Happy 60th!

That’s my grandparents. Today is their 60th anniversary! Wow!!!

Jess and I are down here doing MPD and have had the privilege of staying with them and celebrating today! It’s unfortunately been kind of a rough week for them. My grandfather fell last Thursday and broke his arm. It’s been rough since then. He’s fallen again since then and the pain meds they have him on are causing him to hallucinate and be disoriented and not know where he is at times. But, my grandma has been their faithfully by his side this whole time no matter how rough it gets.

What an awesome example! When Jess and I have been married 60 years I look forward to being more committed than I’ve ever been!

Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandfather!!!!

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Two Great Posts…

Here are two great posts for you today…

Pastor Chip gives us some great perspective on Memorial Day…

and then Tony Morgan talks a bit the new traditional church and websites…

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Grace Tell Us Another Story

A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” (Luke 7:41-43, ESV)

This is one of those scriptures that has marked me. I don’t think I’ll ever get over it, at least I hope not.

I used to wrestle with it a lot ’cause it says that the more we’ve been forgiven, the more we’ll love God. I used to wrestle with that. I would ask questions like, ‘what about murderers who come to follow Jesus? They get to love Him more than me, I’ve never done anything like that.’ It really bothered me for a while. But, then I had a revelation of grace…

And let me just say, you can’t really have a revelation of grace until you’ve had a revelation of sin. They go hand in hand. It was at the point that I began to realize the depth of darkness in my soul that I started to begin understanding grace a little better. It’s at that point that you really begin to understand that scripture above. That’s when you begin to realize just how big of a debt He forgave and how awesome the grace at the cross really was. Seriously, incredible…

I find myself more and more just thinking and meditating on God’s grace. It’s often times all I really want to talk about. It’s completely ridiculous (in an awesome way)!

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I’ve moved…

…to a new blog. I finally pulled the plug and went self-hosted (I know, a little late). Definitely a very good decision! Anyway, for some reason, my feedburner won’t update so everyone’s gotta re-subscribe. Sorry…

Here’s the new address… wait for it, wait for it…

 

danielgilland.com

 

and you can also check out thegillands.com while you’re at it.

 

Would love your feedback on the sites. Let me know what you think, any errors, or improvements I could make. Thanks all!

I’ll be mostly double posting here and at the new site for a few weeks, but, that won’t last too long. And, there’s some stuff you’ll only get over there…

 

New Things…

In the process of transitioning this blog over to a self-hosted wordpress, will be blogging a lot more once that happens…

Lot’s of other stuff going on as well. Will update soon! Maybe later today or tomorrow.

 

Amazing

Pulled this off Lanny Donoho’s blog. Seriously Amazing!

 

A Dangerous Mission…

Was talking with a friend the other night about missions. He’s looking at several different short-term trips he could go on. During the conversation he mentioned that one trip was fairly dangerous. It’s an unstable country, where, regardless of the precautions you take, things could go horribly wrong. I’m a big fan of those mission trips. You really have to put a lot of trust in God, more than you’re used to.

Later on that night, though, Jess and I were talking about this further and she made a great point. What’s more dangerous? Going on this mission trip, or not going (speaking in general for all of us, not just this persons situation)? If we do go, it’s dangerous for us. We could be harmed in some certain way. If we don’t go, however, all we’re doing is not taking the word of God to an area of the world that desperately needs it.

Which is the more dangerous mission?

 

Do Not Touch My College Football Senator!!!

I’ll be the first to say that I think the BCS system stinks. It really annoys me. I’d love to see a playoff system. The last thing I want to see, however, is our government begin to legislate college football. Seriously guys, keep your hands off of it. If the government begins to get involved, we’re sure to have a bankrupt, boring, and even more shotty system. Way to go guys. Don’t you touch my college football though!!!

Senate Reviewing How College Football Picks No. 1

 

Explain Please…

So, the government hands out these bailouts which no one really wanted, but lots of congress voted for. Then, companies use the money unwisely. Now, the government is a hero because it’s stepping in and putting their foot down to punish these extremely unwise and selfish companies.

So, who’s fault is it? The companies for using the money unwisely, or the government for giving the money to these companies in the first place?

 

Is it growing?

Over the past few years the gospel has taken root in me like I never thought it could. I love it. It drives me, gives me passion, encourages me, strengthens me, and challenges me.

I copied this from John Piper this morning and can totally relate to it. As his title suggests, never let the gospel get smaller. You can read the whole post here:

‘The Gospel gets bigger when, in your heart,

grace gets bigger;
Christ gets greater;
his death gets more wonderful;
his resurrection gets more astonishing;
the work of the Spirit gets mightier;
the power of the gospel gets more pervasive;
its global extent gets wider;
your own sin gets uglier;
the devil gets more evil;
the gospel’s roots in eternity go deeper;
its connections with everything in the Bible and in the world get stronger;
and the magnitude of its celebration in eternity gets louder.
So keep this in mind: Never let the gospel get smaller in your heart.’

Is it growing in you? Never let it get smaller!!!

And, if you said, ‘holy crap, a blog post from Daniel?!?!’ I said the same thing

 

Succeeding and Failing…

I figured I’d continue with another great video. Great video from Craig Groeschel. Try, Fail, Learn, Adjust.

Pulled this from Tony Morgan’s blog.

more about “Succeeding and Failing…“, posted with vodpod

 

In case you missed it…

Mark Driscoll cracks me up sometimes. I enjoyed this interview. Enjoy.