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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 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 6, 2010

Thinking to God

I have found this interesting blog called Listverse that includes a variety of lists ranging from “10 Rock Bands You Either Hate or Love” to “10 Places You’d Never Want to Visit.” Some of the lists are more interesting than others. Sometimes each item on the list...

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April 2, 2010

A Psalm of Prophecy

Many people find inconsistency in the Bible. They nit-pick any little thing that isn’t stated exactly the same in one place as in another. But I am always amazed by the coherency of the whole story set forth in the Bible. I am amazed by...

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April 1, 2010

What Is Eternal Life?

Today is Maundy Thursday, the day on which Christ’s church commemorates His last supper with His disciples. At the last supper, Jesus and His disciples were celebrating the Jewish festival of Passover, which this year began on Tuesday. Passover doesn’t always fall during Holy Week,...

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March 30, 2010

Jesus Prepares Us

Here we are in the middle of Holy Week. We just celebrated Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Sunday. Maundy Thursday, the date of the last supper, is only two days away. Then Good Friday and the crucifixion. Then the darkness of the Saturday in...

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March 29, 2010

Our Savior Understands Doubt

We had a guest speaker at church yesterday; his name is Jesse Rice. I found what he had to share very interesting. His topic involved comparing the faith of Jesus to our faith. Right off the bat this seems strange because I never thought of Jesus...

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March 25, 2010

The Fruit of Self-Control

The irony of how I have put off writing this blog entry is not lost on me. The subject is the fruit of the Spirit of self-control. It was supposed to be yesterday’s entry. I have sat down to write this several times only to...

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March 23, 2010

Patience Is a Good Deed

I have been pondering what I wrote yesterday about the connection between faith and works, wondering what really constitutes “works” and who should get the credit for them. First, I want to say that I can’t take the credit for the good works or deeds...

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March 18, 2010

Joy and Love Require Trust

I did a Google search for quotes on trust and found this one that I liked: “We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone – but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” It was attributed to Walter Anderson,...

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