I received Desiring God by John Piper from Waterbrook Multnomah with no strings attached other than to write an honest review of the book.
As I've admitted in the past, I have a tough time reading this type of book, the ones that are going to show you the right way to find God, or know God's plan, or love God more, or... well you get the picture.
I read Desiring God (this is the revised edition) and thought it was okay. I didn't get anything earth-shattering or ground-breaking from it.
The one thing that I did get from the book is one of Piper's main points (or so it seems to me) that "The chief end of man is to Glorify God by enjoying Him forever."
That's it, joy in knowing and loving and serving God.
The rest of it just seems like a Christian view of Plato and Aristotle, which it probably isn't, but it strikes me that way right now.
I will recommend this book because the pursuit of God is the most worthy thing that we can do.
01 July, 2011
A Couple of Things I'm Wondering About
I've refrained from commenting on political stuff, but after the president's speech the other day about the debt ceiling "crisis" I'm wondering about some things.
The president said that even if we cut spending, we have to raise taxes anyway. My question is this:
I'm using small numbers to illustrate, 'cause trillions are hard to write and understand.
If we're taking in say $1,000 in taxes, fees and other stuff
And we're spending, say $1,500 for everything we spend money on (I don't think that SS and Medicaid are in the regular budget, allegedly they have their own income streams)
That leaves us overspending by $500 (and we wouldn't be in debt if we weren't overspending)
Now the republicans want to cut spending, so if we were to cut spending by say, $800
that would leave us with $300 dollars that's not getting spent, in effect it's helping to bring down the deficit.
Why do we absolutely have to raise taxes? Why not encourage businesses and people with extra cash to invest in the economy?
And what about the money that some agencies don't spend? Why isn't that money put back into the pot and their budget lowered to be a realistic one?
Just wondering.
Something else, I'm really wondering.
Are the publishers and editors at Newsweek really so lacking in taste they they had to run a "Diana at 50" cover and story?
Is there nothing else newsworthy enough to focus on?
When did Newsweek turn into the National Enquirer?
The president said that even if we cut spending, we have to raise taxes anyway. My question is this:
I'm using small numbers to illustrate, 'cause trillions are hard to write and understand.
If we're taking in say $1,000 in taxes, fees and other stuff
And we're spending, say $1,500 for everything we spend money on (I don't think that SS and Medicaid are in the regular budget, allegedly they have their own income streams)
That leaves us overspending by $500 (and we wouldn't be in debt if we weren't overspending)
Now the republicans want to cut spending, so if we were to cut spending by say, $800
that would leave us with $300 dollars that's not getting spent, in effect it's helping to bring down the deficit.
Why do we absolutely have to raise taxes? Why not encourage businesses and people with extra cash to invest in the economy?
And what about the money that some agencies don't spend? Why isn't that money put back into the pot and their budget lowered to be a realistic one?
Just wondering.
Something else, I'm really wondering.
Are the publishers and editors at Newsweek really so lacking in taste they they had to run a "Diana at 50" cover and story?
Is there nothing else newsworthy enough to focus on?
When did Newsweek turn into the National Enquirer?
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