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Making Jesus “Routine”
Is my worship routine? Is my devotion routine? As I read Luke 7:36ff, I ask some tough questions of myself. Do I just expect Jesus to be “in my house?” “Well, of course Jesus is in my house! I’m his ‘choice servant’!” So, I just sit down with Jesus and get into a conversation. Maybe it’s even a “theological discussion”…
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Walking on Water
I was listening to a great message on asking God for the impossible today. A couple of things stood out to me. 1. When we find ourselves in impossible situations, sometimes we forget God may have put us there. The disciples were in the boat because Jesus had instructed them to be there. The storm came and they were exactly…
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Fun Things to Share
I am more and more a fan of Google Docs. Our church uses Google as the base for our email system and website. Our board collaborates with Google Docs all the time. Now, WordPress is helping with sharing those docs on our blogs. It’s fun using these types of apps. I am also becoming a fan of Evernote, which is…
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What If Love Really DID Win?
I can’t help it. I have to weigh in on the discussion over Rob Bell’s book. It’s not deep. It’s just a question. I just celebrated my 23rd wedding anniversary. I truly married UP, as they say. My wife is incredible. We met in college on a missions trip and I can remember so wonderfully the moment I knew I…
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Knowing Your Life’s Path
I am finally carving out some time to read the Bonheoffer biography by Eric Metaxas. Early on I am struck by the differences in generations and cultures. In our day of delayed adolescents, it is incredibly shocking to read these words from Bonhoeffer: “From the time I was thirteen years old it was clear to me that I would study…
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The Place of Intercession
One of the great pictures in the Old Testament of intercession is the story in Numbers 16. Moses and Aaron spend much of that time period on their faces before God interceding for Israel. Everything has fallen apart. The spies have returned from Canaan, but they don’t want to take the land. The people are in rebellion and want to…
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We May Not Agree, But We Need Not Hate
“If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!” (Luke 6:27, NLT) I truly enjoy blogging and exchanging ideas. There are quite a few things I choose not to engage in on this particular blog, though I might give it a swing on Facebook. One reason I…
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R U Rapture Ready?
May 21, 2011 is coming up! You need to be ready! In case you go, what about your pets? Not to worry! These people, fine atheists all, have a great deal to help you out!
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Visionaries
When you have a vision, who has time to figure it all out? “We have ‘people’ for that!”
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Observing the Pattern of Prayer… and Action
I am reading/praying my way through Luke right now. One thing I truly love about Luke’s take on the life of Jesus is in the intricate tie between prayer and activity. In Luke 5 there is the constant rush of ministry activity. Healing, teaching, deliverance ministry, but Luke adds in, “Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.” (v. 16)…
