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How Do Parents Earn the Trust of Their Children?

2009-03-10T10:20:00.001+02:00

Trust. Without it, everything falls apart, especially in a family setting. When it is assumed, our most important relationships are bound to fail and that leaves us feeling desperate. Children can...

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How Does God View the Less Privileged, Part 2 – He Honors Them With Accountability

2009-02-20T07:28:00.003+02:00

Matthew 8:1-4 NIV When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and (worshipped Him or) knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can...

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How Does God View the Less Privileged, Part 1 – He Sees Them as Capable of Worship

2009-02-12T20:54:00.004+02:00

Matthew 8:1-4 NIV When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and (worshipped Him or) knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you...

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God Speaks To Everyone - Through Jesus

2009-02-05T09:05:00.007+02:00

Jesus...saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax...

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The Importance of Strong Family Bonds

2009-01-25T05:45:00.005+02:00

Life is relational. It is impossible to exist apart from relationships and close ones involve people we see, talk to and hear daily. We work with and depend on these people. The relationship we...

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When the Decency of the Cause Overrides the Indecency of Its Leader

2009-01-14T11:34:00.011+02:00

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is the kind of man that many people love to hate and he thrives on it. He is a bigger than life personality (a nuisance to some) who will not go away or be diminished. Even...

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When Science Acts Like Religion

2009-01-06T12:00:00.008+02:00

Philosophy is an area of study which confuses many but intrigues us all. If you have ever read a philosophy book you know exactly what I mean. The popular definition of philosophy is “the love of...

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Blogging = Saying What You Think

2009-01-05T22:39:00.016+02:00

I first got into blogging because I had something to say. I enjoy spending time in the gaps, those areas where questions linger like elephants in the room. Everyone knows they are there but no one...

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What Is Christian About Democracy?

2008-12-23T08:50:00.019+02:00

Over at the Huffington Post Robbie Gennet has made some interesting remarks about the impossibility of a democracy being Christian. In his words, “There is no such thing as a Christian…Muslim… or...

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Christmas - Occasion To Make Peace

2008-12-10T20:46:00.005+02:00

You can look through the Bible diligently, reading it from cover to cover, but you won’t find anything there about Christmas as we celebrate it today. No gift giving, cheerful decorations, carols,...

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God Speaks To Us - Abraham

2008-12-05T10:25:00.010+02:00

Abraham is usually recognized as the founding leader of the Jewish religion and he definitely was one of the more prominent contributors. The interesting thing is, much of what he did religiously he...

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God Blesses Israel

2008-11-24T16:11:00.009+02:00

The neighborhood in which I grew up was very middle class. We had all types living there from professionals to laborers but everyone got along, at a distance, and it was “safe.” There were no drugs...

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Change Your Life!

2008-11-19T15:41:00.003+02:00

Change is one of the most remarkable qualities of human nature. From the time we are conceived until the time we die “change” is our constant companion. As infants, we grow physically, pick up...

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Voting Beats Violence

2008-10-31T07:18:00.008+02:00

Next Tuesday, 4 November 2008, is election day in the US of A and that is great news! It means that we are still holding free and peaceful elections after more than two hundred years. It is no...

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Coffee Consumption Supports Third World

2008-10-25T07:14:00.012+02:00

I grew up drinking coffee. Been drinking the stuff so long I can't remember when I had my first cup. I didn't start out as a connoisseur and wouldn't say I am one now but I do know a good cup when...

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I Finished...Was Finished

2008-10-22T07:11:00.012+02:00

My first organized effort to raise funds for charity was a great experience! If you have never done anything like this you are missing out. Please let me share the experience with you. Race day came...

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AIDS Treatment No Use To Orphans (Continued from last post)

2008-10-14T09:24:00.006+02:00

There is one very good reason why every person should donate to the Children’s Resiliency Project (CRP). All the work done to solve the AIDS problem has done nothing to solve the orphan problem it...

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Pedaling For The Less Privileged

2008-10-06T07:46:00.009+02:00

On 19 Oct 2008, just a couple of weeks away, I will be riding in a bicycle race but I am riding for more than just the exercise. I need the exercise, to be sure, but it seems a little self-centered...

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Which Religion Is Right?

2008-09-25T09:33:00.006+02:00

Unfortunately, religion is something Christians do wrong, not partly but completely. They can’t even agree on the purpose. Some suggested purposes are: Provide and maintain a moral framework in...

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Feathers To Help You Fly

2008-09-17T17:33:00.001+02:00

This morning we put our second son, Timothy, on the plane to return to the USA. We have done this on many occasions previously but this time it was different. In the past there was always a date on...

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Why Doesn't God Speak To Us...Normally?

2008-09-12T11:09:00.004+02:00

People often complain that God is not visibly present or audibly perceived and they are correct on both counts. He has, however, made extensive efforts to communicate with us, not just on the odd...

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Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

2008-09-04T11:04:00.005+02:00

It’s an age old problem. It happens in every generation. Good people die before their time, sometimes in horrible ways, or are disabled by unfair injuries or are crippled by unexpected financial...

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Pragmatism - No Excuse!

2008-08-27T16:50:00.007+02:00

Jesus worked very closely with His disciples for only a few years. During that time, He said very little about the look of their future ministries and He gave them very little in the way of specific...

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AIM Is Shooting The Gap

2008-08-21T14:13:00.010+02:00

Recently I was introduced to a missions organization that has had an unusual focus for almost twenty years. They disciple believers by encouraging them to work with the poorest of the poor in various...

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Church: Building, People or Team?

2008-08-19T11:15:00.007+02:00

“Church” as defined in the Bible is not a complex organization. The leadership are few (elders and deacons), its purposes are defined very broadly (preach the gospel, disciple believers, minister to...

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