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Meditations for American Christians
AVHRR satellite image of the 48 contiguous states of the United States. Español: Mapa de los 48 estados continentales contiguos de los Estados Unidos. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As I write this the...
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Liberals and Conservatives Make Strange Philosophical Twins
English: Red High Heel Pumps (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I dunno. Maybe its just because my twig got bent when I was a little kid, but I get amused at the weirdest things. Some of which are decidedly NOT...
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The Terrible Empty Place of the Middle Ground
Brother Lawrence (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just a few random thoughts brought about by my morning Bible reading… Why is the middle ground so empty? I mean, one of the basic teachings all through...
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Tweetable Advice For Preachers and Congregations (#2)
worship (Photo credit: vicki wolkins) I write this on Saturday night, while thinking of the day ahead tomorrow. Preachers – when you preach there may be someone in the auditorium for whom this is the...
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Lowering the “Church Bar”– And Moving Worship To A Bar
A minister prepares to baptize a believer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hearing of a church (or part of a church) having worship in a bar is nothing particularly new – especially if you follow the...
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Lord’s Supper Meditation –“Questions”
We are surrounded by questions. This has been a tough week. A celebration of patriotism and athleticism ends in terrorism. A young police officer is murdered. Many firemen and others lose their lives...
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An Open Letter to the Latest in a Long Series of People Angry at the Church
English: Emotions associated with anger (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just sitting here ruminating on a subject that has been festering for a while. I really do not know who to address this to, so it will...
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A Meditation on the 10 Commandments (#2)
Moses with the tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt (1659) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Commandment number 1 – “You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3, RSV) Really, how...
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A Meditation on the 10 Commandments (#3)
The Adoration of the Golden Calf’ (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today, command number 2: You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in...
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A Meditation on the 10 Commandments (#5)
Sunday (Photo credit: ex.libris) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not...
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What is Man? (Psalm 8)
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 photographed by Hubble telescope (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have been thinking on a universal theme the past day or so. Literally – the universe. The author of Psalm 8...
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Can Christians Force Homosexuals to Change Their Behavior?
Bookends (Photo credit: brainwise) If you have not already guessed, today’s post is the bookend to yesterday’s post. In it I discussed the possibility, and in some people’s minds (mine among them) the...
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9.11.01 – 12 Years Later
The 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial 14 (Photo credit: TexasEagle) 9.11 is always a tough day for me. A dozen years ago I was a pilot. I was flying an FAA mandated check ride, flying between Albuquerque and...
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Sabbath
A Ten Commandments monument which includes the command to “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It’s funny to me how some people will trip over themselves to prove they...
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Apocalyptic Surrender
white flag bandiera bianca (Photo credit: PORTOBESENO) A word about surrender. Surrender does not mean that you fight to the last drop of blood of the last man and then call it quits. That is called,...
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Gays, Guns, Flags . . . and Faith
I started out my devotional time this morning with a prayer. Funny for me to admit this, but I usually do not – I usually pray to conclude my Bible reading time, but only infrequently will I pray...
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It Really Is Not About Us
Embed from Getty Images Worship is not about us. Worship is about the One who created us, suffered for us, and redeemed us. Worship is not about style or place or who stands behind the podium. Worship...
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Boundaries of Brotherhood
I venture forth into troubling waters today – or, to follow the theme of this blog, into foggy skies. I’ve been wrestling for the past few days with a question that recurs frequently in conversations...
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Silence
Our culture has lost a great treasure. It did not happen quickly – in fact it has taken a couple of generations to completely disappear. Sadly, although the church should have been the caretaker of...
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A (Silent) Lesson from Abraham
Here is another thought I had from a recent exercise in my daily Bible reading. How often do we think about the “Law of Abraham”? How many lessons do we teach on the “10 Commandments as told to...
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