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October 11, 2010

The Hardest Thing

What is the hardest thing about being a Christian? Is it trying to follow the Ten Commandments? Is it going to church every week? How about tithing part of your hard-earned money to the church? Is it letting go of pride and admitting that you can’t...

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October 9, 2010

Praying for the Lost

There are many people in our world who don’t know the peace of having a relationship with Jesus Christ. Every Christian knows someone, whether family, friend, co-worker, or acquaintance, who hasn’t accepted the free gift of salvation and grace offered by God through faith in...

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October 8, 2010

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

When I was in college I took Elementary Statistics to fulfill part of my math requirements. Calculus was beyond me because I am much more comfortable with words than numbers, and I heard Elementary Statistics was a pretty easy class. Turns out what I heard...

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October 3, 2010

In Christ We Overcome

Although it is not on my Bible-in-a-year reading schedule until December, the book of Revelation has come to my attention in two ways recently. First, a blog that I came across through the WordPress Blog Surfer included a link to this chart about the 7...

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September 29, 2010

How Much Does God Love Us?

As part of my Bible-in-a-year schedule I’ve been going through the Old Testament again. As I read, I am reminded of the relationship between God and the nation of Israel. One thing that has occurred to me is that Israel in the Old Testament as an archetype of...

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September 28, 2010

A Peaceful Heart Doesn’t Fear

Spend five minutes reading the newspaper or an online news source and you could easily become fearful about the future of our world and your own future. Unemployment is up, random killings happen left and right, cancer and heart disease remain a deadly spectre for...

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September 23, 2010

Harvesting Carefully

Yesterday I wrote about the harvest and related the harvest Jesus spoke of in Matthew 9 to harvesting peas, green beans, and pears. As I was writing, another idea came to me about harvesting berries, but it didn’t really fit with the theme of yesterday’s...

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September 22, 2010

The Harvest

This morning a blogger friend of mine posted a poem about His Harvest based on Matthew 9:37-38, which says: Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out...

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September 18, 2010

Unity on the Foundation of Christ

I feel like I am on top of the mountain with God! I just got home from a Beth Moore simulcast and it was awesome. I know I have to come down from the mountain eventually, and probably sooner than I’d like, but before I...

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September 16, 2010

Taking Every Choice Captive to Christ

I have been trying to eat healthier lately for two reasons. One, I need to lose some weight and eating cookies, chocolate, ice cream, and high calorie lunches are not very conducive to that goal. Second, I just feel better when I eat more fruits...

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