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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Prayer Answers 6
This is another old story, but it addresses well the fact that there are some people God listens to more than he does others. In case you didn’t know that, it’s true. In fact, it’s very true. As a very … Continue reading
Kicking Over Sacred Cows: The Desperate Need for Change in Evangelical Christianity
If this is your first trip to my blog in the last 24 hours or in the last few days, don’t forget to scroll down past this article and see the ones on answers to prayer. They are encouraging and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, canon, inspiration, sacred cows, traditions
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Prayer Answers #5
Here’s another one that got emailed to me. I have some comments at the end about what I like about this one. About ten years ago, while still living at home shortly after graduating from my undergraduate studies. My mother, … Continue reading
Answers to Prayer, Part 4
Today I had to ransack my memory all the way back to, uh, today. My wife’s had sciatica off and on for a couple of years. She’s been seeing a chiropractor in Memphis, and for a while that was helping. … Continue reading
Prayer Answers 3
Well, my memory’s starting to kick in, so today it was much harder to decide what to put in here. I got an email from Britt, too, telling me a couple. I’ll give you one of his today, and a … Continue reading
Prayer Answers #2
My story today is old, but it’s one of my favorites, so I want to tell it. Tomorrow I’m going to ask the wife to remind me of some more recent ones. There’s so many that they don’t stand out … Continue reading
Answers to Prayer
I want to do a series of posts on answers to prayer. I heard a neat one on the radio yesterday that I’ll start with. I have disabled comments, but you can email me with the link to the left. … Continue reading
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A Growth that Comes from God: What Every Joint Supplies
In both Ephesians 4:16 and Colossians 2:19 Paul says that the church grows from “what every joint supplies.” Have you ever thought about what that’s saying? Paul likes to use the human body as an illustration of the body of … Continue reading
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Basics of the Faith
There are two central things that Rose Creek Village believes. One, a disciple is to follow Jesus Christ with all his heart, mind, soul, and strengh, and two, he is to follow Christ in perfect unity with all others who … Continue reading
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Fullness of Joy
In your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures foreveremore. ~Ps. 16:11 I don’t know how much there is to say here, but I do wonder how many of us believe this. Do we really believe … Continue reading
