tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15516446042955177732011-01-15T21:06:55.067-05:00Answers to questions about faith from a non-intellectual.James Holdernoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125SavedFromMediocrityhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-28457176687209796132009-12-16T10:16:00.000-05:002009-12-16T10:16:13.652-05:002009-12-16T10:16:13.652-05:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested.&nbsp; If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/ZPY9CJQ7YLQ" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com2http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/12/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-46866672920286398802009-12-03T17:12:00.001-05:002009-12-03T17:12:56.632-05:002009-12-03T17:12:56.632-05:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested.&nbsp; If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/7iBGOMx1YsI" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/12/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-61684840502058528092009-11-05T15:07:00.000-05:002009-11-05T15:07:30.150-05:002009-11-05T15:07:30.150-05:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested.&nbsp; If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/-_0Qupz-vnE" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/11/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-77279786865538918892009-10-28T08:12:00.000-04:002009-10-28T08:12:59.536-04:002009-10-28T08:12:59.536-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested.&nbsp; If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/5-2a1cb2aJs" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/10/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_28.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-39555881133961129352009-10-20T09:05:00.000-04:002009-10-20T09:05:56.187-04:002009-10-20T09:05:56.187-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/WxPBnuCTeo0" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/10/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_20.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-67871359759581841732009-10-14T12:56:00.000-04:002009-10-14T12:56:42.786-04:002009-10-14T12:56:42.786-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/SfiSRZVxl1M" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/10/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-90360368823422800052009-10-05T22:57:00.001-04:002009-10-05T22:59:01.954-04:002009-10-05T22:59:01.954-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/sg2VwOPEvpg" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/10/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-29282309309165819692009-09-29T11:06:00.001-04:002009-10-05T22:40:01.632-04:002009-10-05T22:40:01.632-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/wC0frFQ1CR8" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/09/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-71969296137967560142009-09-24T07:58:00.004-04:002009-09-24T08:11:41.143-04:002009-09-24T08:11:41.143-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/DP-CrnMJdns" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com1http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/09/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-74918406820803825582009-09-14T20:49:00.003-04:002009-09-14T20:58:44.164-04:002009-09-14T20:58:44.164-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/83kOl1NGnbM" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/09/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-85441410949600697822009-09-09T14:18:00.004-04:002009-09-09T14:29:16.111-04:002009-09-09T14:29:16.111-04:00Below is an excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/GmhRqz15UkY" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/09/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_09.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-59018714600974910712009-09-02T07:59:00.003-04:002009-09-02T08:13:28.938-04:002009-09-02T08:13:28.938-04:00Below is the 3rd excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/vR9TMzLFLEo" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/09/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-3349375351192446172009-08-25T13:39:00.004-04:002009-08-25T13:50:40.015-04:002009-08-25T13:50:40.015-04:00Below is the 2nd excerpt from my book Saved From Mediocrity... over the next few months I will continue posting chapters for anyone who is interested. If you would like a copy for yourself you can...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/g74rYj-H8DQ" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/08/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity_25.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-24459647449038779652009-08-18T07:53:00.003-04:002009-08-18T08:20:04.007-04:002009-08-18T08:20:04.007-04:00Over the next few months I will be posting chapters of my book Saved From Mediocrity. If you would like a copy for yourself you can purchase it by clicking on the links below... but it will be fully...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/o__51O8owj0" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/08/excerpt-from-saved-from-mediocrity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-76976134711076928592009-07-10T21:26:00.000-04:002009-07-10T21:28:29.425-04:002009-07-10T21:28:29.425-04:00Over the last couple months or so from a couple different internet sources, I’ve seen the question “Why do you believe in God?” My interest was piqued so I spent time reading responses from a...