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Don’t Move Until You Get It
Several years ago there was a movie called Searching for Bobby Fischer, about a chess whiz kid named Josh Waitzkin. In one scene, the chess tutor gives Josh a scenario and tells him, “Don’t move until you see it.” He was telling Josh, “There is victory for you in this situation. It’s several steps away, but it’s there. See it…
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It’s Pentecost
Next Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. It’s about the only time the Church is somewhat focused on the member of the Trinity we really don’t understand. So… we don’t talk about the Spirit much. If you’re Pentecostal, you are defined by the events of Acts 2, but still may not have a grasp on just WHO the Holy Spirit is. If…
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Get Away from Sloppy Worship
6 A son honors a father,and a servant honors his master.But if I’m a father, where is my honor?Or if I’m a master, where is my respect?says the Lord of heavenly forcesto you priests who despise my name.So you say, “How have we despised your name?”7 By approaching my altar with polluted food.But you say, “How have we polluted it[b]?”When…
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You Need a Good Scrubbing
There are times when kids go out to play and you call them in for supper. You look quickly at them as say, “Go wash up.” Mainly, we mean, “Wash your hands.” (Which also means we will check them again when they get to the table and make them REALLY wash their hands.) Then there are times when the kids…
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Wanting Revival Without Repentance
Our American Christianity has a difficult time reading God into bad news. Bad news is usually “our fault.” It’s not God trying to get our attention. “That is not the God I know.” (Or some similar line.) We want the promises without the pain of getting rid of the junk we have in our lives. Reading through the Book of…
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Keeping It Simple: Just Do What He Says
9 The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims: Make just and faithful decisions; show kindness and compassion to each other! 10 Don’t oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor; don’t plan evil against each other! 11 But they refused to pay attention. They turned a cold shoulder and stopped listening. 12 They steeled their hearts against hearing the…
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Longevity
He who finds a wife finds what is good, gaining favor from the Lord. (Prov. 18:22, CEB) I have been at my current church for 14 years. It has been a wonderful journey. I have believed in longevity as a pastor. I about have that down, so I better be learning all that other stuff now! My wife and I…
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Refusing God’s Best
We are the human race and it is our demise that we keep thinking WE know better than God. We keep contorting our philosophies and theologies to what brings comfort to us. The short work of Haggai has a phrase repeated that needs to be shouted to us once again, especially as the people of God: So now, this is…
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One Format of the Bible I Wish Would Catch On
I have a copy of this edition. It’s fun for awhile, but would be better if we could find a way to read it in community.
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The Response of Silence
As I have been on this Blog Tour with the Common English Bible, I have enjoyed some of the interesting choices in translation. The past few days I have been in the Old Testament, so I am finding a few more word choices that intrigue me. I am reading Tozer’s classic The Pursuit of God and the current chapter is…
Category: Translations
