2010
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Light bulbs, Luxury, People Hurting and an Inspirational Story
Do Light Bulbs Shine Brighter in the Dark? Of course not, light bulbs shine just as bright regardless of where they’re located. And this is a silly question, but think, “If you were a light bulb, would you prefer to be in a miner’s headlamp…
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My Nieces
Last night… I hung out with family. After dinner, we went outside and sat around in lawn chairs talking. It was a beautiful evening. I spent time playing with my two little nieces – they’re two and four years old. I tried teaching them how…
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When the Church was Young
Last week I read When the Church was Young, it Did Not Look Anything Like it Does Today by Ernest Loosley. At only 77 pages, it was a quick read. Not a new work, (written in 1935) I still found it applicable. Very clear in…
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Blog Stats After First Year
Back when this project began a year ago, I was curious if anyone would find it if it were never actively promoted. Now, a year later, the number of first time visitors stands at 397. Nothing to write home about, but that’s ok cus this…
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Following Jesus is Lifestyle, not Academic
“The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.” -Thomas Merton, Thoughts In Solitude “Superficiality is the curse of our age… The desperate need today is not for a greater…
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38,000 Denominations… plus House Churches
When delving into the study of how Christians should structure their meetings – particularly in respect to modeling closely after New Testament principles – it doesn’t take long before one stumbles across the “House Church Movement.” I do know I’m supposed to Love God and…
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Memorization Inspiration
I attended our annual AWANA awards banquet last Sunday. Many young people were recognized, but one young girl in particular stood out to me. In case you’re unfamiliar with AWANA, it’s a fun program for youth offered in many churches and has a heavy emphasis…
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thoughts
“A woman’s heart should be so lost in God, that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her.” And while I’m in a poetic mood… “…life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to…
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What makes a Church a Church? Part 2: Who Are the Church?
continued from Part 1… The title of this post may sound wierd: “Who are the Church?” What kind of grammar is that??! But this is because we are conditioned to thinking of the word church as meaning a building instead of a collective group of…