{"id":6279,"date":"2012-11-09T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2013-03-21T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T02:20:07","slug":"weekly-links-11092012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2012\/11\/09\/weekly-links-11092012\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (11\/9\/2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cross of Christ is certainly a noble example of self-sacrifice; but if it be only a noble example of self-sacrifice, it has no comfort for burdened souls; it certainly shows how God hates sin; but if it does nothing but show how God hates sin, it only deepens our despair; it certainly exhibits the love of God, but if it does nothing but exhibit the love of God it is a mere meaningless exhibition which seems unworthy of God.<\/p>\n

Many things are taught us by the Cross; but the other things are taught us only if the really central meaning is preserved, the central meaning upon which all the rest depends.<\/p>\n

On the cross the penalty of our sins was paid; it is as though we ourselves had died in fulfillment of the just curse of the law; the handwriting of ordinances that was against us was wiped out; and henceforth we have an entirely new life in the full favor of God. (J. Gresham Machen,\u00a0What is Faith?<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

by Richard Shin<\/em><\/p>\n

We are back from the all-church retreat and in full force. I myself was tremendously blessed to have partaken in it. Looks like the blogosphere went a little overboard on good content while we were gone. In light of this, we’ll do this a bit differently today:<\/p>\n

Here are some new and free stuff for you to indulge in:<\/p>\n