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Category Archives: Personal
I Think I’m Finished Now
Regular followers to this blog know full well that I haven’t been consistently posting for some time now. My reason is simple: I’ve come to believe that God is putting a period to this particular sentence of my life. It’s … Continue reading
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Who Is Bombing Our Nest?
When I was young, let’s say ten years old or so, I spent a lot of summer days with my cousins, the Bennetts. Since both my parents worked, I didn’t have anyone to chaperone me when there was no school, … Continue reading
Seven Lessons We Need to Learn from Hurricanes
Well, here it is one day before Halloween and the ground is white with snow at my house. We can thank Hurricane Sandy for this freakish October weather. Even though the storm came ashore in southern New Jersey, its effects … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Character, Comfort, Creation, Current Events, Doing Good, Encouragement, God's Omnipotence, God's Omniscience, God's Work, Human Life, Ministry, Perseverance, Personal, Priorities, Trials, Trusting In God, Weather
Tagged does God create hurricanes?, God's purposes in natural disasters, Hurricane Sandy, hurricane season of 2004, Jerry Shaw, lessons to be learned from hurricanes, the good that comes from tragedies, where is God in the storm?
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Jesus & Nazareth
But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” (Mark 6:4, N.K.J.V.) With the exception of the times when I was attending Appalachian State … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Miracles, Doing Good, Evangelism, Family, Friendship, God's Work, Individuality, Influence, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors, Personal, Preaching, Service, Witnessing
Tagged a prophet is not without honor, Elijah and the widow of Zarephath, Elisha curing Naaman's leprosy, Jesus preaching in Nazareth, ministering to your family, ministering to your friends, ministering to your neighbors
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Turning the Other Cheek
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Character, Choices, Discipleship, Doing Good, Extending Forgiveness, Influence, Persecution, Personal, Revenge, Sports, The Sermon On The Mount
Tagged an eye for an eye, football team with no locker room, high school football, Matthew 5:38-39, Matthew 5:43-44, turn the other cheek
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Hacked Computers, Armageddon, & Horses
Every so often we hear about some lethal computer virus that has been created, a virus that has the potential to render any computer that it gets into useless. Such reports always make me ask, “Who are these teams of … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Second Coming, Current Events, Personal, Prophecy
Tagged electromagnetic pulse weaponry, hacked computers, horses at the battle of Armageddon, Revelation's kings from the east, solar flares destruction, the first half of the tribulation period, the horses of Revelation 9:17-19, the last half of the tribulation period
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