September 28, 2006

Milou is not Brian McLaren

In a recent post on forgiveness and my little girl’s dog, Milou (pronounced MEE-lou), I mentioned that I was so angry at the little pup.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Good TV

This is good news for our area. John MacArthur is going to be on tv beginning this coming Sunday at 4. Usually when I browse.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 27, 2006

Burlesquing Theology

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September 25, 2006

Anti-Islamic Quote of the Week

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September 23, 2006

Missions Commissioning Service

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September 22, 2006

Unreasonable Secularists and Unreasonable Islamists in Bed Together

I want to urge my friends to understand what took place last week with the recent international/diplomatic flap provoked by the Pope’s speech. I think.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 21, 2006

Irony

How ironic. I dare to post a political thought (something I rarely do) that was less than enthusiastic about our President and my sweet, beloved,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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ADHD Awareness Day (yesterday)

I missed it. But not really. I knew that ADHD Awareness Day was yesterday. I knew it all day. In fact, I planned on writing.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Another Quote of the Week

Dan Burrell speaks my mind! I don’t talk politics often here. I have my own views of politics and government and being the contented misfit.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 20, 2006

A City of Refuge Church

I want to be a city of refuge church. Here the person who has really blown it can find what a person needs most in.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 19, 2006

Does Anybody have a techinical opinion?

This is rather mundane, but I’m sitting here in the coffee shop TRYING to listen to Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B minor through my computer,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 18, 2006

No Duh!! Quote of the Week

***UPDATED at END*** “If we remain furious, then the pope will be considered correct.”~ Hasym Muzadi, head of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, which.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 16, 2006

Meet Chloe Jane.

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a very tender spot in my heart for adoption, adopted children, and adoptive parents. Everything I.... (Click here to read this post.)
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John Piper, American Girl, and Holy Ambition

Several things are good about this little clip. 1. The website. Rebelution. Good thing. 2. A pastor taking time in his message (about seven minutes).... (Click here to read this post.)
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Prosperity Theology

The nation is beginning to wonder about the theological basis of a uniquely American heresy, Prosperity Theology (although it is spreading throughout the world). TIME.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 15, 2006

Perception Management.

Perception is not reality, but it doesn’t mean that perception is not a reality that we must acknowledge and live with. Perception is something that.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 14, 2006

Perception is Reality? I don’t think so.

I can’t decide what to call this: “Reality, Perception, and the Cultivation of Hypocrisy” or “Reality, Perception, and the Culture of Fear” or “The Canonization.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 13, 2006

If you forget you’ve been forgiven, it’s a dog’s life.

We just got a dog. A real live, pooping dog. I can’t believe it. My mind vacillates between humored satisfaction and shock. I can not.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Quote of the Week

Abandoning the church equates to divorcing Christ. This statement may sound inflammatory, but the privatization of faith — the idea that I can be a.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 12, 2006

I can’t believe it! I want to pray!

It was Wednesday night. My family and I were on our way to the midweek prayer meeting at our church. As we were about to.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 11, 2006

Where Were You?

Probably everybody remember where they were on September 11 five years ago. Where were you? If you have time, I think it would be interesting.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 08, 2006

More on Homeschooling

For an interesting (and funny at times) discussion provoked by this blog, go read Chris Anderson’s blog. Pay close attention particularly to the discussion between.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 07, 2006

‘The Myth Called Adolescence’ | Rick Holland

Bixby’s Intro: People actually think that something happens when a human being turns thirTEEN. Just the other day I overhead two fathers complaining about the.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 05, 2006

Bixby Christian School

I confess. It’s a mile marker. Bixby Christian School opened today with the principal struggling to keep his emotions in check. I was very.... (Click here to read this post.)
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