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4 July 2009
If you’re searching for …
Faith rather than simply religion
Virtue rather than simply values
Relationship rather than rule-keeping
Divine help rather than self-help
Then we may be the place for you!
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In the first century, the foundations of the church were laid upon the Choice Corner Stone.
The bible preserves for us Jesus’ life as the perfect example us of what it means to love God and have a right relationship with Him.
Very few passages are as difficult to interpret as 1 Cor. 11:2-16.
Almost every verse is touched by some kind of uncertainty.
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Tags: complementarian, Corinth, corinthians, egalitarianism, equality, feminism, gender, glory, head covering, men's roles, prayer, subordination, veil, women's roles
My brother, Don, and I think a lot alike …
… in the way we think alike.
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“Patternism” versus “the New Hermeneutic” is a continuing controversy…
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… over religious authority.
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In Matthew Chapter 7, Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount by giving the illustration of the two foundations in verses 24-27.
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Watch TV or read the newspaper for any length of time and notice how often people talk about “making sense” of an experience or “giving meaning” to some event– often tragic.
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The three-year-old boy was sitting on the floor with a toy truck making the sounds of a truck plowing through the green shag carpet.
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Those who refuse to worship the God of heaven and earth will be made to worship at the feet of those who do!
I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you– Rev 3:9 (NIV)
That is the message of Revelation. It’s also the message of Daniel.
Tags: abednego, daniel, gareb, gereb, Meshach, nebuchadnezzar, Shadrach, worship
What does the 1970 iconic movie “Love Story,” starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali McGraw, about two college students who wed in the face of family opposition have to do with the 1995 movie “The Bridges over Madison County,” starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep, about a sexual affair between a farm wife and a traveling photographer?
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Most of us are familiar with the play/movie “My Fair Lady”. The story of how a professor of phonetics takes a poor young woman with a very strong Cockney accent off the streets of London and after intense work he is able to transform her appearance and demeanor into that of a royal duchess.
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As I was preparing for the lesson this week, I thought about the unintended consequences of Achan’s sin.
“Achan” by Gustave Dore.
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Today we pause to remember the contributions of mothers.
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Jon Meacham’s article entitled, “The End of Christian America,” was published in Newsweek Magazine April 4, 2009.
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Complacency has always been a dangerous problem for mankind; one particular devastating event was the attack on Pearl Harbor prior to our entering WWII. After successfully destroying our fleet in the Pacific, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto wrote the following in his diary; “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
Isoroku Yamamoto
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