Entries from August 2006

Happy birthday to me! (or 27 things I’ve learned in 27 years)

August 13th, 2006 · 9 Comments

1. Have a plan for nose hairs.
2. Learn to get along with your parents. Understand them. But you don’t have to live with them.
3. I’m not married yet because I haven’t really pursued girls. All the girls I dated in high school went after me. I mistakenly thought that would carry [...]

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Jesus struggled to obey God?

August 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Matthew 26:36-39
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed [...]

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Where’s the emphasis, doctrines or Jesus?

August 8th, 2006 · 6 Comments

I’m proud to call myself a Christian Seventh-day Adventist.
I love my denomination. However, I’m a Christian foremost, so I hope to make a difference in the Adventist church. No denomination is perfect. Every denomination can improve and become more Christlike.
With that in mind, Trailady points us to a dangerous tendency many Adventists seem [...]

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Evangelism is a process, not a one-time event

August 6th, 2006 · 4 Comments

Suzanne points us to her Boundless article on evangelism. She writes about an evangelist named Eric. A couple excerpts:
“Very few of us reap,” Eric says. “A lot of us sow. If we’re satisfied with that, it opens up a lot more peace, patience and power because we’re entrusting the person to [...]

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Ten pics from Siedra’s birthday party

August 6th, 2006 · 6 Comments


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