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promise
When you lay in bed next to that other part of you though there is no need for words or thoughts or actions you are making a promise Not the foolish kind you made as a child, but a real … Continue reading
Protecting your family
There are certain Bible verses that stay in the forefront of my thoughts. They are typically verses with strong imagery, with straightforward application, the sort of verse that you can see in action around you practically anywhere you look. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Daughters, Death, God, Holy Scripture, Knowledge, Life in general, Responsibility, Sheltering, Sin, Sons
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The First Type of Evangelism, part III
In the part one of this ongoing series, we talked about the Shema Yisrael and its connection to what Jesus Christ calls the first and greatest commandment. In part two, we discussed evangelism in general and the dangers of over-simplifying … Continue reading
A Sermon for Sunday: Closing the Generation Gap
If you have never heard Voddie Baucham preach, you are missing out on one of the truly great experiences of the 21st century. If you have heard him preach, but you have never heard his message, Closing the Generation Gap, … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Decay, Discipleship, Elders, God, Jehovah, Life in general, Pastors, Postmodernism, Responsibility, Scripture, Selfishness, Sermons, Theology, Witnessing
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The Extraordinary Value of Women
Over at Challies.com, Tim has started a series on what Scripture has to say about the value and status of women. And you should head on over and read it, because he makes some pretty significant claims. For example: I … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology, Virtue, Women
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Television, Movies, the Internet, Power Outages, and Christianity
I ran across a comment by Jonathan Edwards (who else? ) over at Tim Challies’ blog and it got me thinking. Here is the relevant excerpt from his comment: As I thought of the idea of ridding myself of unlawful … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Entertainment, Home, Internet, Life in general, Movies, Pop Culture, Postmodernism, Television
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This is a love story: a very short (and possibly unfinished) work of fiction
Author’s Note: This is not a new piece. I wrote it a few years ago, and while I’m still not totally happy with it, for some reason, I like it very much. So, occasionally, I get it out, reread it … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Despair, Fiction, Language, Life in general, Love, Poetry, The Unlived Life, Uncategorized, Virtue, Writing
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Why is that man smiling: Reason, Insanity and Pleasure
About ten years ago, on one of the first nights of my EMT/Paramedic clinicals, we had a mental patient in the ER for a few hours. He was a little fidgety man that smiled a lot, muttered under his breath … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Decay, Despair, Home, Insanity, Life in general, Responsibility, Sin, Writing
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The First Type of Evangelism
Our church’s verse for the year is “He that winneth souls is wise”, and while I have no problem with Scripture or focusing on winning souls, I’m a little underwhelmed with the modern concept of “soul winning”. And no, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Church, Daughters, Evangelism, Faith, God, History, Holy Scripture, Home, Jehovah, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Sons, Theology
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The Best Story, the True Myth, a poem
Over at Bittersweet Life, Ariel has posted a poem about the choice we make each day in how we see the world. Here’s a snippet: Every story that has inner beauty, That strikes a note and holds it In our … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Faith, God, Inspiration, Life in general, Love, Poetry, The Unlived Life, Writing
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