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Archive for June, 2008

• Church (Day 42 of 42)

  I have a friend whose name is Tho. (Say “Tom” without the “m” syllable.) Tho is from Vietnam during the infamous war in the 70s. When he was young, Tho promised God that he would become a doctor for the …
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• Money Talks (Day 41 of 42)

  The greatest example of being a human being, Jesus, talked more about money than any other subject in the entire Gospel. “You can either serve God or money.” is how he is remembered in the canonized Bible saying it. …
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• Faith and Art (Day 40 of 42)

  Art is faith. Faith “is the promise of things hoped for, the certainty of things not seen.” (Heb. 11:1) God, the Artist, the Giver of life creates faithfully in the milieu of us all. (1 Tim. 6:13) And all of …
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• Mount of Transfiguration (Day 39 of 42)

  I have tried to change my persona of being a city boy to a want-a-be mountain man. (Thank God I can grow some facial hair which helps I am told with the rugged look I so desire.)

  Well a few …
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• Christianity is Strange (Day 38 of 42)

  In physicist Blaise Pascal’s proverbial book titled Pensees he writes, “Christianity is strange.” In my opinion this is a rather awkward and puzzling way of describing the Way he professes to follow.

  So what I am trying to say? Well …
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• Summer Faith Challenge (Day 37 of 42)

  “The things I hate most [about my life] are the things God uses most every day in ministry.”

  This is a rough quote from Beth Moore that I jotted down during Bible study last night. She was talking about wrestling …
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• Summer Faith Challenge (Day 36 of 42)

  I realized no one blogged last week, which makes me think this week is open, too. I’ll do my best to post something daily… but as some of you who have tried blogging might know, it’s harder to remember than …
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• Sick of the unHoly and/or Holy and Sick (Day 28 of 42)

  Let me just flat out say it. I do not believe that if someone is sick that means they have sinned or they have sin in their life, or they lack the faith to be healed. Not so. That is …
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• Finding Harmonics and Harmony in the World (Day 27 of 42)

  If my guitar is in tune and I hit all the strings while holding either the fifth, the seventh, or the twelfth fret it makes a wonderful sound (that the band Pink Floyd loved to use.) The sound communicates and …
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• Summer Faith Challenge (Day 26 of 42)

  Eugene Peterson writes:
  “We are not presented with a functional god who will help us out of jams or an entertainment god who will lighten our tedious hours. We are presented with the God of exodus and Easter, the God …
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