I must follow, if I can

Pursuing it with eager feet / Until it joins some larger way

  • "What Mortification Is Not"

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on March 11, 2005

    5. Occasional victories over sin are not mortification. There are two occasions or seasons in which a man who is fighting with a particular sin may seem to have mortified it, but has not in reality. (i) When that sin breaks out sadly and seriously in a way that greatly... [Read More]

  • Prayer

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on March 4, 2005

    I have a buddy who was diagnosed with cancer today. This is very shocking news, as he is a young, healthy guy. Everybody please pray for him. Pray for him, and also for his wife, that God would heal him, and give them the strength to get through. This guy... [Read More]

  • God-Centered Worship

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on March 1, 2005

    In considering the rationale for God-centered worship, we must begin with the realization that worship is the number one priority of the Church. Jesus’ famous statement in John 4:23 that the Father seeks worshipers is unparalleled, for nowhere in the entire corpus of Holy Scripture do we read of God’s... [Read More]

  • The Initiative Against Despair

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 18, 2005

    I know I quote Oswald Chambers a lot, but there’s something about his daily devotional that makes it continually relevant. However, sometimes I end up skipping a day. The Feb. 18 entry is one particular one that ministered to me. I’m wondering whether I skipped it last year, because I... [Read More]
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  • "The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing"

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 12, 2005

    “Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.” 2 Tim. 2:3-4 (ESV) [Read More]

  • I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, No. 2

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 10, 2005

    This is the first installment in a planned chapter-by-chapter look at A.W. Tozer’s book, The Pursuit of God. Granted, there are many who have discovered the book long before I did, who will also be much better equipped for a task such as this. But hey, this is a blog,... [Read More]

  • My blog gets a new look

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 10, 2005

    Life is a journey.The English words journal and journal are borrowed from Middle French, and share the same root, jour, meaning day. Life is a journey, and journals, whether they be travel journals or journals written at home, convey that attitude. A.W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God does a... [Read More]

  • Dell Dimension 2350 mods, continued…

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 6, 2005

    This is for posterity’s sake, in case there’s ever anyone out there online trying to figure out how to do this him or herself. Matt thinks I should figure out how to mod Mac Mini’s, but I’m going to put that off until I can scramble $500 bucks together to... [Read More]
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  • Grace, Restoration, and Blank Slates

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 6, 2005

    There’s a passage I wish I would have read earlier this morning. According to my reading calendar I should have read it last night; but if I had, it’s questionable whether my heart would have been in a place to receive such a pertinent application. [Read More]