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I started teaching Francis Chan’s Forgotten God last week in the adult Sunday School class at church. Forgotten God is a study in the Holy Spirit; a lot of churches spend a lot of time on God the Father and God the Son but not so much on God the Holy Spirit. Chan’s seven-part series…
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I’m pissed off today. Something at work has me riled up. It’s actually not that big a deal, but enough to set me off. When I get like this all the other little things piss me off, too, like not having No. 10 envelopes and stamps when I need them even though I just got…
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I saw this great bumper sticker today. It said, “I pray God gives you double what you wish for me.” Isn’t that awesome? Think about that for a second….it’s such a double-edged sword! Usually when I’m driving behind someone most my thoughts are not very godly. In fact I’m usually annoyed, especially by a guy…
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I’m a very opinionate person. My father told me when I was 13 years old that my mouth would cause me all sorts of trouble in life. Well, he was half right. I do get in some trouble with the things I say – I tend to be rather blunt. But I’ve also used my…
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I wake up a lot at night and when I do I usually put myself back to sleep by praying for people. It’s kind of like counting sheep and I can fall back to sleep after getting through about five people. Given that I wake up at least three times a night, 15 people get…
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We watched the last in a five-part series by Craig Groeschel called Soul Detox today in our Sunday morning adult Bible study. I’ve been writing about these classes for the past couple week, because I think Craig has great insight to the struggle we have as Christians living in a toxic world. Today Craig focused…
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I bought this new book called Teach Us to Pray – 365 Prayers from the Bible by Timothy J. Beals. The premise is praying the scriptures. If you’ve not heard that term before I’m excited to share the concept. I found praying the scriptures is one of the most powerful ways I connect with God.…
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We’re finishing the last couple videos from Craig Groeschel’s Soul Detox in our Sunday morning adult Bible study. Today we were learning about septic thoughts. This is an area I spend considerable time talking to people about, because how you think is how you act. Craig started by explaining there are four types of septic…
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In my work, I read a lot of newspapers and online news sources. I read the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, Fox News, CNN, The Oregonian, The Statesman Journal, and more…not counting all the sports news pages I visit! Here are some…
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I spoke today at the 33rd Annual City View Memorial Day Service in Salem, OR. Below is my speech. My Uncle Bob was a gunner on a B-17 during WWII. On his ninth mission his plane was shot down over the North Sea. As he parachuted toward the water, German gunners on a sub fired…
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