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Loving the Church
This review gives me another chance to simply say: “I love the Church!” I truly love the Body of Christ and love the Church. This book is one I need to put on my list and get! This quote is a good one: We need to be reminded that: there is no language in Scripture about Christians building the kingdom.…
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The Resolutions — #5
5. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can. This is from Jonathan Edwards’ list of resolutions. Do not lose one moment of time. I don’t think Edwards did. He was constantly in study, writing, prayer and ministry. He learned how to discipline his time and make sure he used…
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The Resolutions
I have been looking at the resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. That list had 70. He reviewed them every week. The first 21 he wrote in one sitting. I couldn’t come up with five of them in one sitting. There is a resolution needed in my life. The glory of God matters. That glory has to be sustained. There is a…
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Dare I Do This?
After 300 posts on blogger, making a domain name for myself over there, etc., I am attempting what seems to be called the “inevitable.” So, I will play with this for awhile. If anyone knows how to get my domain name “apprentice2jesus” to point to this new blog, I’d be grateful.
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Holy God, Part 3
Sidenote, before I even start: This is my 300th post on this blog. Long journey. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program. There are a couple of thoughts stirring in me as I continue on this journey hungering for the glory of God. In Romans 1 and 2 there is the huge temptation to focus on one sin and one…
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Holy God, Part 2
We have three teenage boys. One in college, two in high school. We have told them all through life, “If you don’t learn how to say ‘No’ to things, it means you will still say ‘No’ by your actions.” By that we mean you quite simply can’t say “Yes” to everything and get it done. You will still choose. So,…
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Holy God
Preaching on Leviticus today I came to a realization. We, as Christians, are so worried about offending people who don’t believe, we will do things to keep from “offending” them, but in doing so, we end up offending God. We care more about our own reputations than we do the holiness of God.
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Staying on the Theme of Fire…
This past week and into this week I have been studying Exodus 33 and the glory of the Lord. I am now working my way through some references on the glory of the Lord and find myself in Leviticus 9 and 10. In the verses ending Chapter 9 and beginning Chapter 10 there are some thoughts I wanted to put…
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Playing with Fire
Mark Galli has a powerful column at ChristianityToday. It is a challenge to think about the God we serve. It’s a caution about being too trite in our walk with God. He quotes Annie Dillard: On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of…
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Don’t Stop Knocking
Dr. George Wood delivered a great message last week at General Council in Orlando, FL. I watched the video online and was so thankful for his message. He told the story of his parents being a small Indiana town. They had successfully planted churches in other towns, and would go on to plant churches in China. But in that small…
