ThingsHopedForThingsHopedForThe randomly recorded thoughts of Jason Hardin. 
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A Blog Metamorphosis
2009-09-10 17:25:00 Thanks for your interest in ThingsHopedFor.org, but all living things grow and change. After a number of years, this site is going to fade into the blogosphere sunset. From this point on, if you’d like to keep up with what I’m writing, what I’m thinking and what I’m preaching, you’ll find it all and more ... More About: Blog , Metamorphosis
Sermon Series on Romans
2009-09-01 18:58:00 The letter of Paul to the Romans. Arguably the greatest letter ever written. I’m five lessons into a Sunday morning series at Laurel Canyon on this magnificent book of the Bible. If you’d like to catch up, we just wrapped up chapter 2. This is where we’ve been so far. 5 – How to Avoid God ’s ... More About: Jesus , Audio , Series , Sermons
My Sunday
2009-08-31 22:51:00 As seen through the eyes of my eight-year-old daughter. More About: Personal , Family , Sunday , Preaching , Fatherhood
Upcoming Men?s Day-in-the-Word
2009-08-27 05:37:00 “Attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ ” (Ephesians 4:13). Guys, we’d love to have you join us at Laurel Canyon on Saturday, September 5th as we explore God’s View of Mature Manhood. More About: Word , Upcoming
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-11
2009-08-12 06:59:00 Getting fitted for a tux. # Chloe: “Are you in the wedding?” Me: “Yes.” Jadyn: “Daddy, you’re not in the wedding. You just got weddinged to Momma!” # Daddy’s cooking tonight, which means one thing: spaghetti for all! That’s at least one step up from Spaghettios, right? # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-08
2009-08-09 06:59:00 Home, sweet home. It’s been a long two weeks. # RT @JohnPiper: “O Lord, grant that I feel more amazed that I am forgiven for my wrongs than that I have been wronged.” # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-02
2009-08-03 06:59:00 http://twitpic.com/ci2us - Good morning from the Smoky Mts. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-01
2009-08-02 06:59:00 Time to change burgs. Leaving Parkers-, headed for Gatlin-. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-01
2009-08-01 06:59:00 Perfect summertime moment: driving home to my honey, windows down, listening to DL&Q rock “You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper.” # Walking Brutus after a morning summer rain while checking my Twitter feed and waving to my neighbors. Life is good. # Preaching tonight: Who will you see in heaven? Will anyone be there who ... More About: Updates
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-31
2009-07-31 06:59:00 One of the small joys of life: finding wireless Internet access in unexpected places. # Preaching tonight: local churches are either country clubs, worshipping societies, or lifesaving stations. We must remember our mission! # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-30
2009-07-30 06:59:00 Preaching tonight about three words everyone can say to God’s glory: “Come and see.” # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-29
2009-07-29 06:59:00 On the road to Parkersburg, WV. Preaching about giving little things to our BIG God this evening. What have you offered for His glory today? # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-27
2009-07-27 06:59:00 Good morning, from Chillicothe, OH. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-24
2009-07-25 06:59:00 My house smells like a Lysol factory. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-23
2009-07-24 06:59:00 RT @edstetzer: “Sin is not a pet to tame. It is a beast to slay.” # I’m scheduled to preach 10 times in the next 8 days. Our 1-yr-old has thrown up 6 times in the last 2 hours. Prayers would be appreciated. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Soaked with Blood and Singed with Fire
2009-07-22 22:31:00 That is my longing for our day—and for you. That God would raise up thousands of broken-hearted, Bible -saturated preachers who are dominated by a sense of the greatness and the majesty and the holiness of God, revealed in the gospel of Christ crucified and risen, and reigning with absolute authority over every nation and ... More About: Fire , Blood , Preaching
The Father of English Hymnody
2009-07-17 14:26:00 Happy 335th Birthday to Isaac Watts, the “Father of English Hymnody,” who was born on July 17, 1674. He is credited with more than 750 hymns—When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Joy to the World, We’re Marching to Zion, O God Our Help in Ages Past, Alas and Did My Savior Bleed, and many more. In ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-17
2009-07-17 06:59:00 “Sleeping together before marriage isn’t a test drive, it’s car jacking. The car ain’t yours.” # Jadyn (3 yrs old): “If I had a little red box to put my good friends in, I’d take them out and beat them up and put them back again.” OOPS. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-16
2009-07-16 06:59:00 RT@Burk_Parsons: Instead of confronting our culture w/ the Gospel we often try to sneak our Gospel into the culture via our culture’s norms. # “Happiness is like a kiss. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else.” (Zig Ziglar) # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-14
2009-07-15 06:59:00 http://twitpic.com/acjv1 - My wife gave me quite the surprise yesterday. 1/2 Lab + 1/2 Bullmastiff = Bullmasador = AWESOME. Still work … # From this day, henceforth, John Dog shall be known as BRUTUS. So let it be written, so let it be done. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-14
2009-07-14 06:59:00 On a gospel high right now. Fantastic weeklong series started yesterday with R. Shouse. 7:00 tonight. 2nd baptism in 7 days this morning. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-12
2009-07-13 06:59:00 See from His head, His hands, His feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down! (Isaac Watts, 1707) # My afternoon = 3 little girls, a park, a couple shade trees, and a book. # “A church is what it is because the members are what they are.” Translation = there are no perfect churches. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-12
2009-07-12 06:59:00 Saturday nights have a completely different feeling to them when you’re not scheduled to preach the next morning. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Galatians 4: To Know And Be Known
2009-07-10 21:54:00 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-10
2009-07-10 06:59:00 “You have 46 points, which means that you could have 4 free chocolate chip cookies right now.” Get behind me, Subway cashier temptress. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Galatians 3: Living by Faith
2009-07-09 22:41:00 A pivotal element in a healthy understanding of the Scriptures is a willingness to allow the word “faith” to be consistently defined and harmoniously described by the Spirit of God who inspired the New Testament writings. Throughout Galatians 3, Paul speaks of “hearing with faith.” 3:2 — Let me ask you only this: Did you receive ... More About: Living , Faith , Bible , Moses
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-08
2009-07-09 06:59:00 “Set your Twitter followers and Facebook friends an example in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity.” (adapted from 1 Timothy 4:12) # More About: Updates
Galatians 2: The Pendulum Swings Both Ways
2009-07-08 23:10:00 Yesterday, I briefly commented on the danger of “turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to ... More About: Paul
Twitter Updates for 2009-07-08
2009-07-08 06:59:00 RT @JohnPiper: PREACHERS: Specialize in saying what the devil doesn’t want folks to hear. He’s better than us anyway at tips for success. # Euchre! # If the past tense of “teach” is “taught,” why is the past tense of “preach” not “praught”? As in, “You praught a great lesson today!” # Better to go to the ... More About: Updates , Twitter
Galatians 1: An Unpopular (Though Inspired) Message
More articles from this author:2009-07-07 21:48:00 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should ... More About: Message , Paul , Inspired 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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