April 21, 2010

I’m the Branch, Not the Vine

I was listening to Jeremy Camp this morning and the song “This Man” came on. The song is about the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, and the chorus asks the question: Would you take the place of this man Would you take the nails...

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April 20, 2010

Herding Our Negative Thoughts

What we think about determines how we feel, how we act, and much of what we say. The apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians told the early believers what they should be thinking about: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever...

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April 19, 2010

Don’t Give Up Meeting Together

This past weekend, my mother-in-law was in town for a visit and stayed the night at our house on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, I woke up and thought to myself about whether I would get up and go to church, or stay at home...

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April 17, 2010

I’m Ready! Are You?

This post is about something that has crossed my mind several times this week. But I haven’t posted about it before because I thought it was a subject I really don’t know a lot about, and I didn’t want to give anyone incorrect information on...

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April 16, 2010

The Shortest Chapter

The shortest chapter in all of the Bible is Psalm 117, which says:  1 Praise the LORD, all you nations;        extol him, all you peoples.  2 For great is his love toward us,        and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.        Praise...

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April 14, 2010

Understanding the Puzzling

I enjoy reading anything by C.S. Lewis, and I recently purchased a new book of his essays called “The Weight of Glory and Other Essays.” As I was reading the title essay, I came across a passage that intrigued me. Lewis was talking about our inner...

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April 13, 2010

Blessing First, Then Obey

We had a guest speaker in church on Sunday, and I really enjoyed his message. He spoke of the Gospel and how it is unique among the world religions. He noted that every other world religion is about “do this (obey), and then receive the blessing...

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