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Monthly Archive: January, 2010

January 30, 2010

This Too Shall Pass

King Solomon is credited with the saying, “This too shall pass.” I was thinking about that saying yesterday after I had lunch with a friend. We are both experiencing the same difficulty and shared some of our frustrations. But then I felt compelled to tell...

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January 30, 2010

Just Enough Knowledge

C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite Christian authors. It can take some thought to get the point he is making in some of this writings, but the effort is well worth the understanding that I gain. About a year ago I bought a journal...

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January 27, 2010

Holding onto Faith, Hope, and Love

I don’t fully understand all that happens in life. I don’t understand what has happened in Haiti. I don’t understand why sports figures, actors, and corporate CEOs make millions of dollars while those who seem to contribute more to society and work harder barely make...

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January 27, 2010

Holding on in the Hard Places

I’ve been thinking again about one of my favorite Rev. Billy Graham quotes, “I believe God would have us to go hard places, not easy ones.” Scripture warns us that difficult times will come. The apostle Paul warned his young friend Timothy, “You should know...

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January 22, 2010

Don’t Worry, Just Trust

Human beings have a tendency to worry. We worry about whether we will have enough money to pay the rent or mortgage; we worry about whether our kids will get into college and succeed in life; we worry about whether we will get cancer, or...

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January 13, 2010

A Million Miles Away . . . or Only 600

Yesterday, Jan. 12, 2010, at 1:50 p.m., the island country of Haiti was the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. People there lived in abject poverty, many had little or no food, no clean drinking water, and shoddy shelter. They were a nation in need...

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January 12, 2010

It’s All Relative . . . Or Is It?

Relativism has become a popular doctrine in our society today. According to the American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, relativism is “the doctrine that no ideas or beliefs are universally true but that all are, instead, ‘relative’ — that is, their validity depends on...

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January 4, 2010

Blogging Is Hard

I have missed many days of blogging. My intention was to write something every day. But then my thoughts were filled with things I did not feel comfortable publicly blogging about. I didn’t want to write mere fluff because it seems such a waste of...

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January 4, 2010

The Trap of Spiritual Pride

Recently a couple of my Facebook friends joined the FB group “I’m Christian & I’m Proud.” I looked at the “Join this group” button and thought about joining, because I am a Christian. But the second half of the group name made me stop and...

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