The Rieslands » christ http://www.therieslands.com 2 Big Kids And 2 Little Ones Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:27:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 What Does It *Mean* For Christ To Be Your Treasure? http://www.therieslands.com/2009/06/12/what-does-it-mean-for-christ-to-be-your-treasure/ http://www.therieslands.com/2009/06/12/what-does-it-mean-for-christ-to-be-your-treasure/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:00:33 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=3592

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJzUnxiKwA

This is a short video from Sermon Jams featuring a sermon snippet from a modern-day hero of mine: John Piper (who is on twitter!).

Listen to him spell out Paul’s teachings about displaying Christ as your treasure!

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2009/06/12/what-does-it-mean-for-christ-to-be-your-treasure/feed/ 0 Watch this… and then watch it again 5 more times… a day http://www.therieslands.com/2008/11/18/watch-this-and-then-watch-it-again-more-times-a-day/ http://www.therieslands.com/2008/11/18/watch-this-and-then-watch-it-again-more-times-a-day/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:21:06 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=2682 John Piper talks about the supremacy of Christ.

This is the message I want to spend the rest of my life communicating in every way that I can.

I daily beg Jesus to pay off our debts and give me a job where I can spend all day, every day proclaiming this message:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=moW_x1M-VaU

(ht: Zack)

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2008/11/18/watch-this-and-then-watch-it-again-more-times-a-day/feed/ 2 I bought a christian t-shirt http://www.therieslands.com/2008/07/28/i-bought-a-christian-t-shirt/ http://www.therieslands.com/2008/07/28/i-bought-a-christian-t-shirt/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:42:08 +0000 Zack http://zackriesland.wordpress.com/?p=490 Our local Family Christian Bookstore had a big sale yesterday, and they had a big pile of t-shirts for 50-75% off. I happened to spot this one and it caught my eye. As you can see, the front lists many (all?) of the names of God, which just makes me happy.

But then I flipped it over and read the back. It says, “All that Christ is, He is for you.”

I wasn’t sure what to think about that….

I think you could read that two different ways:

1) “God offers all of Himself to you, to demonstrate His greatness and glory by completely satisfying you with all that He is, no matter who you are.”

2) “God exists for you. You can think of him like a big Genie in the sky. Or a pet, perhaps.”

The first way seems good to me. The second seems bad….

In the end, I liked the front so much that I decided to get it anyways, but I’m wondering whether I should change the back.

I was hoping you all could give me some feedback here:

Does the wording on the shirt bother you?

Do you think it clearly communicates Truth about God?

If not, what would you do with a sharpie to change it?

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