I'm out of town today and don't have time to post anything of length, so I'll hopefully be able to do so tomorrow. Also, I wanted to let you know that I've got a ton of e-mails I haven't gotten too yet, many requesting membership in the League of Reformed Bloggers. Don't worry, I have heard your cries and hopefully will get the LORB updated by the weekend.
Now, here's a good thought from Spurgeon to cheer, encourage and focus your day:
Why, that Lamb is heaven itself; for as good Rutherford says, “Heaven and Christ are the same thing;” to be with Christ is to be in heaven, and to be in heaven is to be with Christ. That prisoner of the Lord very sweetly writes in one of his glowing letters—“O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without thee, it would be a hell; and if I could be in hell, and have thee still, it would be a heaven to me, for thou art all the heaven I want.”
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Cool quote. Very, err, Augustinian. I love finding those sorts of quotes where good Reformed guys sound like the Fathers.
Posted by: pseudo-augustine | January 17, 2006 at 02:10 PM
Spurgeon's quote reminds me of the analogy to "coldness" and "darkness", which don't exist in and of themselves, but are words used to describe the absence of "heat" and "light", which ARE substantive. In the same way, "hell" can be considered as a condition in which the presence of God is absent. But, where God is, heaven is.
Posted by: Former Corn Chuckin' Champ | January 17, 2006 at 06:34 PM
Sounds alot like, 'God is the Gospel' by Piper.
Posted by: Wes | January 19, 2006 at 03:09 PM