Bible

Thoughts on Ruth

April 30, 2010

If you haven’t read this week’s guest blog by Jim O’Connor, you can get there by clicking on this link. Go check it out. I came away with a couple things I’m still thinking about and chances are you will too. I’m looking forward to more guest posts in the future. In the meantime, it’s [...]

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Prophetic Heartbreak (Why I Follow Jesus)

April 2, 2010

It’s Good Friday and I want to step outside of my general practice and share more personally about what I’m thinking about this Easter season. One of my pet peaves is being at Christian “outreach” events in which a guest speaker speaks and does a Q & A and then in about two thirds of [...]

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Helpful links if you’re into it

November 2, 2009

I’m doing some research for an upcoming workshop type time that I’ll be doing next week and I came across a helpful resource. John Piper and friends hosted a conference a couple years ago dealing with issues pertaining to the Bible, faith, Christ, and Culture. In general I fall on the 50/50 line with Piper. [...]

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What did Jesus do with Questions?

October 15, 2009

There was a fascinating little section on Jesus and question asking in the book I just reviewed, I Was Once Lost.They point out that Jesus is asked 183 questions in the Gospels. They say that he answers just three of them – and he asks 307 questions back! (pg. 54)I might disagree with some semantics. [...]

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Inspired Patriotism

October 12, 2009

Ok, I apologize if you own a copy of this but I’m not looking to make black and white judgments, but I took this picture a couple months ago in a bookstore. I was walking by a table and a “what the….” went through my mind as I saw the American Patriot’s Bible.For full disclosure, [...]

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Prophets or Posers? – Watch Out!

July 24, 2009

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Prophets or Posers

Matthew 7:15 – 23 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good [...]

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Image Management and the Brood of Vipers

May 2, 2008

Just to mix it up and add some fresh perspective I’m using The Message along with the usual translations as I study the Bible. I went back to Matthew 3 today and really enjoyed my time. Here are some of what I observed and took away from Matthew 3.1. The first thing that jumped out [...]

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Family Bible Time

February 15, 2008

Something Christine and I have been thinking about for awhile now, but was solidified at that parenting seminar we went to last weekend centered around how to begin introducing our kids to the Word of God. We’ve wanted to start building some family traditions and be more intentional with some of our family and parenting [...]

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GHAAC #2 – Truth

February 11, 2008

Chapter 2: Truth-Embodying Households By S. Steve Kang If grace is one side, then truth is the other side of the coin in order for there to be true growth and transformation for anyone, let alone a community at large, and in this context, the Asian-American community. The author writes, “…if grace-based ministry is to [...]

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