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November 4, 2010

A Year with God by R.P. Nettelhorst

I love books, so I thought I would try my hand at writing book reviews. A Year with God: Daily Readings and Reflections on God’s Own Words is a daily devotional with 365 entries. Each entry begins with an Old Testament passage followed by an application...

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November 4, 2010

How Can I Be Perfect?

One of the most daunting statements of our Savior was made as part of His sermon on the mount. Jesus said, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. This statement concludes His exhortation on loving your enemy. Be perfect? How can...

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November 3, 2010

The Lord Is My Strength

This quote was in my Quotemeal email from Heartlight.org: “There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man without God, or the strength of...

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November 2, 2010

Anger Does Not Bring Righteousness

Recently I have been frustrated and upset by statements on blogs and in the media, as well as comments in both places, that show a hatred of Christians and Christianity. Some of this comes from ignorance about what Christians truly believe or how Christ has called us...

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November 1, 2010

Holy Spirit the Cure for Rudeness

This morning I saw part of a segment on the Today Show about rudeness and the lack of civility in our society today. I wanted to watch the rest of it online this afternoon, but I wasn’t able to open the video. The question they...

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October 31, 2010

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

One of my fellow bloggers post a hymn every Sunday, and I love checking out which hymn he has chosen. Often it is a hymn I have never heard, but the lyrics are always wonderful. Because it is Reformation Sunday, I thought I would post a hymn...

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October 30, 2010

Remembering the Reformation

Tomorrow is Reformation Day, the day we remember and celebrate the work of Martin Luther and others to expose non-Biblical theology and practices of the church in the 1500s. It is an important day to be grateful for the fact that we have God’s Word...

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October 28, 2010

What Purpose Is the Law?

Twenty years ago I was a third-year law student, learning the law and preparing for my new career. Twenty years later I do not practice law, though I do use my law degree in my current employment in legal publishing. For a long time I wondered why...

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October 27, 2010

He Must Increase

Have you ever known a Christian leader who was less than perfect? Even if you don’t know one personally, you’ve surely heard of Jim Bakker or Ted Haggard. Sometimes Christians will leave the faith because they are discouraged by the fall of a charismatic leader...

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October 26, 2010

Psalm 31 – Take Refuge in the Lord

I had a post planned for today. It’s been swirling around in my head for a few days. But then I woke up with the inkling of a migraine that I could never quite get to go away and which got worse after lunch and...

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