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Four days later and my sabbatical is coming to an end. As I prepare to head back home to a full schedule I’m reflecting this morning on what God has shown me these past days. Yesterday I blogged on taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. I went through each word and its…
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Another morning on sabbatical and more revelations from God. I shared earlier the epiphany about how Negative Self Talk (NST) actually is inner child abuse. But NST isn’t my only problem. I also have other troubling thoughts that stem from my background of child abuse and being victimized (you don’t need the gory details…). This…
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I’m sitting here in a hotel room at the Oregon Coast watching the waves cover a rocky patch on the beach. Nice to get away – no noise but the waves coming in and out and the thoughts in my head. I’m supposed to take a sabbatical away from my ministry a couple times a…
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It was the Friday of 9/11 week. As America was reeling from the terrorist attacks, I was in Monterey, CA waiting for a phone call. My wife and I were supposed to be in France and Edenborough, Scotland on vacation visiting WWII historical spots. But we were to leave on September 12 so that vacation…
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As some of you know, I was out of the church for 25 years before coming back. Having grown up in 12 different homes one of the things I saw was a lot of different Christian denominations. One home was Assembly of God. Another was Catholic. Another was Baptist. I attended a Four-Square youth group…
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Hey everyone! So, I’ve been trying to write this blog for several weeks and just couldn’t come up with the right tone. First drafts were ranting. Second drafts were preachy. Third drafts were whiny. Fourth drafts were dull. Perhaps this will be the one that works! I’m going to talk about equivocation. That’s a great…
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I’m a Jew Well, I’m 25 percent Ashkenazi Jew from my father’s side. My grandfather’s name was Israel and my great-grandfather’s name was Moses. Their last name was Goldman. My parents changed our sir-name to Mann about 1950 due to all the antisemitism in America at the time. As I understand the story, my very…
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Social media is the craziest place! I recently posted a quote by a guy named George Woodruff that said, “The test of Christianity is not loving Jesus, it’s loving Judas.” Then came the pushback! I was thinking about quoting the stuff others posted basically saying that statement is wrong but the Holy Spirit just stopped…
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I’m fascinated by human nature. I love to know what makes people tick. Instead of looking at the “what” about people, I seek to find the “why” about them. Why do people do what they do? You see, what people do is just a symptom that has some causation which is the why. One of…
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Okay, I know I’m going to fire up some of my readers with this one but God has put it on my mind for the past few days so here goes! Recently, I’ve run across a few people who have decided to leave Christianity. There are a variety of specific reason that include: Now let…
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