Tag: Bible reading
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ADVICE ON READING THE BIBLE
Reading the Bible is fun! Anyone who doesn’t get that has never really read it, or read it correctly. Bible abuse and neglect is a sad state of affairs which afflicts far too many people. Here are six concepts that will help increase your pleasure and joy in reading the Bible. 1. It’s a story,…
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ADVICE ON THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
So I pick up with my “advice” themed blog posts. I’ve got about four or five more in mind before I move on completely. What exactly do we call what I am about to give advice on? Years ago people in my faith tradition would have called it ‘holiness,’ but that whole concept I think…
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GREENBEAN CHALLENGE
Since most people were AWOL on New Year’s Day worship services, I saved my New Year’s challenge sermon for yesterday. Honestly, it was less a sermon and more a dare. What I did was to adapt some material I learned in one of my pastor clusters from back in December and used it to help…
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CHANGING DEVOTIONS
One of the realities of living is that we age. I am noticing as I get older that I am changing: My likes, dislikes, and needs. Sometimes this is unsettling and results in denial. One major change is that when I am in my car, I tend to listen to the “oldies” station more than…