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December 18, 2010

The Life-Giving Light

I’ve been reading (albeit slowly) through Isaiah and Romans on my Bible-in-a-year schedule. Although I am at chapter 40 of Isaiah, I keep being drawn back to a passage in chapter 26, verses 18-19. 18 We, too, writhe in agony,       but nothing comes of our...

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December 16, 2010

Give Just by Visiting

Check out this post — Buck-a-Hit-Day — on the blog of one of my law school professors, Jack Bogdanski. Just visiting the blog will cause him to donate $1 to charity. He also has links to 6 charities that readers are encouraged to donate to, with...

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December 15, 2010

The Relationship Plan, Part 5

I know you’ve heard of Paul — he wrote most of the epistles in the New Testament. And I know you’ve heard of Mark — he wrote one of the four Gospels. But have you ever heard of Barnabas? He’s mentioned in the New Testament,...

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December 14, 2010

Lessons from My Laptop’s Demise

I had a post planned for yesterday, a summary of our last adult education class on discipleship and leadership. But I was delayed by the untimely demise of the hard drive on my laptop. It was the victim of a frustrated 15-year-old who couldn’t get...

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December 9, 2010

The Humble King

Last week I downloaded a new Christmas album from Amazon.com that has a variety of artist on it. I’ve really been enjoying the new versions of some of my old favorites. But there is a song on this album that is new. It’s by a band called...

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December 7, 2010

The Greatest Gift

As Christmas approaches and I think about shopping for family and friends, what gifts shall I buy for all of them? What do they want? Then I think, more importantly, what do they need? What they need is the greatest gift ever given. It is...

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December 6, 2010

The Relationship Plan, Part 4

Yesterday was our last official adult education class on Robert Coleman’s book The Master Plan of Evangelism. I summarized our last class here, with links to my blog posts on the first two classes. Next week we are going to do a Bible study of...

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December 3, 2010

Christmas As JR Cash Knew It

One of my fellow bloggers, who often posts just a simple quote, posted today the quote: “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” Shortly after I had read and commented on her post, the song “Christmas As I Knew It” by Johnny...

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December 2, 2010

Immanuel

December is here. It makes me wonder where the rest of 2010 went! But now that Thanksgiving is over I can officially start thinking about Christmas. For most people, that means thinking about what presents they want and shopping for presents for friends and family....

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