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/_kltsizF6Ho" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-do-you-believe-in-god.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-23018714818974189072008-03-04T10:30:00.003-05:002008-07-28T11:24:35.183-04:002008-07-28T11:24:35.183-04:00It’s the American dream…life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We are all pursuing happiness, we all want liberty, we all want a good life…how we get those things is the question. Religion has...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/5ilamUJO4ig" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com3http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/03/pursuit-of-happiness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-52599959733430016222008-02-04T12:10:00.000-05:002008-02-04T12:14:59.959-05:002008-02-04T12:14:59.959-05:00Have you ever just sat and contemplated the design of an eye? The intricacy and complexity of the human eye is amazing. I mean to be able to transform light into brain waves, send those waves to...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/Mb-yzTiqZKE" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com1http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/02/god-given-gifts-do-i-have-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-38122539228613279902008-01-29T14:24:00.000-05:002008-01-29T20:09:42.140-05:002008-01-29T20:09:42.140-05:00We live in an egocentric society. “What’s in it for me? How will what you are doing affect my life? How does that help me?” We’ve gotten this way because of a convoluted belief that has permeated...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/Q01ibkPfsLI" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com2http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-self-indulgence-is-destroying.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-34624316762919885482008-01-19T21:05:00.001-05:002008-05-02T10:54:11.313-04:002008-05-02T10:54:11.313-04:00One of the things that has brought me to a logical belief in God and the inerrancy of Scripture is fulfilled prophecy. There are some things that are inexplicable if not for the existence of an ever...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/7ME1Lev8p_k" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/are-we-living-in-end-times-non.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-73644944792833742582008-01-19T10:17:00.001-05:002008-12-12T17:49:28.890-05:002008-12-12T17:49:28.890-05:00Proverbs 29:21 He who PAMPERS his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end. Notice here it doesn’t say - he who HUGGIES his servant from childhood…from here on out it’s Pampers...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/Ifa8Vgu8fvA" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-those-of-you-with-children.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-62532718801783111552008-01-14T19:56:00.000-05:002008-01-14T19:58:52.867-05:002008-01-14T19:58:52.867-05:00We’ve all wondered, many have even decided to forgo a commitment to Christ because they haven’t gotten an acceptable answer to a tricky question. Why do bad things happen to good people? If God...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/TgpQ9c_0Tm8" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-do-bad-things-happen-to-good-people.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-54079647452140800822008-01-14T12:52:00.000-05:002008-01-14T21:03:52.039-05:002008-01-14T21:03:52.039-05:00I was talking to a friend a couple weeks ago about Christianity as a whole and though he grew up in a Christian family, he is currently disappointed in Christianity and has decided that “churches”...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/GU7TdaY8YRw" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com2http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/tithing-come-on-are-you-kidding-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-6549506510069077242008-01-13T13:09:00.000-05:002008-01-14T14:54:51.198-05:002008-01-14T14:54:51.198-05:00Confusion is paralyzing. We want to do the right thing, but don’t always know what the right thing is…so in many cases we don’t do anything. The Bible is full of people who heard from God and...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/jcjoV2tZwj0" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-dont-i-hear-from-god.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-64130699923653016952008-01-11T21:45:00.002-05:002009-07-10T21:29:31.769-04:002009-07-10T21:29:31.769-04:00How do I get "saved"? Do I smell worship? What would Jesus do? Leave me alone I was born this way! Cultural relevancy? Cultural schmelimancy. It's a wonderful life...but don't tell anyone! Did God...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/ILYBR77yoOw" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.comhttp://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/previously-posted-questions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551644604295517773.post-5950126251440965222008-01-11T17:48:00.000-05:002008-01-19T10:41:06.975-05:002008-01-19T10:41:06.975-05:00When God declares destruction on you, you better listen. In Isaiah 5 we can find a list of 6 “woe’s” that sound like they were ripped out of the society pages of the New York Times. We are nearing...<br/> <br/> Visit Saved From Mediocrity to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SavedFromMediocrity/~4/OlU69hicYl8" height="1" width="1"/>James Holdernoreply@blogger.com0http://savedfrommediocrity.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-betta-check-yoself-before-you-wreck.html