February 2007
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Things You Never Thought You’d Have to Clarify
Communication is interesting. Sometimes people can perceive something you say in a way that you never imagined they would. In Sunday’s message, I said something about people having premarital or extramarital sex. I just assumed that everyone would understand “extramarital sex” to mean sex with someone other than your spouse. Nope. On one of the… Continue reading
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One Night With the King
Last night Carolyn and I watched One Night With the King, the movie that tells the biblical story of Esther. Good movie! It wasn’t the best movie ever or anything like that, but I’d still definitely recommend it. One of the best parts was the scenery. If you read even just the first chapter of… Continue reading
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Walking the Line
Today at SonRise we looked at how we can overcome sexual temptation in our lives. This is the third part in our four-part series on sex. The main idea is that the decisions we make can either move us closer to Christ or further from Him. We’re constantly walking a line in one direction or… Continue reading
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Elderly People Crossing
England has some pretty cool signs. I think we should have some of these around here. Continue reading
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Top 10 Fiction Books…Only There Are Actually 11
It’s so hard to make a list of favorite books. It’s like talking about favorite foods. How can you narrow it down? Yet here is my attempt. Because the written word has always played such an important part in my life, I’d like to share with you some of the works that have most profoundly… Continue reading
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The Solo Sovereign
The past couple weeks I’ve really been enjoying my time in the Book of Ezekiel. God gave Ezekiel some really wild visions and told him to do some really unusual things. I love reading the conversations between the Lord and the prophet. This morning I was reading chapter 37 and Ezekiel said something to God… Continue reading
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Dag, That Was Uncalled For
Yesterday I visited Carolyn’s kindergarten classroom. To celebrate the 100th day of school, she had them draw a picture. The subject was: “What I Will Look Like When I Am 100 Years Old.” To help the kids understand the assignment, she asked them what they might look like when they’re 100 years old. They mentioned… Continue reading
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It’s A God Thang
It’s so neat how God moves in people’s hearts when they hear the truth of the Bible. Yesterday Pastor Daryl shared with us the second message in our series on sex. Last week he taught us about God’s design for sex, and this week he preached about other designs–that is, perversions of God’s plan. Several… Continue reading
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Water the Thirsty, but Not the Gospel
I have a playlist on my iPod called “Sermons To Keep Listening To.” These are classic messages and teachings that will be helpful to return to again and again. This morning I listened to a message given to leaders at a gathering of the Acts 29 Network, a church planting group based in Seattle. It… Continue reading
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Another Mandi-ism
Last night I was trying to explain to some kids from church the concept of a wind chill factor. I didn’t think they were absorbing any of it. But about an hour and a half later, when someone made a comment about how cold it was, our lead pastor’s four-year-old daughter suddenly piped up: “What’s… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 