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About Confidence in Where You Are
Matthew 3:9 NLT – Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. This is a great warning for the Christian church today. Christians walk around today as if they have a “get…
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Leading from the Rear
Mark 10:35-45 Jesus Teaches about Serving Others 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a favor.” 36 “What is your request?” he asked. 37 They replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next…
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It’s a Prayer-ful Life!
Ephesians 6:18-20 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of…
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An Epiphany
The day of Epiphany is twelve days after Christmas at the end of the season known as Christmastide. The Christian feast day celebrates that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ (Wikipedia). This revelation of God’s humanity is one of the greatest triumphs of Christianity. Normally, when a…
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,200 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 20 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
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Why We Need to Reclaim Santa Claus
After having lunch today with my friend, Garrett Andrew, and listening to him share his sermon from the past Sunday, I could not get the thought of “Reclaiming Santa Claus” out of my head. I have included a link to Garrett’s sermon at the bottom of this post. One of the thrusts of Garrett’s sermon…
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Study links religious services to optimism (Reuters)
Couple attending a church with hearing one of my sermons and you could have an eternal, optimistic life! 🙂 Study links religious services to optimism By Andrew Stern 10 November 2011 Reuters Regular attendance at religious services is associated with a more optimistic outlook and a lesser inclination to be depressed, compared to those who…
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