A Fable


from this wednesday’s study on the olivet discourse.
3 devils were coming to the earth to finish their apprenticeship. they presented to Satan their plans to tempt and ruin men.
the first said, “i will tell men that there is no God.”
Satan said, “that will not delude many, for they know there is a God.”
the second said, [...]

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The Pressure’s On

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, [...]

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With The Word - John 4


on wednesday night my segment was a little devo on the NT passage for thursday’s reading schedule (confused yet?).
here’s the text.
:: John 4:46-54 ::
If you’re on track with our through-the-Bible-in-one-year reading schedule then tomorrow your New Testament passage will be John 4:31-54.
If you have your Bibles follow along as I read the second half of [...]

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A Question

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 [...]

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Oh Really?


don’t mind if you do Toyota…don’t mind if you do.

looks like a new prius is coming.
now all they need to do is drop the price by about $10,000.

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With The Word - 2 Samuel 2.1-6


last night i did a segment called With The Word where we look at a passage in our through-the-Bible-in-one-year schedule and make some comments about it.
if you’d rather have a pdf, have it here.
enjoy.
[ insert clever title here ]
:: 2 Samuel 2:1-6 ::
If you’re on track with our through-the-Bible-in-one-year schedule then tomorrow you will read [...]

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A Dangerous Counterfeit


pastor greg laurie has an article on world net daily today.
here’s an excerpt:
The church has always had its minor disagreements. But this isn’t about music, style of worship, the order of prophetic events, or even the never-ending debate concerning the sovereignty of God and freewill of man.
This is serious. This is life and death.
read the [...]

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Jesus Comes To Church

i’m starting back up with our periodic worship newsletters.
here’s april of 2008’s installment.
remember: Jesus comes to church…
enjoy

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Wednesday Morning Prayer


the majority of readers here are Christians, which is good.
Christians have lots of varying opinions on things, which is natural, but difficult.
whether you support our president or not, today he needs prayer.

oliver stone’s movie ‘W’ starts filming this month
‘bush killed’ in palestinian kids tv show
i think it’s safe to say that most of us don’t [...]

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Writing A Worship Song


i, like many amateur song-writers, sometimes struggle with song lyrics, song themes and song titles.
finally, someone has passed on some of the secrets of songwriting to me:
10 Rules on How to Write Mediocre Worship Songs
1. Start with a melody that sounds like another melody. Especially effective if modeled on another mediocre melody. Make sure you [...]

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