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Chapter One – New Book Flight
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsFlight: Chapter One. Hound of Heaven Prevenient Grace is a building block in my view of salvation. Prevenient grace is the working of grace before you become a Christian. It... -
Poking God in the Eye
Posted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsOne of my favorite parables is the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8. You will recall the widow gets the judge to answer her prayers by persistent insistence... -
Experience A Bad Teacher
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsMany thoughts cross my mind when I muse on the fact that nearly half of all children today are born out of wedlock. And nearly half of all marriages end... -
Reminder
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsI was about to send a letter of major important this morning via email. But I had a stroke of wisdom and remember two things. One, never make a major... -
Dancing With God
Posted on February 24, 2012 | No CommentsJohn of Damascus described the Trinity’s relationship as a perichoresis… a perpetual dance…wiht beauty and fluidity and movement. The Latin Vulgate translates I Cor. 12:26 as “When God dances among... -
Forgiveness Again
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsMark Twain… Forgiveness is the Fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it.“ -
Mercy
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsHebrews 4:16….. confidence…mercy ….approach boldly the throne….. Mercy isn’t: winking at your errors burying or hiding your errors slack expectations…lowering the bar Mercy is: not punishing someone you have the... -
Prayer Thougtht
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsPrayer isn’t magic, its spiritual labor. -
Childlike
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsWhistler was a student at West Point. He was asked with the class to draw a picture of a bridge. Whistler went to work and produced a beautiful stone bridge.... -
Arrival
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsIv’e arrived and to prove it I’m here. Max Bygraves Many people are here without being here. They want to be somewhere else. Enjoy where you are because its where... -
SCAMPER
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe era we are living in is greedy for creativity. Not in a bad way but it is nearly a lust. Boredom and sameness are sometimes (not always) feared as... -
Rough Draft – No very Rough of Book Flight
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsHound of Heaven Prevenient Grace is a building block in my view of salvation. Prevenient grace is the working of grace before you become a Christian. It is impossible for... -
Membership
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsGroucho Marx said… “Please accept my resignation. I don’t want to become a member of any club that would accept me as a member.” Belonging is a hard task for... -
His Love
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsThous hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed, no man knows, I saw from far Thy beauteous light, Inly I sight for Thy repose, My heart is pained,... -
Childish and Crucial
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsPrayer is really unsophisticated. It is childish. Often its superstitious. I once heard a sermon where the pastor taught us how and when to pray to the Holy Spirit, Jesus...
