A couple of links

I am not feeling well this week (and therefore not writing much), but here are a couple of links…
Joshua Harris clarifies his ideas on dating and courtship.
Here is a link to some political satire that might have a deeper message.

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If I were the only person on earth?

“I have often heard it said, ‘If I had been the only person on the earth, Jesus would still have died for me.’ Although our Lord could have given his life for just one person, it most certainly would not have been because that person was so valuable, but because God was so gracious. Such [...]

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For my wife’s birthday on Thanksgiving, 2007

On a day I count blessings
I count you,
a physical grace,
of unmerited favor to me.
You picture love’s definition
patient, kind, not jealous,
never boasting, appropriate always,
self giving, not provoked,
not keeping records of my wrongs,
bearing all, believing all,
hoping all, enduring all.
Today Thanksgiving Day
I give thanks to God for you
this date of your birth.
The beauty of you in every way
growing [...]

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Fifteenth Lesson of With Christ in the School of Prayer

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”
(Matthew 18:19-20 NASB)
Andrew Murray identified three marks [...]

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Some links of note…

…Tim Challies suggests books for Christmas gifts.
…My favorite Christian writer, Randy Alcorn, has a blog.
…some interesting thoughts on what it means to be community as a church.
…and Christianity as both inclusive and exclusive.
…and by the same writer a piece on on why some of us don’t take criticism very well.
…a workplace related post on when [...]

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Fourteenth Lesson of With Christ in the School of Prayer

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.
(Mark 11:25 NASB)
This is a very interesting lesson in Andrew Murray’s book. My brief post will not do justice to its content.
Murray wrote regarding the verse above, ” We have [...]

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An old cliche revived: How ’bout them Dawgs?!

I haven’t said a lot about college football in several weeks because I have had very little time and would rather write on things of greater eternal significance. Still, it has been fun to hear of the revival of excitement for the Georgia Bulldogs. It has also been interesting to read the complaints [...]

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