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Sep 14, 2011, 6:23 am
I don't know a whole lot about sheep but from what I can tell they are pretty fickle and are followers not leaders. Although you can cast some blame on a sheep that wanders from it's pasture, getting lost in the wilderness, you can surely be justified in blaming the shepherd who willin... Comment - Like
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Aug 8, 2011, 10:32 am
I want to take the next few weeks and look at Rob Bell's book "Love Wins". If you haven't read it you might want to. Not because it holds truth but because you need to examine it as well as your own faith to see if they stand against the light of the Scriptures, particularly the words of Jesus. ... Comment - Like
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Jul 23, 2011, 12:46 pm
I spoke with a good friend today who told me that he was getting ready to mow his law when he spotted a weed. He thought he should pluck it out instead of just mowing over the top because the later would allow it to grow back. When he bent down to grab the weed he noticed there wasn't just one but... Comment - Like
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Jun 27, 2011, 10:57 am
"He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God." (John 1:12-13)
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Jun 20, 2011, 12:20 pm
My son's baseball coach use to yell out during the games, "Boys, what's the most important thing in baseball?" The kids would yell back, "Keep your eyes on the ball!" In baseball, archery, and in life you need to keep your eyes on the target. As Peter walked on the water he briefly took his eyes... Comment - Like
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May 15, 2011, 8:45 am
Do you remember Paul Harvey? His long running radio show always ended with these words, "Now you know.... the rest of the story." It's important to know the whole story and not just bits and pieces. No one wants to read every other chapter of a novel or watch every third scene of a movie. You ... Comment - Like
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Apr 18, 2011, 3:20 pm
I live in the country and our front yard covers about three acres of open field, mostly tall grasses, milkweed, and goldenrod. One gorgeous summer day about five years ago my (then) six year old son Collin and I had a great idea. "Let's mow down a big area of the front yard and turn it into a s... Comment - Like
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Feb 23, 2011, 10:06 pm
It's been a while since I last posted. Had a good streak going (about 100 weeks out of the last 106 or so) but I think God led me out into the desert for a few weeks to be tested and tried. The desert is a little dusty and the road not well paved but a few things really stand out there. Firs... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2011, 2:22 pm
Today my heart is heavy and I am personally reminded again of the brokenness of the human heart. I am sadly experiencing first hand how sin has clouded our vision and leads us to harm our brothers, our friends, our neighbors. It started in the Garden of Eden when Cain took the life of his brothe... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2011, 9:56 pm
Worship?
What is worship really? I think we've contorted its meaning in many ways and I am equally guilty at times, so I'd like to address the idea of worship.
1) I think it would be good to start with it's definition.
noun
- the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity
2) ... Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2011, 10:02 pm
Have you ever had to eat humble pie? Maybe that phrase is foreign to you so let me say it this way:
Have you ever been forced to apologize abjectly or admit you faults in humiliating circumstances?
The old saying is derived from an actual pie that was called "numble" or "umble" pie. It wa... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2010, 10:38 pm
I had a pretty cool grandfather who lived in Raleigh, NC. I only saw him once a year or so and since he passed away when I was young, I have very few memories of him. But, the one thing I can still see like a well preserved movie clip was him leaning over, showing me his thumb and then with a tu... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2010, 9:01 am
Are you tired? Is your hope dwindling or even gone? Has joy left you or maybe it never seemed to be part of your life? Please know this: Your are not alone!! You are loved beyond measure!! You are valuable in God's sight!!
I know that these words alone may seem powerless to provide the h... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2010, 7:44 pm
So here is the scene: You're on the brink of winning a huge contract for your company. It's potentially the biggest contract the company has ever seen and you're in the running for the raise of a lifetime. Your boss tells you he'd like you to invite the CEO of the potential customer company to... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2010, 10:09 pm
OK, you're probably tired of references to my trip to SW Colorado but I was talking with a friend the other day and something hit us that was fairly germane to the Christian walk so I have to share it today. He was telling me about an internet piece he had received about how amazingly well designe... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2010, 11:31 am
I was watching "Man vs. Wild" the other day and there was Bear Grylls walking through a seemingly endless desert and salt flat. The sun was intense and the heat brutal. Bear was tired, dehydrated, and he resorted to drinking his own urine which he had saved in a snake skin. His eyes were nearl... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2010, 9:12 am
Do you remember the old western movies where a cowboy who was wounded by an Indian arrow is found by a group of settlers? The cowboy is at the edge of death and later we see him bandaged and lying in a bed with a woman sitting next to him holding a spoon full of mush. She touches it to his lips ... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2010, 10:50 am
Last Thursday I went to my son’s elementary school dedication. It’s a brand new school and on the outside wall of the building is a verse of scripture that seems like a motto for life. It comes from the book of Micah Chapter 6:
And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to lo... Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2010, 12:59 pm
I sat down today to write something and after about half an hour I highlighted the whole thing and hit the delete button. So there I sat staring at a blank screen asking God for a word and what came to me wasn't a word for you but for me. Ivor (my ministry partner) called and we worked though th... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2010, 11:56 am
Do you remember the spoiled girl in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory who wanted the goose that laid the golden eggs? Veruca Salt was her name and I can still hear her yelling, "I want it NOW!" Then there is this obnoxious commercial for a company that pays people a lump sum (much smal... Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2010, 10:26 pm
In 1970 Pink Floyd released a song with only four words. They repeated the four words four times. It's hard to believe you can write a song that has only four words but I think these words, in the form of a question, resonate with me and the only thing that might make the song more complete is an... Comment - Like
