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Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted!  Life can get incredibly busy.  I have been reading about David a lot lately.  I must confess that David is one of my heroes of the Bible and the story of his assent to the throne of Israel is one of my favourites.  David had to walk through an incredible journey to become king.  He had to overcome incredible obstacles and endure some

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By Amy Bell We've all been there. Shopping in a busy place on Saturday. Questioning how badly we really need the items in our cart. And over the hum of the busy shoppers, you hear it. The familiar wail of a child not happy to have been forced to go shopping in the first place. I have to admit, my first thought is usually, "Wow - glad that wail doesn't belong to me..", followed closely by, ".

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I was reading my Bible recently in the book of Exodus and I was very amazed at something.  I have often thought that, even though at times in my life I have been ungrateful, that if God did something huge... I mean really really big, that it would stick.  That then I would remember his faithfulness and be grateful without thinking about it or having to remind myself what He has done.  You

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What is faith? Many atheists would tell you that is something that religious people use as an excuse to believe in something that can not be explained. I greatly disagree with this. I have been wrestling a little with the concept of faith lately. I was laid off from my job several weeks ago and my wife and I both feel that God is asking us to take a season and live by faith. I don't think

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"The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.  This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see. This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Please, Lord, please save us. Please, Lord, please give us success. Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, shining upon us. Take

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We have all heard the acronym WWJD, What Would Jesus Do?  I think it is a bit flawed.  I don't believe that Jesus wants us to merely copy his actions.  He does not want to emulate love or emulate goodness or kindness or compassion.  It has been said that when we go to do something stop and think... What would Jesus do?  The reality is that when it comes down to brass tacks, what would Jesus

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Ok, it is time for the first non-religious post on this blog.  I saw this today and thought it was great and needed to be posted, hope that you enjoy! (AP News Release) North Pole, Arctic Circle - There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions,

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I am a big fan of the Olympics and a big fan of Hockey, so needless to say I was elated to watch the Canadian Woman's Hockey team shut out the U.S.A. for the gold medal last night (sorry to any Americans that may happen upon this). I will be even happier if the men can win gold on Sunday (provided that they push past Slovakia today).  I love watching the "Big game".  I love the intensity and

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I love my wife! Always a safe way to start a blog, but it is the truth. I love her. Let me tell you why I love her. I love her because, for some unexplainable reason, she loves me. Despite all my flaws (and there are many), despite all my imperfections (and there are lots), she loves me. She loves me, even though over the 10 years we have been married I have gained pounds and lost hair.

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This past weekend, while on a short vacation, my wife and I were in a small Dutch deli.   While there we purchased some gouda and I realized as I was eating a slice of it that this is what my childhood tasted like.  By that I mean that growing up with two Dutch parents, I ate a lot of gouda growing up, and it is one of the flavours that I most closely associate with my childhood.   It is a

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By Ben Gumienney  I like people watching. Sometimes I feel like I could sit in a crowded place for hours doing just that. I like to imagine what people’s stories might be and what their relationship is to each other. I don’t know about you, but I think I tend to compartmentalize people in categories. It’s probably a way of keeping everything manageable – having a handle on the world around you

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"Count it all joy when you encounter various trials"...or at least that what the Apostle Paul said.  It almost makes you wonder, did he actually ever encounter a trial?  I mean does that not sound like a bizarrely odd statement?  Except that I know about Paul's life and that he did encounter trials, many many trials.  I was contemplating this the other day, I mean I have read this verse

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I was driving to work this morning and I was listening to this song called “Slow Fade” from Casting Crowns (see video at the bottom of this post), and I was a little overwhelmed. I began thinking of the different areas in my life I have allowed compromise and what effects these things may have had on my kids. I was really overwhelmed (which I know I mentioned already) by the responsibility that I

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Why would a loving God send good people to hell? To find an answer for this question, we must recognize that there are some misconceptions that people have when the view this question. The first of these misconceptions is that the concept of a loving God is incompatible with the concept of hell. This is not the case. The question that is really being asked in this instance is this; would a

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How can you prove that God exists? What logic is there to support such a position? One of the best possible arguements to support that it can be logically proven that God does exist comes from Dr. Norman Geisler, so I won't try to use my own puny arguement, I will simply outline his.  His arguement, as outlined here, is only a summary of the key points, and does not included in-depth detail.  For

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Liberal Tolerance... This is actually an oxymoron.  The reality is there is not a much more intolerant view on things than this one.  What is Liberal Tolerance? Let's start here.  Liberal tolerance is a viewpoint which argues that it is intolerant and inconsistent with the principle of a of a free and open society for Christians or anybody else to claim that their moral and religious

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Very recently an article has been circulated specifically denouncing the celebration of Christmas as unbiblical, pagan and even insinuating that it is sinful for Christians to celebrate or propagate the celebration of Christmas. Is this true? Are we in fact violating something or being pagan in our attempts to celebrate Christmas? I think this is a dangerous belief that many well meaning

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Why do bad things happen to good people? I know that there are lots of people who do not believe in God, creationism or the bible. This of course is your right. You and I and everyone else is free to believe whatever we want. I, however, do believe in God. Some would say that this presents a problem when we look at the evil in the world. After all, why would a good God allow such a devastating

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