Supremacy of Christ-Amen!

As Tim Challies is getting ready to blog from this year's Desiring God Conference, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World, he begins with some wonderful thoughts about Christ's complete incomparability in His greatness. Whether interested in the coference or not, I highly recommend this post as he introduces the conference and David Wells. Here is an excerpt:

"The world has known some great people. We speak of many who are "great." But Jesus Christ is not "great." He is incomparable. He is in a category all of His own. He is unique. Of whom else can you say that He was God incarnate, that He bore our sin in our place, that He rose from death, that He now reigns supreme? That cannot be said of anyone else. The book of Scripture that argues this most insistently is Hebrews."

Pope-Islam Controversy

For those of you who have been following the controversial statements the Pope recently made about Islam, here is a good article to check out.

Prepare Website

Thanks be to God for blessing Prepare with our new staff member, Tom. Not only is he a wonderful brother in Christ, but he has actually been updating the website! So check it out, as it is no longer outdated by two years.

We're off!

Well, the school year is definitely upon us. All the campuses have had one or two meetings now and we are hoping and praying for God's grace upon us to glorify His Name on the campuses this year. Also, Gary feels we should focus on our heart this year. Paying attention to, tending to, and asking for God's grace upon the state of our hearts. At the fall kickoff this past Saturday, Gary gave a great message about tending to our hearts in the way a stork tends to their young, and contrasting that by how an ostrich tends to their young. (see Job 39:13-17) Like the ostrich, we can look great on the outside, while neglecting one of the most essential and important things about us. So let's all seek God to give us pure and undivided hearts full of devotion to Him. He is so worthy of this, for who is a great God and Savior like Him, even sending His Son to redeem lost and sinful people! "Blessed (Happy) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" Matthew 5:8

(Picture above is from praise and worship at fall kickoff)
Here's a quick summary of meetings, if you want more info on times and rooms contact info@prepareministries.com, or go to PrepareMinistries.com.
Monday nights St. Cloud State meets
Tuesday nights College of St. John's and St. Ben's meets
Wednesday nights Gustavus Adolphus and the U of M meets
Thursday nights MSU-Mankato and SMSU in Marshall meet

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Also, through the DesiringGod website, listen to this excellent sermon
I pray we'd all get near to God's heart about this!