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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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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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August 16, 2010

A Prayer for Mercy

In my Quotemeal email today was this quote from Dr. Alvin VanderGriend of Harvest Prayer Ministries: Not only does sin hinder prayer; prayer hinders sin.  The two are always opposed.  The more careless we are about sin, the less we will pray.  The more we pray, the...

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May 14, 2010

The Humble Tax Collector

Throughout His ministry, Jesus told parables to make a point or to explain what the Kingdom of God was like. Many of His parables were directed at the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who thought very highly of themselves and looked down on...

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May 10, 2010

The Prodigal’s Plight

I love the story of the prodigal son recorded in Luke 15:11-32. I can relate to the prodigal, having left my heavenly Father behind for so many years of my life. I am thankful that, like the prodigal, I came to my senses and returned...

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April 24, 2010

Tolerance Does Not Always Equal Love

I was reading the blog of a 20-something Christian woman this morning. She had written a couple of articles on tolerance that I found very interesting. We live in a culture where tolerance of whatever anyone wants to believe or do is considered the most...

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April 13, 2010

Blessing First, Then Obey

We had a guest speaker in church on Sunday, and I really enjoyed his message. He spoke of the Gospel and how it is unique among the world religions. He noted that every other world religion is about “do this (obey), and then receive the blessing...

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April 7, 2010

I’m Sorry, You’re Excused

I recently purchased a new book of essays by C.S. Lewis called The Weight of Glory and Other Essays. Perusing the table of contents, I was immediately drawn to the second to the last essay titled On Forgiveness. If you have read much of my...

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March 20, 2010

Do Not Judge

This post has been wandering around in my head for several weeks. This morning I told a friend that I had been arguing with God about posting it, and she replied, “You know better than that, just let Him write it.” This is a difficult one...

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