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Tahukah kamu bahwa merindukanmu itu bagaikan hujan yang datang mencium bumi, datang membasahi semua yang di peluknya, datang membanjiri setiap sudut kota dengan kenangan, datang dengan tiba-tiba meninggalkan bau yang berteriak ingin ku berjumpa.

God’s calling won’t make you quit even in the most difficult paths, and won’t make you stop depending on Him even in the easiest paths.

Just as a mother expanding the kingdom of God by changing her baby’s diaper, so does when a father fixes a leaking sink at home.

The redemptive historical perspective is both dominant and determinative as in Christ’s resurrection, the history of redemption has reached its eschatological consummation, the soteriological experience of the believer accordingly has an eschatological character.

Almost never does an idolater tell us there is no God. Usually he/she says, “this is what God really looks like”, and proceeds to erect a counterfeit.

To interpret natural revelation apart from the biblical supernatural revelation is called sin.

“Unless we silence sin, sin will silence our consciences. Unless we heed God’s word, the day may come when we despise God’s Son-and then God will have nothing more to say to us.” -Sinclair Ferguson.

If baptism requires the understanding of the partaker which manifested in the act of obedience, that makes baptism is under the administration of the covenant of work not of grace, that makes baptism is a work not a means of grace, that makes baptism a law not the gospel.

As someone who enjoys listening to Debussy and Chopin, it’s difficult for me to enjoy Beethoven until I started listening to Liszt. Liszt showed me the adventurous side of Beethoven while Beethoven taught me eschatology by anticipating a grand crescendo at the end of his music.

If we believe that our lives have meanings and purposes, that belief requires context because if existence itself is pointless then the concept of meanings and purposes are nothing more than figments of our own imaginations, having no real ontological bases.

Most of the times we feel more righteous than Judas for betraying his Teacher for only 30pcs of silver yet at the same time we skip going to church intentionally for a vacation we actually paid for.

‘Preoccupation of one’s feelings is a form of self idolatry.’ -@LGoligher

Isolation is an antithesis of the grand narrative of Christ’s redemption. Christ redeemed us not only to be united with Him but also to His church.

What’s the difference between tonight and any Saturday nights? >It’s New Year eve. What’s the similarity between tonight and any Saturday nights? >We prepare our hearts and families for the Lord’s day tomorrow in joy and full of reverence of our Lord of glory.