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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 23, 2010

Are You Prepared to Make Your Move?

Maybe you were raised in a Christian home and you have always known and believed in Jesus. Or maybe you came to know Him later in life, because of something a friend said or did. Many Christians, including me, fall into that latter category. Some were...

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October 14, 2010

The Politically Incorrect Narrow Gate

There is a movement in the church to forge a new, “progressive Christianity.” One of the primary tenets of this movement is that all religions and faiths are true for their adherents. In other words, progressive Christians reject the core Christian doctrine that Jesus is...

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October 13, 2010

Worship Turned Upside Down

Last Sunday my Pastor Gary Englert talked about the heart of worship. I have been pondering his message and wanted to share my thoughts on what he said. Pastor Gary said that in our culture we have been taught to be consumers. Watch just 15...

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September 27, 2010

Let Peace Replace Worry

What is the most important thing in life? Is it money? Food? Shelter? Family? Friends? All of these things are important, but they are not the most important. They are not worth worrying about, because worry doesn’t help us obtain any of these things that...

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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 5, 2010

An Ambassador for Christ

We heard a great sermon today from our new interim pastor, Pr. Gary Englert, based on 2 Corinthians 5:14-21. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live...

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September 2, 2010

I Can Handle That Myself

Life can be busy challenging. There is work to accomplish by the end of the week, or the day. There are co-workers to contend with, some helpful and some not so helpful. There are customers to deal with or volunteers to cajole. There are computers...

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