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The Way of Holiness – the Straight Path

Posted in Bible, Knowing God, Qur'an on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Everyday Muslims pray that Allah would guide them on the straight path. Verse 6 of the opening Surah of the Qur’an says: “Guide us to the straight path” This is a good prayer. I was thinking about it today when I read Isaiah 35: 8 And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the [...]

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The Grace of God in Adoption

Posted in God's Love, Knowing God, Life on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Adoption is certainly not a contentious issue, yet it is viewed very differently within Islam and Christianity. The rightness and beauty of adoption is so obvious to me, not only because it is clearly a biblical concept, but because it so wonderfully demonstrates the love of God for his people. I am amazed to think [...]

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The Prophet Noah

Posted in Bible, God, Knowing God, Prayer on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Because we named our new son after the prophet Noah, I have spent some time reading the story of Noah and thinking about ways I can be praying for our son from the things I see in his life. As I have read the prophet Noah’s story (in the Bible it is found in Genesis [...]

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Don’t Waste Your Life Sentence

Posted in Grace, Knowing God, Life on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Desiring God: The Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, LA, is the largest and historically one of the bloodiest maximum-security prisons in the USA. In 2009, Desiring God and John Piper were invited to Angola to learn about prison life, hear from men who have been radically changed by the gospel, and minister to many [...]

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My Part/God’s Part in the Psalms

Posted in God's Love, Knowing God, Worship on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »

From Doug Wolter: As I look at the Psalms, I’m amazed at how little we do and how much He does.  For example: Psalm 23:1-3 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of [...]

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Oh My God

Posted in Knowing God, Religion, Understanding, World on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve only seen the trailer, but I hope I will be able to see the movie. The premise of the movie is simply someone going to 23 different countries asking the question, “What is God?” Hugh Jackman is in the video and states that if you put a bunch of religious leaders (Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, [...]

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Repentance

Posted in Knowing God, Repentance, Sin, Theology on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently preached a sermon on the prophet Jonah (Yunus) so I have been thinking about repentance. For those who aren’t familiar with the story of Jonah, here it is in a nutshell (or you could read the whole book in the Old Testament in about 10 minutes). The Lord told the prophet Jonah to [...]

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Our calling as parents

Posted in Knowing God, Parenting on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

There is no greater calling than being a parent. There is no weightier, more humbling or more fulfilling calling than being a parent. The Bible tells us plainly that we are to bring up our children “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). That is no small task. The significance of parenting [...]

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May God be our portion

Posted in Knowing God on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. – from the Zabur (Psalm 73:25-26) God frequently deprives his children of the good things of this world, that [...]

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