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Video Editing and Other Things Not Explicitly Christian
I've been spending hours upon hours monopolizing the computers at my house to capture, edit and process video of our church's Christmas program a few weeks ago. This is the first draft of the first piece. There are actua… -
Infidelity and Divorce Among the Faithful
Emotional attraction is a mysterious thing to me. It seems that there are so many factors in the attraction equation. In all cases, the question of attraction can be boiled down to one observation, and that is this: that… -
The Magi and the Star
Matthew 2 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star… -
What's the Measure of Your Heart?
"A heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others." The Wizard of Oz (to the Tin Man) Are you lovable? None of us are intrinsically lovable. One might wonder if the Wiz even had it righ… -
Bearing One Another's Burdens
I generally don't like to repeat others' materials. I enjoy a fertile mind and like to share unique observations. I read people who analyze things. Analysis is taking things and breaking them up into mental byte-sized pi… -
Do You Have the Mind of Christ?
I run sound for my Sunday School classroom. We have perhaps 150 on the roll and about 130 show up each Sunday. Someone suggested that we break up into smaller classes of 10-15 people, but we just don't have 10-15 spare c… -
Relative Time and Truth Games
How does Santa Claus deliver all those presents? It's more than just magic, it's science. I like to play truth games with the kids. Paul is a little young to get the game, but Luke and Hope get it; and they participate … -
Magi Infiltration
I've always wondered about the magi. Who were they, really? I've read speculations and seen them on Bible-lite TV programs. The scholarship most likely correct by my estimation is that they were men of Persia tasked with… -
Exhibiting True Joy
Tonight I'm singing in a Catawba Valley Community College Community Choir Christmas presentation in Hickory. (Okay - that's a lot of Cs) This is the first of it's kind. The primary director (there are six), Mike Kirby, c… -
Pember-Rhapsody
rhap·so·dy (r ps-d) KEY NOUN: pl. rhap·so·dies Exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing. A literary work written in an impassioned or exalted sty… -
Merry Christmas From the 1940s
[sings] There's a Christmas party at the home of farmer Grey... This is my wife and I in our 1940s attire this past weekend during our Christmas concert series. -
Dr. Abraham Reveals Subversive Religion
In 2004 Dr. Nathaniel Abraham was fired from the prestigious Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in New England when his belief in divine creation became known. Dr. Abraham is a citizen of India and also nearly had his … -
Black And Reformed
Some of our brothers and sisters who hail from the black American culture hold to a reformed soteriology. This is no small thing for them and Pastor Lance pointed to a discussion at The Council of Reforming Churches that… -
Depression and Spiritual Growth
It's tempting when you are depressed to read something like this: “There is more purchasing power, more music, more education, more books, worldwide instant communication, and more entertainment than ever before,” the… -
The Invalent Matthew 25
I can’t find “invalent” in any of my dictionaries. Apparently, I’m not the first to use the term. Most instances I can find in the vast writings found on the immense trade land of ideas of the internet are a missp… -
Building an Understanding of Baptist Calvinism
I’ve been listening to some of the podcasts of the Building Bridges Conference at Ridgecrest last week. Today, I’ve been working through Malcolm Yarnell’s talk on “Calvinism: A Cause for Rejoicing, A Cause for Concern… -
Has Socialism Been Defeated in Venezuela?
For those who don't know, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had a referendum on the Venezuelan ballots that, if passed, would have allowed him to be president for the rest of his life. This was narrowly defeated in a vot… -
Oh Sew-lo Meo - A Photo For Kim
Ok - so maybe my legs weren't long enough yet. Yes, that's a diaper on my butt.
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