Worshiping…In Spirit and In Truth

Interesting article here from the pen of Steve Brown via www.worship.com.  I encourage you to check out the bolded part – it’s quite convicting. There’s an old story about some kids who, as a practical joke, slipped into a department store and changed all the price tags. The next day, some of the customers were [...]

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CNN has been doing a great web series called the Freedom Project.  As many of you know human trafficking is modern day slavery and it is hard to believe that in this day and age slavery still exists.  I encouraged you to check out the Freedom Project.  It has many great and sad stories about [...]

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Today is the Tuesday before Lent.  Back home it was called Fastnacht Day.  In other places it’s called Shrove Tuesday – Here’s a piece from a BBC article Shrove Tuesday Pancakes © Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent starts: the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It’s a day of penitence, to clean the soul, and a [...]

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In September I wrote a post about the challenge James gave me which was to read 7,000 pages. This came after I made him read 7,000 pages for the local library summer reading program.  I finished the challenge in October.  I just did have the time to write about it. It is important to be [...]

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February 12, 2012 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Welcome and Announcements Call to Worship 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 Songs of Worship Forever Indescribable How Deep the Father’s Love  Worship Through Prayer Songs of Worship Fairest Lord Jesus Enough Worship Through Giving When God Asks Questions Am I My Brother’s Keeper Genesis 4:1-16 Song of Commitment O Lord, [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I read the book The Great Inquisitor by John Zmirak. As I think about that book and watch the news in the past couple of days, I have to wonder about the way our country is headed. The main thing that concerns me is that our government is getting involved [...]

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Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 84; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40  1 “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 2 “But who will be [...]

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When a correct view of God was restored to the people, their worship would be reflected in the way they lived. Worship and life are inseparable. Ron Owens,  Return to Worship: A God-Centered Approach

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Perhaps I should have titled this post “Buffets are of the Devil.”  :) This past weekend, we decided to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  We did that by eating Chinese food on Sunday.  There was a debate as to where we should eat.  Several places were suggested and finally we picked a place that we [...]

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In the “I Can’t Believe It” category: This morning, we were watching Good Morning America while getting ready to come to church and bring James to the bus stop.  Along comes the story, that is incredible to hear. Sunday night we watched as the Ravens blew their opportunity to win the AFC championship.  Fieldgoal Kicker [...]

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