Intended reading list 2014

The books I'm intending / hoping to read during the first 6 months of 2014, alongside following the ESV Study Bible plan:

Romans 5:3-5

... just trying something with my camera.  I took this on my HTC One camera phone, to try out the camera software.  It turned out to be a convenient way to carry around a scripture on a device I've always got with me.

Romans 8:35

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or sword?" or my own stupid, prideful, sinful actions?? 

http://jsparkblog.com/2013/11/13/question-stuck-in-a-rut-with-my-faith/

Getting slain in the spirit

Great post, especially for Pentecost Sunday, when hyper-charismatic fever tends to reach higher than normal levels:

http://realchristianity.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/the-traditions-of-men-making-the-word-of-god-of-none-effect-part-4-getting-slain-in-the-spirit/

Matthew 19:14

"But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14).

I don't know if this verse means babies who pass on go to heaven or not.  I hope so.  The world is making very little sense to me today.

The Joy of God

"The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger and the agony of the cross; that is why it is invincible, irrefutable. It does not deny the anguish, when it is there, but finds God in the midst of it"

 Dietrich Bonhoeffer via Desiring God

Santa

Found this via a friends facebook wall: