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Lose 25 pounds of worthless fat…off of your spirit
Just as you need to maintain physical fitness, you need to nourish and exercise your spirit. The Apostle Paul spoke about the need for and the value of training in godliness. My guest, Rev. Michael Vinson, in today’s podcast breaks down the nourishment of your spirit into three easy to apply inputs you need every day. If you are overly busy and thinking, “I can’t even nourish my body properly, let alone my spirit.” then … Read entire article »
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Yesterday, PD reader Jacob F., left a comment that lectio divina, a prayerful practice of reading scriptures is another meaningful method of encountering God’s Word. I wrote a post on lectio divina last August and if you are not familiar with this time-honored practice, I highly recommend you explore it. You can read my prior post by clicking here. For your convenience today I added a downloadable handout about lectio divina on The Practical Disciple … Read entire article »
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Inductive Bible Study Method
In yesterday’s post, I shared a one man’s experience of reading the New Testament and I recommended that you do you own study work first before leaping to commentaries or other references. I realized afterward that is all well and good to encourage you to do this, but it doesn’t do much good if you don’t have any idea how to do that or a method to use. Well, God is good and last night a young man I am mentoring shared with me a very clear well-developed inductive Bible study method. If you are unfamiliar with inductive Bible study, in short, it is a process of systematically making observations to draw general conclusions about a passage. I have used a variety of inductive Bible study methods over the years and find … Read entire article »
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New Lenten disciplines I have encountered
I have two noteworthy Lenten disciplines that I have encountered in the last week. First, a young man in our church has chosen to do a speed read of the New Testament during Lent. He is busting his way through the entire New Testament in 40 days, a rather admirable pursuit. One person asked him what he was getting out of this. He said, he was realizing that some people are just wrong. People quote are defend things as being from the New Testament that are often times quite erroneous. As I heard him says this, it reminded me of what I once told a group of lay people in a preaching class I was leading. Always do your own work first. Read the scriptures for yourself and make as … Read entire article »
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Olympic faith and an olympic father
Every Olympics has its moment. A moment of triumph or tragedy that will stand out and mark that Olympics forever. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the defining moment in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was the tragic race of british runner Derek Redmond. Redmond was almost sure to win the 400m semifinal race. Redmond was in the best condition of his life despite multiple surgeries on his achilles tendon … Read entire article »
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Love Link for one of my preferred devotional sites.
I recently happened across a blog called Mildly Mystical that I very much appreciate. The author, Susan Christerson Brown, has a wonderful writing voice. Her posts for me are almost poetic. The tag line for her blog is “glimpsing the eternal in ordinary time.” The tag is fitting. She helps me glimpse God in the simple things of life. Things like, the quiet of morning or the turn of the seasons. I also like the fact that she always closes her posts with a question that leaves me pondering the spiritual side of life. If you looking for a quiet moment with God her posts are quite good for that. To check out Mildly Mystical just click here. I hope everyone has a blessed … Read entire article »
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