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O little town of Bethlehem
The story of the birth of Jesus told by the people of modern-day Bethlehem.
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Five Must-Reads on the “Nones”: A Tipping Point in American Religion and...
Religion writers, both journalists and scholars, have had much to say of late about the continued growth of the religiously unaffiliated—especially given the impact of so-called “Nones” in the recent...
View ArticleXmas decor from a drunk — Jim Gaffigan discusses holiday traditions
He starts out talking about our wonderful Christmas traditions and then moves on to other big holidays…
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#8 Article in 2012- What Matters Most by Dave Ramsey
It's that time of the year again. We will spend the next 10 days looking at the top articles from 2012. I love looking back & reflecting on what things did YOU. our community find most interesting,...
View ArticleThe Perfect Christmas (or so we are told)…
White teeth. There are so many white teeth in Christmas commercials. These perfect white teeth gleam from perfectly formed smiles on perfectly dressed actors in perfectly decorated homes as perfectly...
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A Season of God’s Love
A Season of God’s Love You know how we go through different seasons in our Christian walk? We may go through a season of joy, a season of testing, a season of peace, etc. I’ve been noticing that this...
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A Path to Cheerful Giving Habits
Christmas is a time of widespread giving. Most giving at Christmas time is planned and budgeted. The economy relies heavily on Christmas spending for its growth. Even greedy hoarders do at least...
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Reservation Guaranteed
Prepping for Christmas this year meant calling the Honey Baked Ham store and reserving our succulent selection for Christmas dinner. The woman on the phone gave us our reservation number and eagerly...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Eric, Debbie, Caleb, and Trevi!
What a great year! We enjoyed another year in Austin, experienced adventures together in Central Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, and East Texas where my brother and his family now live, and survived another...
View ArticleAnother Family Photo
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Eric, Debbie, Caleb, and Trevi (plus our dog Emma who is hiding in this picture)
View ArticleFree Download: The Best of The Atlantic’s Technology Writing
Over the last two or three years, some of the best writing on technology to be found on the Internet has come from The Atlantic‘s technology section. Until the end of the year, they are giving away a...
View ArticlePorn Makes Me Unable to Have Sex with My Wife
Huh? I’m thinking for some of you the title of this post just elicited that response. Unable to have sex? What does that mean? Impotency? Barred from the bedroom? My wife just doesn’t do it for...
View ArticlePorn Makes Me Feel Like I Can Not Measure Up
Pornography is simply a fantasy world. It is not real nor is it based on a real relationship or commitment. It takes God’s beauty and turns it into something degrading and dirty. However, for most...
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Merry Christmas!
Dear Visitors to The Sovereign God blog,I hope that you found the posts this year to be faithful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that they were encouraging, edifying and even convicting if...
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A Christmas Poem...
I wanted to share a not so short Christmas poem. I wrote this a few weeks ago while listening to (over and over) Steven Sharp Nelson's O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. This reading will be set to that music...
View ArticlePorn Makes Me Feel Shameful
Webster’s dictionary (1994) defines ashamed as “feeling shame because something bad, wrong or foolish was done” and shame is defined as “a painful feeling of having lost respect of others because of...
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Thoughts on Incarnation for Christmas
My expanded paraphrase/commentary on Philippians 2. The mark of being a Christ-follower isn’t going to be measured in external, visible things as much it’s evident in an attitude. That mindset should...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were...
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4 Ways to Spend Your Christmas Downtime
My friend, Josh Griffin, posted this great article a few Christmas seasons ago, but I still refer back to it when this season rolls around. It’s all about how to spend your downtime (if you’re...
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