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Archive for October, 2008

• Proverbs Introduction Video

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• Proverbs 4

  Proverbs 4: Hilarious case in point! As I was passing my eyes across verse 20 in a robotic superficial effort to check off today’s reading from my to-do list and move on to something else, I found myself snapping …
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• Proverbs 3

  Proverbs 3: Wow, verse 5 – 6 is really hard! This was one of the first passages I memorized as a kid, my dad’s favorite. It describes the essence of faith, the entire Gospel in a sentence: we have …
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• Proverbs 2

  Proverbs 2: “Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men.” I hope so. I keep thinking that by this point in my life I would be wise, but I’m reminded here that I need to always be …
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• Proverbs 1

  Today’s reading from Proverbs 1: Already in 1:18, I see the principle Jim illustrated with the block of salt. Pursuing selfish gain does more harm than good: “it takes the lives of those who get it.” I can hear …
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• Matt Roger's Latest Book is now on Amazon

  Matt Rogers’ second book (the first one he wrote) is officially releasing today. It chronicles four years of his struggle with depression. Having known Matt for the last bit of that time, I saw first hand the really courageous steps …
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• Matt's questions of the week

  “Prayerfully and scripturally attentive, Jesus deliberately chose the way he would live. If we choose to follow him, we must be just as prayerful, scripturally attentive, and deliberate. The other ways are no ways.” – Eugene Peterson, The Jesus Way…
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