Archive | November, 2009

Be a Man Monday- Humility

I have seen great humility this past weekend. Theology bloggers tend to be prideful. The more you study to affirm a particular doctrine, the more proud you will become. I will admit (and not because I am humble either) that I am prideful about what I know. A true man shows true humility. We can [...]

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Even More Thankfulness

This is the superficial stuff. No serious here, please. Since yesterday, I have been thinking more and more about what I am thankful for. As I stated before, there are the big things like my salvation, family, church planting, having a job, etc. But, what about the little things. There are literally TONS of little [...]

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Thanks

My second attempts. I started writing out this long post on thanksgiving. It was pretty cynical. I have never been a big thanksgiving fan. As I started to think about it, my cynicism was born out of my lack of being truly thankful. This year has been a pretty rough one for many people. We [...]

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Be a Man Monday

Today’s installment will seem immensely practical. This article is cross-posted at my fitness site, Called to Fitness. I started my fitness website because I did not want to become a “fat pastor.”  There are so many “men of the cloth” who are nearing 300 pounds…and they are under six foot tall.  I started out exercising, [...]

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Book Review: Green, by Ted Dekker

I am doing this as a part of the Book Review Blogger Program with Thomas Nelson. For more information, go to; http://brb.thomasnelson.com **Warning: SPOILERS** Green is the latest offering by best-selling author Ted Dekker. This is the fourth book in what Dekker has called The Circle Trilogy. This book seeks to fill in a gap [...]

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Frustration(s)

I left my filter at home. I don’t want to get into it too much. I am starting to understand Jesus parable in Matthew 22 better. Let me paraphrase it for you. Matthew 22, In Don’s words (please read it in a real translation too) There is a king who plans a wedding party for [...]

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