Friday, July 30, 2010

The tree house, again

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Renee posted a nice picture tour of the tree house here . I didn't take many shots of the inside, but she does a good job. If you want ...

Summer!

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Yes, I know, I'm a month late. But, to me, the first tomato is the sign of real summer. All week long we have been picking a tomato, as ...
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That river in Brazil again

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Another interesting take on Amazon surfaced yesterday on Inside Higher Education . Here's a sampling: ...from the chief editor of a Midw...

But, it was so much easier before...

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For most of us, living the Christian life is a as difficult as finding Christ was. Often it's more difficult. Why? Now that we have Chri...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Get over it!

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Until you are willing to take the things of your life, push them on beyond Satan, and lay them at the Father's feet, you won't get p...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

How's your vision?

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I'm not saying there isn't a devil. I don't mean that sickness is not a result of the fall. Both are a reality. And it's not...
Monday, July 26, 2010

It's all a matter of perspective

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The point is that God is our life now. The secret of the Christian life is learning to live out of the life of Another. Because that's t...

Officially done

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OK. I'm declaring the tree house officially done. Joshua (our visiting 5 year-old grandson) spent a good part of yesterday scrambling up...
Friday, July 23, 2010

All that's left is putting up the trim

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I finished painting the tree house last night. The white trim took longer to paint than I thought it would—it always does. What do you think...
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Your life shows it

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In the end, we always live out what we know. We can talk the talk and try to fool each other on Sundays, but when we get up Monday morning, ...

Thought for today

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Some of us here at Eisenbrauns are reading The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker, the management guru. Chapter 2 has a nice little though...

Spiritual warfare, Zambian style

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Matt Harmon, a New Testament professor here at Grace Seminary is teaching for a few weeks this summer in Zambia. Today, he posted about on...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Bicycling

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I haven't said anything about the Tour de France because I stopped following it several years ago. Nevertheless, it is the end of an era...
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We're already there!

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I always liked the word awareness more than the word growth . Because what really happens in each of us? Our awareness simply expands. We b...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Emotions or knowing?

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...each of us as a believer has a spirit knowing that our sins are forgiven. It's not an emotional knowing. It's not simply a fact k...

Right, or rights?

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I subscribe to a lot of RSS feeds and e-mail lists. One of the e-mail lists is for a country store in Ohio called Lehmans. You might have he...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

New weekly sale

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Eisenbrauns has a great new 10 day sale going on right now. Here's the BookNews announcement: BookNews from Eisenbrauns For the next 1...

More activity, that's what we need

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The only answers we get to flesh questions—those that focus on externals—are flesh answers. Those answers all have to do with more activity,...

Musings

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Debbie left on Sunday to take Madelynn back; the house seems empty without them. I talked to her last night after she got to Ryan's (our...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Mental assent

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For years I traveled around the country teaching people about our union with Christ. I would draw a few simple diagrams on the board, trying...
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