These are some thought-provoking quotes and ideas that drifted through my head during my morning train ride. Enjoy!

“but i give myself to what looks like love
and i sell myself for what feels like love
and i pay to get what is not love
and all just because i see things upside down”
- Derek Webb from What is not Love

“you know i’m not blind to imperfection
i’m still a realist by trade
a pragmatic pessimistic
overthinker on a break”
- Shaun Groves from One of those Days

“Christianity is a way of seeing all of life and reality through God’s eyes. That is what Christianity is: a worldview, a system, and a way of life. I believe that when you truly see the Gospel in its fullness, it’s so much more. It is the most exciting, radical, revolutionary story ever told.”
- Chuck Colson from unChristian, p. 87

“What is an emotion? As I was growing up, my dad taught me that an emotion is a physical expression of how we perceive the status of something we value. Anger, gladness, fear, sadness, joy, jealousy, and hatred are all combinations of our perceptions and our values.”
- Joshua Harris from Boy Meets Girl, p. 46

“The evil in our desire typically does not lie in what we want, but in that we want it too much.”
- John Calvin, as quoted in Boy Meets Girl, p. 61

Podcasts of Note

so i’ve been listening to podcasts during work and they have been greatly encouraging but mostly convicting, rebuking, and downright frightening. serving God is no joke. anyway, check out

www.rzim.org (Ravi Zacharias) although he is mainly an evangelist, his sermons are just as relevant to believers of all ages. one that i highly recommend listening to is titled “The Angelic Devil: Balaam” under the “Let My People Think” subheading.

www.truthforlife.org (Alistair Begg) i just love this man. his Scottish accent puts me at ease. not only that, he delivers the truth in a remarkably loving way. considering that i’ve never heard him in-person and am only going on verbal communication (a large percentage of communication is non-verbal), that is high praise. anyway, check him out. just about any sermon will do.

thanks for once again humoring my ramblings. until next time…