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Jon Bloom
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Major influences: John Piper, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chester
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For Fathers of Young Children: Lessons from the Last Graduation
I love to listen to my younger teaching colleagues at Desiring God when they describe their lives as fathers of young children. I smile (sometimes inwardly) to hear of the short nights, the energy-demanding days, and the challenges of discerning how to fulfill their callings as fathers alongside their other demanding callings as husbands, vocational ministers, and significantly invested members an
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“Learning to rest in the promises of God occurs in the crucible of wrestling with unbelief—seasons, sometimes long seasons, when everything hangs on believing that God “gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things”
― Things Not Seen: A Fresh Look at Old Stories of Trusting God's Promises
― Things Not Seen: A Fresh Look at Old Stories of Trusting God's Promises
“In fact, if we do what our hearts tell us to do, we will pervert and impoverish every desire, every beauty, every person, every wonder, every joy. Our hearts want to consume these things for our own self-glory and self-indulgence. No, our hearts will not save us. We need to be saved from our hearts.”
― Don't Follow Your Heart: God's Ways Are Not Your Ways
― Don't Follow Your Heart: God's Ways Are Not Your Ways
“We are not to lean on conclusions we deduce primarily from our perceptions. In this sense, our own understanding simply will not bear the full weight of reality. It was never intended to.”
― Don't Follow Your Heart: God's Ways Are Not Your Ways
― Don't Follow Your Heart: God's Ways Are Not Your Ways
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