http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/timkeller.html

This website has 7 sermons by Tim Keller from his book “The Reason for God”.

Some times I wonder why God puts up with my foolishness. My faith at times seems to be so fickle. It has been clear to me for several years where God wants me to invest my life. I know that ministry is inevitable for my life because it is God’s direction… Not mine. I know that more preparation, study, direction, mentorship is needed for me to reach those goals.

In the current framework of time and culture there has been ingrained in my generation and in my kids generation a ’fast food’ mentality. We want it ’NOW’ and we want it ’RIGHT’. Or more accurately the ’Burger King’ mentality… ’we want it OUR way… right now’.

It is interesting that God does NOT work that way. God is not on my time table. I think that is where most of my tension, stress, and frustration comes from. I have the propensity to want to put God on my time table, on my path, with my rules. On every occasion I find myself beating my head against the wall until I am black and blue and bloody.

Once I wake up from my stupidity I am so thankful that God is “ABBA Father”. I am thankful for his patience, grace, and mercy. I come to the sobering realization that God protects me from myself. 99% of the time I am my own worst enemy. Left to myself I would “cut my head off to spite my face”.

It has been the life and testimony 20th century Christian brothers that have helped me realign my life to completely focus on God and to realize that there is no greater service than service for Jesus Christ and his gospel. Both of these men lost their lives in German Concentration camps in WW2. One of them is Father Maximilian Kolbe

The Ultimate Gamble

Ashley Revell sold everything he owned, traveled to Las Vegas and bet it all on one spin of the roulette wheel. He bet $136,000 and here’s what happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR&v=zGCdBsOIKYA

That’s a remarkable gamble. But what’s the ultimate gamble? Where the stakes are highest? Where one literally gambles everything possible?

Pascal’s Wager

A while ago, David proposed that theory has a role in faith (http://sojournhuntsville.org/blogs/davidthew/2006/10/25/the_hawking_paradox). I agreed and offered Anselm’s Ontological Argument for the existence of God where Anselm sought to offer logical theory supporting the necessary existence of God.

Being at the hospital and at this “nursing home” is tough mentally. All these old women in a near vegetative state. I really see nothing encouraging about aging and don’t look forward to it. One thing that really irks me is the crap food they feed these people in nursing homes. These people should eat the highest quality of foods, organic green leafy vegetables, fruits, bright colored foods, not the moon pies and peanut butter chocolate bars i saw them passing out today. These people are on their last leg or are very unhealthy, why make them even more unhealthy and closer to death? I hope I die in a bike wreck or in my sleep well before I have to go through any of this.