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The barnes & noble bible.
In: discipleship
24 Jan 2008My favorite store is Barnes & Noble. That may be an overstatement, but when you have a place that combines books, music, and coffee, I’m pretty much addicted. Let’s say you and I walked in to B&N and I handed you one book, and asked you to shelf it in the proper section.
Pretty easy, right? [...]
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131 cross the line in the pool.
In: discipleship
14 Jan 2008The most meaningful baptisms in my life have been those of my own family. I’ve had the privilege of baptizing my entire family – two children at our church in Virginia, one child here on Easter morning, and my wife as she rededicated her life at the Jordan River in Israel. But beyond those, I [...]
Reading in 2008.
In: book study| discipleship
4 Jan 2008What will you read in 2008?
You’ll read some blogs. Maybe some newspapers. You’ll start a few books - but will you finish them? Maybe you suffer from “reading A.D.D.”. What about the quality, the importance of what you will read? Blogs are great pulse checks on what’s happening currently in culture, sort of a [...]
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2007 closing credits.
In: discipleship
31 Dec 2007This morning I got up with one goal – ride 20+ miles on my bike to push me over the 1,000 miles mark I shoot for every year. As usual, I waited till December to make up for lost time. I suited up and headed out. I knew it would be cold, but didn’t realize [...]
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- Tags: thanksgiving
P.O.W.s and M.I.A.s
In: discipleship| leadership
30 Dec 2007John the Baptist, Peter, Thomas, Simon the sorcerer, John Mark, Epaphroditus, Euodia, Syntyche, Hymenaeus, Phygelus, Hermogenes, Philetus, Demas, Alexander, Trophimus, Onesimus, Diotrephes.
Any of these names ring a bell? Any idea of what they have in common?
Today was our last service of 2007. On my way in to the service, a man gave me the number [...]
Sacred pathways.
In: book study| discipleship
9 Nov 2007SACRED PATHWAYS by Gary Thomas is a powerful book dealing with the scriptural and historical paths God’s people have traveled to know Him. Following is an overview of the nine paths prepared by the author…
NATURALISTS - Loving God Out of Doors
DESCRIPTION - “Where we worship can have a profound impact on the quality of our [...]
God calls his people…
In: discipleship
1 Nov 2006terms used for God’s people in the NT…
Term (singular, plural)
Disciple – 290
Brother – 202
Saint – 45
Child of God – 30
Follower – 9
Holy people/nation – 4
Student – 3
Christian – 3
People of God – 3
Church - 110
my questions:
-what term would people most understand?
-what term, if any, is the one God would have us use?
-is there any significance [...]
study, practice, teach
For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel
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