Murph Is Thinking
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The Spirit is moving this morning at branded (Taken with instagram)
(Branded is the Student Ministry for High Schoolers at my church.)
Hanging out with this guy (Taken with instagram)
On my way into work (Taken with instagram)
Jesus in texts like his Sermon on the Mount, robs us of our attempts to do something worthwhile for the world, something “effective” that yields results as an end in itself. His is an ethic built not upon helping people or even upon results, certainly not upon helping folk to be a bit better adjusted within an occupied Judea. His actions are based upon his account of how God is “kind to the ungrateful and the selfish,” making the sun to rise on the good and the bad. We are called to “be perfect” even as our Heavenly Father is.
- Stanley Hauerwas
For those who are on the adventure called discipleship, singleness becomes a sign that the church lives by hope rather than biological heirs, that brothers and sisters come not through natural generation but through baptism, that the future of the world and the significance of our future is ultimately up to God rather than us. The telos, the end, gives meaning to our choices. Ultimately, there is for us only one good reason to get married or to stay single, namely, that it has something to do with our discipleship.
- Stanley Hauerwas
The Bible is there to enable God’s people to be equipped to do God’s work in God’s world, not to give them an excuse to sit back smugly, knowing they posses all God’s truth.
- N.T. Wright, Simply Christian
Church: “Why the mass exit?” (by Ed Burton)
Great articulation of a massive problem… all comes back to relationships!
Again and again God asks men to do not what they can, but what they can’t. To prove that no sleight of hand does it but that they link their impotence to His omnipotence, the word impossible is dropped from their vocabularies.
- Leonard Ravenhill
With God even rainy days are beautiful (Taken with instagram)
Sunset after church (Taken with instagram)
About Murph Is Thinking
I am a software engineer and a tech geek. In my free time I like to work on building websites, useful applications, and learning new technologies. On occasion I have also been known to help people with their computer issues.
I like to play or watch various types of sports, most recently running, hockey and mountain biking. I read tons of books, on average probably one book a week. So if you have any good suggestions let me know. I also enjoy singing occasionally.
One thing I am really passionate about is integrity and living consistently according to God's will. I was concerned with politics for a season but now consider myself to be apolitical. I believe that Gods kingdom is advanced not through political agendas, force, or violence but through sacrificial Christ-like love. The Church, led by Jesus Christ, is the hope of the world. Any movement that does not have Christ as its center is irrelevant. The only way we can make the world a better place is by first becoming the example and teaching and inspiring others to do the same.
God created me as a unique individual and I'm not ashamed of that. Some people might see me as aloof but the truth is I am a very thoughtful person. I am an introvert, which means I get charged up by thinking deeply about things. I find it difficult at times to connect with others, but I try my hardest, because I really love getting to know and serving people. I believe, based on my experiences and my gifts, God created me to teach and lead people in loving Him with their whole mind. (I am still working out exactly what that looks like.)
