Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Nov 23, 2009, 11:00 pm
I don’t normally do this but I’m going to plug an album today. If you haven’t already checked out the David Crowder Band’s newest project – Church Music, you really need...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Nov 21, 2009, 11:55 am
Image by stevensimbox via Flickr Spiritual growth is much like biological growth. Once alive, we grow. That’s how it works. We grow into the life that is contained within us. And just like ...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Nov 17, 2009, 8:50 pm
Image by Travis Seitler via Flickr In our current popular culture there seems to be a distrust of people who train their children to follow in the same faith as they. This is simply wrong. As C...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Oct 27, 2009, 8:10 am
Have you ever seen this? Automatic sprinklers running while its raining? Talk about wasted resources! Now, this isn’t to say that I have a problem with sprinklers. In fact, I think irrigatio...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Oct 12, 2009, 10:02 pm
Image via Wikipedia I’ll say it again – a word from God is precious. It’s a lamp for our feet, a light for our paths, truth, life, awesome, guidance, preservation, strength, correc...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Oct 4, 2009, 8:38 pm
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t posted any blog updates in the past couple of weeks. For that I apologize first and then explain second. I’m sorry that I haven’t posted...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Sep 15, 2009, 7:58 pm
Image via Wikipedia This evening I had to make a quick run to the grocery store to pick up some flour for Katherine – my amazing wife. On the way home I was struck by God’s amazing gifts...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Sep 14, 2009, 8:35 pm
... growth and to increase our spiritual effectiveness. Let’s now take a look at what might hinder our growth (or at least what has hindered my spiritual growth in the past). One Major Hindr...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Sep 11, 2009, 6:55 am
... my amazing wife – and some quality time with God. We have never been on a marriage retreat before, so this will be a new experience for us. We would certainly appreciate your prayers ove...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Sep 2, 2009, 11:53 am
A couple of weeks ago I wrote something about spouses being good to each other and why spouses should be good to each other. These were in response to a message brought by Pastor Barbie Loflin (@shet...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 28, 2009, 12:57 pm
Image via Wikipedia Dave Ramsey says that one of the chief cause of financial woes is a disease that he calls “stuffitis.” I would say that stuffitis – the pursuit of “stuff&...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 27, 2009, 11:44 am
Image by eschipul via Flickr Often, a single interaction can make or break our opinion of something. And while it’s possible to overcome a first impression, it takes a whole lot more work than...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 24, 2009, 7:55 pm
Image via Wikipedia A couple of days ago I wrote that Community is a Gift from God. I’d like to spend just a little time working on a definition of “community.” At least community...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 20, 2009, 9:40 pm
Lately, there I’ve heard and read quite a bit about community. It’s becoming a piece of popular culture as would-be gurus are telling us how we can build “community” to sell p...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 17, 2009, 7:44 pm
Over the last few days I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the Gospel because of a blog posting that I read at Signposts 02 asking what is or is not the Gospel. In fact, I’m writing this...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 12, 2009, 7:30 am
God has a high calling on our lives. He has given us amazing things to do. But there’s always more to do than the time to do it. We continually have to make trade-offs. We either make them b...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 10, 2009, 7:38 am
Image by janusz l via Flickr From time to time I find myself in discussions around tithing and giving. Questions and comments come up such as “Why does the Church need my money?” or R...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 8, 2009, 7:43 am
Image by newagecrap via Flickr A couple of days ago, I wrote about a right (Biblical) relationship between a husband and wife. How submission and surrender can be freeing and can help the “two...
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Bryan E. posted an article on bdentzy - Aug 7, 2009, 7:24 am
In the Epistle to the Ephesians, Paul tells us that wives should “submit to their own husbands.” This, however, is not a license to subjugate women to the whims of men. In fact, teaching...
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