Month: October 2008
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give me that old time religion
Garrison Keilor once said, speaking of childhood — “I think of it as the olden days, the good old days when life was simple — but it’s just not true.” I think as Christians, we have this same illusion about the glorious past. We think if we could turn the clock back to 1950, everything…
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saintly beauty
Therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;bearing with one another, and forgiving one another…But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. (Col 3:12-14) What is true beauty? Traditionally in our culture, beauty is symmetrical. That means yours ears are…
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the pancake gospel
…these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (Deut 6:6-7) This is Gemma, my beautiful, nutty,…
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Stocks, Markets, Banks, Chaos?
As I read the news this morning — the outlook is bleak. People are afraid, the economy has fallen and cannot get up. Gold, even oil is down. (wait. that’s a problem?) I wrote about Psalm 46 awhile back, but it’s time to revisit it. The context of Psalm 46 is chaos. Therefore we will…
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Spurgeon
“Holiness is the passion of a true believer”. – Charles Spurgeon
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I Samuel 3
Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ and Samuel answered, ‘Speak for your servant hears.’ (I Samuel 3:10) The Lord came. We sing “Come Lord Jesus” during worship. We sing “Come to us”. These are great requests. But perhaps the Lord has come even when we were not…
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Which way?
…Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. (Ecc 12:12) If you have ever stepped foot inside a Christian bookstore, you will find a vast array of volumes on a multitude of topics — all professing to be authoritative on some subject related to Christianity.…
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the big picture
On Saturday I took my family on a trip up to the local mountains. As we descended, my soon-to-be-five-year old daughter was feeling kinda queasy (or so she said), so I pulled over at a turnout. We got out of the car and looked over the San Gorgonio Pass. There below us we saw a…
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Love, longing and little minds
Yesterday was a beautiful day. Cool. Foggy. A light mist. It was everything I’ve been hoping for since July. I truly love the Fall. I long for it. I love and long for many things. In the past week (in addition to Autumn weather) — I’ve longed for old friends, favorite meals, sleep, for some things to change,…
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gleaning and working
Ruth comes back with a bounty to her mother in law Naomi. Naomi is impressed with all that Ruth brings home, and asks her: Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you… Ruth 2: 19 These should be the questions that we ask of…
Invited & Called 