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Talking vs. Doing

A great deal of emphasis of our Christian faith is to have the correct doctrine and we should.  However, as we have repeatedly stated in this blog, salvation is more than just a belief system, it is action.  In chapter … Continue reading

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Let Go and Let God

A friend of mine gave me the book, Let Go by Fénelon.  My initial reaction was that I really did not want to read it but when I saw it was written by an archbishop in France in the 17th … Continue reading

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Fruit of the Spirit

By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. (John 15:8 ESV) Bruce Wilkinson states in his book that he once interpreted, as many of us have, the above passage in … Continue reading

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Idle Hands

“Idle hands are the devil’s workshop” is an old saying of which we all are familiar.  Some think it is based upon Proverbs 16:27-29 although most translations would not render that meaning.  It has been a familiar saying for centuries … Continue reading

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Lady Be Good

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance … Continue reading

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The thousand-mile war is a war most have not heard of but it was of crucial importance to the US winning World War II in the Pacific.  This was the war that was waged in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. … Continue reading

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Can Science Prove God’s Existence?

Recently I finished reading a book by Eric Metaxas entitled Is Atheism Dead?.  I had read another book by Metaxas about Bonhoeffer.  Metaxas is a good writer so when I heard about this book it was a given I would … Continue reading

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Counsel and Might

I just keeping running across what the Bible says about wisdom and understanding.  In previous blogs we have discussed passages from Proverbs and Job.  The latest is from the prophet Isaiah in which he describes the attributes of the Messiah. … Continue reading

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Wisdom and Understanding

Job 28 is a very interesting and poetic chapter.  It describes the technology and effort humans utilized during Job’s time to find, mine, and refine silver, gold, iron, copper, and precious stones. In Job 28, Job contrasts the human search … Continue reading

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Is Christianity Anti-Intellectual?

Some might consider the Christian worldview to be anti-intellectual.  Why?  Because according to the dictionary definition an anti-intellectual is someone who “is opposed to or hostile toward intellectuals” and  the modern theories associated with them.  An anti-intellectual also “believes that … Continue reading

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