Posted by genepensiero on June 28th, 2008 in bibling, blogging, internettings, know what you believe
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today was my day to post as part of this event:
one side-effect of being a part of the 40 Day Fast is that a number of new people will suddenly be exposed to this blog.
for those that might return once or twice, i thought i might briefly explain the site title.
firstly, i like when blogs [...]
Posted by genepensiero on June 27th, 2008 in blogging, dollars and cents, internettings, know what you believe, ministry, missions, prayer
and behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, ‘Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’
[ Matthew 8:1-2 ]
india.
it’s considered by many as a bustling, developing economic power. it has industry and science, even bollywood.
but, underneath the [...]
Posted by genepensiero on June 27th, 2008 in bibling, check it out, know what you believe, podcast
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i filled in on wednesday night for our main Bible study. we took a look at Matthew 14:13-14.
here’s the transcript and audio, should you choose to peruse.
transcript

God, Interrupted [33:50m]:
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Posted by genepensiero on June 23rd, 2008 in blogging, in general, know what you believe, ministry, missions
if you spend time going from christian blog to christian blog you eventually hear about blogging events or theme participation or other cooperative sorts of posting that people do together (wow, what a coherent sentence that was…).
last year in my e-travels i came across something called the 40 day fast. i didn’t pay a [...]
Posted by genepensiero on June 10th, 2008 in know what you believe, politique, something to read, that makes me sad
have you felt it yet?
if you work at a church in this state, i’m guessing you have. emails, calls, mailers, volunteers and others, all pressuring the evangelical community to get out and vote against the gay-marriage amendment to California’s constitution.
and, it’s only the beginning.
just this week we were visited, and then called the next day, [...]
Posted by genepensiero on June 9th, 2008 in bibling, know what you believe
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after these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself.
[ 2 Chronicles 32:1 ]
no matter what, until the moment we are united with Christ in eternity, our enemies will never surrender. they will never stop coming against us. a [...]
Posted by genepensiero on June 5th, 2008 in bibling, know what you believe, podcast
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my segment last night was With The Word, where we take a look at the passage in the reading schedule. low and behold it lined up with 2 Chronicles 21, which i posted about earlier in the week.
adapted and expanded my thoughts from my post. not my strongest showing, but shown none the less.
here’s the [...]
Posted by genepensiero on May 15th, 2008 in know what you believe, something to read, that makes me sad
i might be over-estimating a little bit, but my guess is that a lot of Christians in america frequent starbucks more often per week then they do church services. nothing wrong with that, just the context in which we begin.
just about everybody knows that starbucks, in an effort to give us ‘better coffee’, is instituting [...]
Posted by genepensiero on May 6th, 2008 in bibling, know what you believe, podcast
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…we had our first Act Like A Man conference at church. i’m updating the webpage with this year’s mp3s and i realized i never posted my session from last year on my studies page. so, here it is for you, and on the studies page it will remain.

Act Like A Man On The Internet:
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Posted by genepensiero on April 20th, 2008 in in general, know what you believe, that makes me sad
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now, part 2.
a few days ago we talked about a trend in christian music.
while it is undeniable some people are upset with the Church in america, i find that in every area of this country there really are churches that are busily showing God’s love to their communities.
not only that, but i find that in [...]