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Lenten Passages for Devotions
Follow Lenten readings HERE from the Common English Bible team.
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“Spiritual”… Not “Religious”
For those making that claim, my contention is that the best way to be “spiritual” is to understand where real spirituality is found. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,…
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The Challenge of “Worship”
James Smith hits it out of the ballpark for me on this one. We work hard on this with our church. We are not always successful, but we are trying. I wish the school where I am adjunct would take this to heart as well. I can always hope. 😉
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Passage and Thoughts Challenging Me Lately
11 He gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. 12 His purpose was to equip God’s people for the work of serving and building up the body of Christ 13 until we all reach the unity of faith and knowledge of God’s Son. God’s goal is for us to become mature adults—to be fully grown,…
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Triumphs and Tragedies of Life
We live in such wild swings of life. This week we welcomed in new life. Our youth pastor had her new baby, and they named the newborn after one of the older saints in our church. It was such a tremendous tribute. Then, we suffered the loss of a neighborhood boy. A 15 year old we watched grow up died…
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Love Letter to My Royals
To My Beloved Royals, I grew up with you. My first ever baseball game was to see Dennis Leonard lose to the brand new Seattle Mariners. The first four games I ever went to featured Dennis Leonard. He was 0-4. I thought he had to be your worst pitcher. Turns out, he was the “ace” of the staff. But I…
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Lifeway Bookstores and the NIV2011
Last year the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution asking Lifeway Bookstores to quit selling the NIV2011. (Something about liberal commie pinkos or something like that.) Thankfully, Lifeway has decided to keep the NIV2011. I won’t shop at Lifeway any more than I already do (which is never), but I’m glad to hear they have a bit more sense than…
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Is it really time for civil disobedience?
The issue in the last couple of weeks with the Obama administration and the Catholic church has been over healthcare policy and contraception. Originally, the Obama administration was going to enforce the policy that any organization over a certain size had to provide a health insurance policy for employees, including the option for contraception. This would apply even to religious…
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No Guts, No Glory… and It’s in the Bible!
My familiarity with the 66 books of the Protestant Canon are what keep me a bit “leery” of the Common English Bible. (Leery isn’t a good word, but there is something that keeps me from diving full into the CEB.) The familiar phrases and cadences of the Bible are with me. I have grown up with the Word. I think…
