Dave Gullett

Don Miller about his friend and mentor:

“I heard somebody say every life is a sermon, that every new day we preach a point. Maybe that’s true, I don’t know. It sounds like a lot of pressure to me. And the truth is I’ve been to a thousand or more church services and I can honestly remember the content of no more than three sermons.

But if it’s true a person’s life is a sermon, David Gentiles preached the best sermon I’ve ever heard. I’ll never forget him, or what he did with his life. David was a rock of a man and his sermon was love. His life and what it pointed toward will remain with me, and no doubt with many of you, as a foundation on which you will build your families, your friendships and your faith. It’s hard to imagine a sermon on love has ever been said better. I learned more about Jesus from David than any other person I know.”

The Best Sermon I Ever Heard. Remembering David Gentiles..

Yep. My favorite websites of the year. (Not what I claim to like the best, but ones I actually use / view the most)

1. gmail

2. remember the milk

3. google reader

4. evernote

5. amazon

6. facebook

7. logmein

8. ESV Study Bible Online

9. simplenote

10. wordpress

Pastor Mark Driscoll shares part of a conversation with a long time pastor:

“Of course, the old preacher rattled off three points:

1. “Read the Bible every day.” I asked him how many times he had read the Bible, and he said he was finishing up his 358th reading of the entire Bible!
2. “Mumble prayers throughout the day.” He explained that it is vital to pray in the morning to connect with God and confess sin, but that we also need to mumble prayers throughout the day, talking to God about everything.
3. “Refuse to have any enemies.” He said that if you choose to forgive everyone of all their sins, then no matter who or what is against you, your heart will not become hard and bitter because you treat everyone like a friend.”

The Mars Hill Blog | Blog Archive » What the Eighty-Six-Year-Old Pastor Said.

Unlike most top ten lists, this doesn’t purport to list the best of the best. Its simply my favorite ten blogs I’ve read this year. Take it or leave it.

1. Lifehacker

2. Challies.com

3. Justin Taylor

4. Mars Hill Church / The Resurgence

5. The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

6. Macworld

7. Stepcase Lifehack

8. Zen Habits

9. Minimal Mac

10. Smarterware

“The gospel has something to say about this “problem of love”: God has loved us in a way that has given us life. The atoning death of Jesus provides the means by which we enter a relationship in which love is received and expressed. With that as the context of the commands to love, the commands are viewed not as the “ought” of compulsion but the “transformation” of internal constraint. To those who encountered the source of love, the commandment to love can be read with hope and joy, because love is not alien to our experience.”     – Justin Holcomb

The Problem of Love | TheResurgence.