Archive for July, 2008
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008I don’t think there is any greater joy in this world than that of observing the faith of children. I love reading Bible stories to my son Reuel and listening to him fill in words that I leave out. I love seeing him fold his hands and pray every night, especially the addtional, “God bless [...]
Friday Fun Day
Friday, July 18th, 2008O.K. So I missed last week’s Friday Fun Day links post. I’ve got a good story -but I’m waiting until Monday to tell it. Until then, enjoy some of the best links I’ve put up in a while…
Wordle is awesome. It can take all the words on a blog or website and put them in [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- 11- Archaelogy and Faith “Gabriel’s Revelation”
Thursday, July 17th, 2008The latest archaeological discovery to hit the headlines and draw both interest and skepticism from Christians is a stone tablet called “Gabriel’s Revelation”. It’s from Jewish sources and while much of the text is difficult to translate or entirely unreadable some are putting forward translations that talk about a suffering and resurrected Messiah. Given dates [...]
Videos That Make Us Laugh and Think- Pt 10- Sharing Faith- Pt 1
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008This video on sharing faith really struck me as funny, but also as sadly true. Many of us fall into a couple of traps in terms of sharing faith. In the first camp, people try valiantly to talk about faith, but fall into traps like using Christianese terms, words that you’ve heard in church, but [...]
Integrity Question of the Week
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008integrity
\in-ˈte-grə-tē\ noun
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values 2 : an unimpaired condition 3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided
I took a short vacation to the Twin Cities this past weekend. It was fantastic! We got to [...]
In a Pit with a Lion 4
Monday, July 14th, 2008For the next few weeks we’ll be using Mark Batterson’s “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day” to help us stimulate a conversation about God-given opportunities in our lives. He blogs at: evotional.com
I sure hope you don’t have a case of the Mondays today!
If you do, I suppose you could take it [...]
Saturday Thoughts on the Lord’s Supper, Ritual vs. Habitual
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Tomorrow we go to the Lord’s Supper here at Messiah.
It happens at least every two weeks here. As a pastor, sometimes I receive the Lord’s Supper a couple of times in a single day. And sometimes, like all people I think, there’ s a temptation to rush the experience and let my mind and spirit [...]
Reading the News Through the Lens of Faith- Environmentalism and New Age
Thursday, July 10th, 2008I’d like you to view this video, but don’t do it unless you plan on reading the rest of this post.
It’s a beautiful video- scenes of our beautiful planet, of God’s creation. Images like these remind us of our place within the earth as God’s stewards. Certainly he has created something wonderful and we bear [...]
Videos That Make Us Laugh and Think- Pt 10- Not a Laugher- Reflections on Those Serving our Country
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008I know the 4th has just passed us, but please view this video. I hope this video touches your heart. I know many people have ambivalent feelings about the war, but we need to remember that those who are far away are real people, real fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. All of them [...]
In a Pit with a Lion 3
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008For the next few weeks we’ll be using Mark Batterson’s “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day” to help us stimulate a conversation about God-given opportunities in our lives. He blogs at: evotional.com
Remember the story of Benaiah? 2 Samuel 23:20-21.
When he was a boy, did Benaiah’s mom tell him not to play [...]
