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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Songs I Shouldn’t Like . . . But I Do
July 17, 2012 2

Every once in awhile, you come across a song that’s a guilty pleasure. You secretly love it but you know that if word got out, there would be no end to the ridicule. Well, the word’s getting out today.  Make fun of me if you must, but please respect my honesty. Here they are:  five Read the full article…

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The History Of Rock & Roll In 100 Riffs
July 16, 2012 1

If you speak the language of rock guitar, you’ll love this video from the Chicago Music Exchange.  Two million hits and counting: I’m amazed — and a little embarrassed — that I know so few of the riffs after #70.

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Upgrade, Week Four — The Access Upgrade
July 13, 2012 0

God is so good. He takes series that I’m not sure about and does much more than I expect. That’s been the case with Upgrade. Face it:  Hebrews is a difficult book. So the messages have been complex and challenging both to deliver and to digest. And yet people have responded.  It’s good to know Read the full article…

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The Purpose Of A Sermon Manuscript
July 12, 2012 0

As a lot of you know, I write a sermon manuscript virtually every week. I am able to work several weeks ahead, so while I write one almost every week, it’s not the one I’ll deliver that coming Sunday.  That one, of course, has been written several weeks earlier. But what’s the purpose of a Read the full article…

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Ann Patchett And The Art Of Sermonizing
July 11, 2012 0

If you’ve been following this blog at all, you know that I’m an enormous fan of the fiction of Ann Patchett.  State Of Wonder and Bel Canto are two of the most beautiful and most engaging novels I’ve read in years. In The Getaway Car, a little e-reader memoir where she gives readers a window Read the full article…

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