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Change
Change In the article on “Board Members” I mention the “process of change”. I see life as a “life cycle” with each stage of the cycle different from the previous stages. So, life, and perhaps especially the life of a church,......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-02 10:32:58 | Rating:

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I don't believe n luck
I don't believe in luck While in high school rather than go to church with my parents I went (and was very involved in, singing in the choir, etc.) another local church. The pastor was a man who today would be considered a......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-03 08:56:43 | Rating:

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The Christian Ghetto
The Christian Ghetto Wikepedia gives the following definition of 'ghetto': A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion, voluntarily or involuntarily. The word was originally used to refer to the Venetian......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-03 10:39:20 | Rating:

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Islam
Islam I want to say first of all that though I disagree with the tenets of Islam a number of the Islamic people I have known are very fine, ethical and loving people. Just as within Judaism and Christianity there are extremists who point to a number of Bible passages to......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-14 18:20:26 | Rating:

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For Real
For Real In English we sometimes say something then add a phrase or word to emphasize that it is really true. An example from the Bible is: Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-15 05:19:25 | Rating:

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Purgatory
Purgatory I fully understand that purgatory is no where declared to exist in scripture and that when Martin Luther was asked about it he responded, “We don't find it in scripture therefore we don't believe in it” and that pretty much set the pattern for the......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-16 14:58:28 | Rating:

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I really want to know everything
I really want to know everything My first full time ministry was as associate pastor of a healthy, growing church in Irving, Texas. The senior pastor was a very intelligent and highly motivated minister from whom I learned much. More than once I heard him quip......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-18 07:30:03 | Rating:

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Knowing God
Knowing God Relationship. Being like Abraham “A friend of God”. That is what it is all about. So often in our culture we know “about” things, we measure, test, describe, list specifications... But that is not the kind of “knowledge of......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-21 16:24:51 | Rating:

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To love and be loved
To Love and Be Loved I believe that for eternity past God existed all alone. In scripture we learn that there is only one God but that that God has a complex multi-person nature. In scripture we learn of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We finite beings......Read More

Posted on: 2007-10-21 19:16:27 | Rating:

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The Trinity
The Trinity When we explore the scripture seeking to learn about the nature of God certainly the primary teaching is that there is One God. That that God is the one and only I AM (not dependent on anyone or anything). We also learn that God is a Spirit. That God is......Read More