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Blue Letter???

I have no idea why they call it “Blue Letter Bible“.  But they do. I use www.youversion.com a lot, or Bible Gateway, but this looks intriguing.  Not quite as well done as youVersion, but still good stuff.  Check it out.  I REALLY like paper and ink books in the world of Bible study.  I’m not sure [...]

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Church Wit Da Kidz

This will sound like a pompous “I’m more spiritual than you” post. I’m not.  I promise.  I’m just a guy desperately trying to be like Christ.  Desperately.  Usually, I fail.  Terribly.  Yesterday, however, was a bit of a high point for me.  Due to the first snowstorm of Twenty-Ten, Crossroads canceled all services, so the Shufords [...]

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Jonathan Edwards

I’m clearly getting old.  Apparently really old, because the young and hip preachers in the world continue to mean less and less to me.  No offense to young and hip preachers, but maybe they should abandon the “hip” part.  I’ve found much interesting reading at www.biblebb.com.  There are many sermons there by Jonathan Edwards, many [...]

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Student of the Bible

“I’m a student of the Bible.” What a frighteningly presumptuous claim to make. How many of us can live up to it?  In a day when all the cool churches are mocking people who study the Scriptures, when “going deeper” is referred to as being a jackass, how many of us are even willing to try? I wonder [...]

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Boring and Entertaining

Church shouldn’t be boring.  However, it’s difficult to avoid boredom for 6 year olds.  Neither should church be entertaining.  There are more than two choices. Church should be church.  If we leave saying, “That was AWESOME!”, I wonder what God thinks.  Shouldn’t we leave church with a clear impression of the majesty and love of [...]

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