Count Your Blessings
That’s actually a song lyric (Irving Berlin’s name probably gave that away). Bing Crosby sang it. Do you know the film? It’s from White Christmas. In many households, it’s a holiday tradition to view...
View ArticleReligious principles are not in vogue
Tackling uniform issues though is really the easy bit
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Ordinary into Extraordinary/ Water into Wine - Lectio Divina
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him,...
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The greatest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed
Abortion sweeps away about 42 million babies a year. By any measure, abortion is the greatest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed. If 42 million 2-year-olds were being slaughtered every year, our...
View ArticleBiblical Listening: Trust and Obey
Yesterday we looked at the various ways people approach God's Word. If you assessed how you listen to His instructions and determined there's room for improvement, be encouraged—that realization is the...
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Less talk, more power
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View ArticleMiguel De La Torre raises the right questions and ...
The commenters demonstrate how much those questions are needed, here: http://www.abpnews.com/opinion/commentaries/item/8135-overlooking-joshua#.UPs_56VyQXm
View ArticleZero Dark Thirty
I received this letter from the good people at NRCAT ... you can join me in speaking up: Dear Friends: We are writing to you today, because you have a unique opportunity. You live in a state where one...
View ArticleAs usual ... NPR does a good job
... getting important issues on the table. http://www.npr.org/series/169065270/losing-our-religion
View ArticleW MITCHELL, THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE!
W Mitchell is a man who exemplifes overcoming life‘s obstacles. He is respectfully called “the man who would not die“ because he never gives up. Twenty years ago Mitchell was a student who worked part...
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We hide from our Father in shame
If everyone could see the Father - His incomparable majesty, beauty, joy and love - no one would remain an orphan for long in their hearts as it is impossible to resist Him. Instead of letting...
View ArticleJesus Didn’t Reduce All of the Bible’s Commandments to Just 2
In cooking, reduction is the process of thickening and intensifying the flavor of a liquid mixture such as a soup, sauce, wine, or juice by boiling. Reduction is performed by boiling liquid until the...
View ArticleTough Months Ahead for Boehner With GOP Freshmen, Spending Cuts
Challenges lie ahead for President Obama, who was officially sworn in for his second term Sunday, but more so for Speaker John Boehner, who faces rebellious freshmen congressmen as the House deals with...
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Sermon Notes: There are No Atheists in Foxholes !
THE FOLLOWING ARE PASTOR CRUTCHFIELD’S NOTES FROM THIS MORNING’S SERVICE AT COMPASSIONCHURCHOFKATY. This week I want to do something a little different. I want to share with you an illustration of how...
View ArticleJohn Piper on Personal Experience With Exorcism
Renowned pastor and preacher John Piper shared about his "only and the most extraordinary" experience exorcizing a demon in his early ministry years, sharing details of dealing with a possessed female...
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A Baseball Is Alive
Baseball great Stan Musial has died. “I’m always set for a fastball,” Musial told The Saturday Evening Post in 1958 when he got his 3,000th career hit. “When I’m concentrating up there, I know that...
View ArticleiMonk: “Marriage = Running Wounded”
From Michael Spencer’s classic post, On Running Wounded * * * Ask anyone who is married. We really are running wounded, and sometimes nothing seems more ridiculous than the proposition that we can...
View ArticleThe Critical Need for Contextualization in World Missions
Contextualization is the way which mission workers apply the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the truths of Scripture to the various cultures in which the missionaries work. The majority of this book...
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