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Good Shepherd
Odd Does Not Equal Obnoxious
October 17, 2008 0

Unfortunately, way too many of Jesus’ followers thing being odd is synoymous with being obnoxious. Or worse: This Sunday we’ll see just how far that is from authentic, oddball, holiness. Because odd does not equal obnoxious. It’s so much more. 8:30. 10:00. 11:30.

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Persecuted Church
Another Crisis
October 16, 2008 0

Wall Street’s Financial Crisis is not the only one in the world. The last six weeks have seen a wave of anti-Christian violence in the Indian state of Orissa. Here’s a hint of what’s been happening, courtesy of www.barnabasfund.org.: Hindu extremist violence against the Christian community in Orissa State, India, which started on 24 August Read the full article…

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Personal
Still A Vice President’s Husband
October 15, 2008 2

I have posted before on Julie’s job in sales management with Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a San Antonio-based medical device firm. She’s at it again. Not too long ago she received yet another promotion, this one from Regional Vice President of Sales to Divsion Vice President of Sales. She is responsible for an enormous sales team Read the full article…

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Preaching
Forgetting What I Remember
October 14, 2008 0

I have posted before on the process of preaching without notes. While I wouldn’t do it any other way, it does have its pitfalls. This past Sunday, for example, I knew that I was forgetting something late in the sermon. Because I remember things based on where they are on a page, I could see Read the full article…

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Uncategorized
“I Can’t Believe I’m Gonna Say This!”
October 13, 2008 1

I like sermons in which I have some things I’m a little bit scared to say. And when I’m giving that sermon in which I have some things I’m a bit scared to say and I am approaching the time in the sermon when it’s time to say them, inside I’m like “I can’t believe Read the full article…

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