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Aug 2, 2010, 9:19 am
I wanted this week to just share a little information about the I-61 Project Blog and then give you the opportunity to participate both for your benefit and mine. The blog has gone out into Internet world for eighty-three weeks and has reached forty-seven countries and forty-nine states. My hope... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2010, 11:47 pm
Yo-Yo's and roller coasters . . . seems like our lives are a lot like them. They go up then down, then up then down again. I was driving in my car today contemplating life. Seems I do that quite a bit these days, most of the time it's not very dramatic or too deep but today was different. My... Comment - Like
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Jul 17, 2010, 5:50 pm
I was driving to work the other day when I turned on the radio to a Christian station. This particular station is a bit smaller and it's broadcast radius equally small so as I turned a corner in the road the once clear voice of the Bible teacher became intermingled with classical piano music. Fo... Comment - Like
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Jul 11, 2010, 7:02 pm
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. (John 1:12-13)
This is one of those passages of Scripture that is probably just fine to ... Comment - Like
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Jul 3, 2010, 3:08 pm
Those of you who are old enough to remember the original Tarzan recall how he would grab a vine and swing down through the trees and when he got to the top of the arc he’d grab the next vine, swing down and grab the next, and so on. He was traveling vine to vine. One vine wasn’t enough to ... Comment - Like
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Jun 19, 2010, 11:29 am
I've been thinking a lot lately about Christianity and what it means to follow Christ. I've been trying to come to grips with the many faces of the "church" especially in the West. It really hit me when I received an email from one of my closest brothers in the faith. He has been diligently purs... Comment - Like
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Jun 12, 2010, 11:56 am
Are you tired? Does it feel like you’ve “hit the wall” in life and can’t go on? Does it feel like your faith and your spiritual energy is completely depleted? If you’re in a place like this now or have been before read on.
The vision is still clear in my mind. It was the Boston Mar... Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2010, 6:56 pm
My eight-year-old son was getting ready to step into the batter's box during the first inning of his Little League baseball game this past Saturday when his coach yelled out,
"Hey Trev, what's the most important thing in baseball?"
Trevor yelled back, "Keep your eye on the ball!"
When I was learni... Comment - Like
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May 29, 2010, 12:20 pm
Convictions verses beliefs. Convictions are like braided steel and beliefs are like cotton rope. Beliefs can grow to become convictions but they can also fade like a post vacation tan. It has become common knowledge that when teens raised in the Christian faith leave home they have a good chan... Comment - Like
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May 22, 2010, 10:51 pm
I don't know if you're old enough to remember when comic books had advertisements in the back for all sorts of cheap and useless things. There were "Sea Monkeys", nightcrawler farms, and plans to build a hovercraft. But the one thing that seemed too good to be true were the glasses that could se... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2010, 10:10 pm
It was Sunday morning and we were in worship. This was a "new church start" and we were in the fellowship hall of the parent church (United Methodist). I was a new believer and I was drawn to this group because I enjoy the "contemporary" worship style. As we sat there holding our "prayer stones"... Comment - Like
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May 8, 2010, 1:28 pm
When I was in college I did a little writing and one of the things I wrote was a short poem that I can't recall verbatim but the gist of it was this: If you remove your arms you are still you and if you remove your legs you are still you. The "you" lives beneath all of the tissues, sinews, bones... Comment - Like
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May 2, 2010, 10:11 am
I sat here for quite a while struggling with myself, debating whether of not to broach the subject on my heart. It's immensely sensitive yet I know that God wants me to journey down this road. Where do I start? What do I say? What do I not say? God I need some help. The phone rings. It's... Comment - Like
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Apr 25, 2010, 11:26 am
Good morning insert your name! I really want you to know that I am writing to you because God, who is sovereign (absolutely in control of all things), knows you and it's not by accident that you are joining me here today. Welcome insert your name.
Yesterday I spent an hour or so with Ivor in a cof... Comment - Like
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Apr 17, 2010, 2:46 pm
I think I was a freshman in college when a friend and I waltzed into a grocery store to pick up some food for a road trip. It was mid-summer, hot, and accordingly we were shoeless. We figured that our feet were cleaner than most people's shoes so we disregarded the big sign on the door that read... Comment - Like
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Apr 10, 2010, 1:50 pm
I'm out of my spiritual rut and ready to press on! Thanks first to those who prayed for me and for those whose comments encouraged me. God is good. It's Saturday and I'm not writing "because it's Saturday" but because the Lord has given me a moment of pause to put f... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2010, 6:17 pm
I have an apology to make. I have written for fifteen months (66 posts) and have reminded you (as the Lord has reminded me) that our man-made routines can often get in the way of seeing and hearing God. For most of the last year I have diligently sought the Lord's direction for my po... Comment - Like
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Mar 27, 2010, 11:19 am
1 Peter 3:14-15
"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."
I have been writing this Blog for over sixty weeks now and I want to do something... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 2:42 pm
Do you remember the movie Stripes with Bill Murray, John Candy, and Harold Ramis? I know its not a Christian movie for sure but there is a scene and a concept that I'd like to use as a powerful visual to segue to what I feel God led me to today. The characters that these men played were in... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 9:45 am
Please, don't just believe me! Yes, you heard me right. Please, don't just believe me. Here is what I'd like you to do instead:
Pray for God to reveal to you the truth, his truth. Search the Scriptures to see if what I say is true. When you ask God t... Comment - Like
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Mar 6, 2010, 9:07 pm
I often wondered what it would be like to just show up with no agenda but to seek God; I mean with no plan, no notes, no songs selected, no set time to wrap it up, and no one in the driver's seat - except for the Holy Spirit that is. Who would want to join me for a moment like that? ... Comment - Like
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