embedded within that and expend it. Kierkegaard instructs his readers to be in fear of the Lord because one is ‘in the process of becoming’. As if, when one is aware [...]
What do you mean, ‘saved by grace’?
by i.burgess on March 14, 2010
If you’ve been around church at all, you might have begun to pick up the language we use there. I like to call it ‘Christianese’, a strange tongue made of strange words and phrases no one else understands. “Cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb” “Washed by the Living Water” etc Preachers are the worst [...]
Pick me, miss
by i.burgess on February 25, 2010
I’m a drain on the taxpayer. And by that I mean I am a full time student. I study at Cliff College and enjoy my time doing so. Much of my week is taken up with lectures, and the nature of being in a small institution means there is a great deal of interactive learning. [...]
Couch Mouse House – Responding to Jon Acuff
by i.burgess on February 24, 2010
I read this provoking article by Jon Acuff, a frankly brilliant writer whom you should all make certain to connect with. In it, he discusses how those with attachment disorders hoard rubbish. ‘Often, the people lose their kids in order to maintain their hoarding lifestyle. The trash is more important. The numbness that hoarding offers [...]
Near Death – a train-wreck
by i.burgess on February 23, 2010
Saturday I didn’t die. Granted, this is an assertion I can make about any day of the week, however this Saturday I can be more specific. I didn’t die in a train crash. Well, anyone who rides in a train and lives can make that claim. To clarify: I didn’t die when the train I [...]
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