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Inductive Bible Study Method
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! 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 … 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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How do I take a mundane chore and dedicate it to Christ?
Last night I received the following email from PD reader Angie in Missouri and wanted to share my reply with all my readers because she has a great question. Yay – Lent starts tomorrow! I am full of anticipation for Lent! It is an incredible feeling. :) There’s this guy I know who’s been talking it up for practically all of 2010! It’s got me all excited. :) Anyway, I need a little help with what I want to do for Lent. I want to do something along the lines of your 40 days of 40 bags of clutter. I want to spend 40 days working on getting the basement organized. That space just upsets me b/c it is so chaotic and things are in boxes and just no organization what-so-ever. I can’t … Read entire article »
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P’s in the Pod–Faith Interview with Allyson Lewis
Here are the P’s in the Pod (principles in the podcast) from my interview with Allyson Lewis a week ago. This is just a brief summary of the principles that Allyson shared with us. These are only the highlights. I would encourage you to listen to the interview, if you haven’t already. To me one of the best parts of the interview was an inspiring story about a friend who went skydiving on her 50th birthday. I can’t do it justice here, so when you get a chance listen. PRINCIPLE #1: Change happens in an instant Allyson realized this when a good friend was diagnosed with cancer. One phone call and this woman’s life was changed instantly. In that though Allyson was called to change as … Read entire article »
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