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January 27, 2020

True to the Faith, book review on Acts (with thoughts about the Holocaust)

True to the Faith, Charting the Course Through Acts of the Apostles by David Gooding, Gospel Folio Press, 1995.  (It …

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Published on January 27, 2020 05:00

January 23, 2020

Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine. Dorothy Sayers book review.

Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine, by: Dorothy L. Sayers, Thomas Nelson, 2004. …

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Published on January 23, 2020 04:00

January 20, 2020

How do you Slice your Prayer Pie?

Originally posted on Connecting Dots...to God:
At the risk of irreverent over-analysis, I created a pie chart out of the Lord’s Prayer.   I…
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Published on January 20, 2020 18:33

A Chance to Die…Missionary Amy Carmichael

A friend on social media shared something about Amy Carmichael, and I’d not thought of her in a long time. …

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Published on January 20, 2020 06:00

January 18, 2020

Power and Magic in Ephesians

I ordered an academic book about power in the New Testament book of Ephesians, and knew ahead that it did …

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Published on January 18, 2020 09:13

January 15, 2020

Why do incompetent men so often rise to the top?

This article is worth your time to read: Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? And what can we …

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Published on January 15, 2020 08:40

January 13, 2020

Words of caution about having a “calling” – Are you called?

*This post can be read in about 2 minutes.* I’ve noticed that some faith traditions are big on using the …

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Published on January 13, 2020 06:00

January 10, 2020

Struggling to get into Scripture? 5 ways to keep your experience of the Bible fresh

It is a New Year, a time when some make resolutions or at least spend a little time considering an …

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Published on January 10, 2020 05:00

January 9, 2020

New Year, New Habits (Not Goals) — Vital Piety

I wanted to share this post with you from Kevin Watson at Vital Piety.  He has put into words something …

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Published on January 09, 2020 08:51

January 7, 2020

Since God is described as our helper does that mean we have authority over God?

Back on Oct. 30th, I reviewed this book: Men and Women in Christ, Fresh Light From the Biblical Texts by …

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Published on January 07, 2020 07:39