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June 21, 2010

Pressing on Toward the Goal

I have struggled through some difficult times and trying circumstances in my life, but lately I have felt extremely blessed. My family and friends are the best; my job is going well and I really like my boss; my church is growing and feeding on...

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June 15, 2010

Resisting Temptation: The Chainsaw Method

Human beings all face temptations to sin, many of us on a daily basis. It may be a temptation to commit just a “small” sin or it may be the temptation to do something much more egregious. But why is this, where do these temptations come...

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June 14, 2010

A Prayer for Wisdom

Six or seven years ago I decided that I wanted to read through the entire Bible, so I downloaded and printed a Bible-in-a-Year schedule from http://www.heartlight.org. I put it in my Bible and checked off each chapter as I read it. It took me almost two...

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May 12, 2010

God’s Right Hand Saves

Some Christians never read the Old Testament, preferring to read the New Testament stories of Jesus and various epistles. Some may venture to read a few Psalms, but otherwise some Christians think that the Old Testament is not relevant because Jesus replaced its rules and...

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May 4, 2010

Of Gates, Capstones, and Blessings

Last night I was reading Psalms before bed, starting with my favorite Psalm 116. Then I read through the short, but powerful, Psalm 117. Finally, I came to Psalm 118. There is a famous and oft-quoted verse in Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the...

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April 29, 2010

Where Do Seeds of Faith Grow?

One of my favorite parables that Jesus told is the parable of the sower, which is recorded in all three of the synoptic Gospels. The account in Luke states the parable like this: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering...

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April 28, 2010

The Wisdom to Blog

What began as a discipline has become an obsession. I can’t think of anything to write today, but I can’t bear to not post something in my blog. Sundays are the only day I don’t feel the compulsion to post something, anything. Except a new...

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April 27, 2010

Thank God I’m Not Done

This morning I was listening to my iPod on shuffle and the song “I Am Nothing” by Jeremy Camp came on. The first verse goes like this:   Seems I’m always in this place, Where the things I seem to take, Are the things I wish would...

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April 16, 2010

The Shortest Chapter

The shortest chapter in all of the Bible is Psalm 117, which says:  1 Praise the LORD, all you nations;        extol him, all you peoples.  2 For great is his love toward us,        and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.        Praise...

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