Michael Spencer, The Internet Monk

Praying for Michael Spencer.  Like him or not, it's painfully sad to read of a Christian brother suffering what is quite likely his last year. 

http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/michael-spencer-update-392010

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New Bibles and Ink

So, thanks to Thomas Nelson, I have a new KJV Study Bible.

I like it.

But it almost broke my heart to actually make notes in it today.  

Now that the ice is broken and the pages are now defiled with my scribblings, it won't be hard to continue.  But the first ink was a bit saddening.  I almost didn't take it to church because I didn't want to write in it, but then I realized that would be entirely stupid and insulting to the fine men at Thomas Nelson who went far beyond the call of duty to get me the replacement for my old one.  

We do that a lot with Jesus.  He gave His everything for us and for people like us who needed a perfect sacrifice on our behalf. 

Yet I insult His sacrifice by not using it as it was intended.  Let's spread the news. 
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Ouch

The number of losses I’ve suffered over at chess.com this week has been monumental.

That’s what I get for entering a tournament for folks at least twice as good as I am.

Feels kinda like fighting the devil on my own.

Or like trying to conquer sin in my own strength.

The odds are not in my favor.

Now, if Garry Kasparov were to play my games for me….

See, Jesus took my mess on his shoulders at Calvary and did what I could never do.

Kick Satan in the teeth.  Send sin packing.  Laugh at the grave.

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Snowmen

Snowmen in Canton, NC

I found this just downright hilarious.  Belly-laugh hilarious.  Had to snap this while driving, but it still cracked me up.

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Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures

One thing I HATE about Gmail is the lack of any ability to customize signatures.  Signatures in email have the marvelous capability of just being signatures, or of being templates for email

Enter Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures, a plugin for Chrome and Firefox.

Some stuff just ROCKS. 

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