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December 2006

December 15, 2006

painful grace

Thomas Merton: We must be ready to cooperate not only with graces that console, but...

December 14, 2006

some meat to chew on

I'm plowing through Torrance's meaty book, Theological Science. It's packed full of good stuff, but...

December 14, 2006

die a slow death

"Kill yourself by inches" (John Wesley).

December 13, 2006

concepts or life

"No one has any obligations to a concept; that is what is so agreeable about...

December 12, 2006

demons and exorcism

I came across this video on another Canadian Christian blogger Tim Challies, and thought I...

December 12, 2006

karen armstrong interview

Someone sent me this link yesterday because he knows I read Karen Armstrong, who calls...

December 12, 2006

hi me!

"I wonder if we do not waste most of our energy just by spending every...

December 11, 2006

sermon summary on Isaiah 40:1-2

Yesterday I preached on Isaiah 40: 1, 2. The heart of God for his people...

December 11, 2006

breakfast byte: truth & error

"Remember that the nearer a man comes to the truth, the more sensitive he must...

December 10, 2006

cold as ice

It's cold outside, and it won't be long before we start seeing this on the...

December 09, 2006

breakfast byte: trim

"Re-state to yourself what you believe, then do away with as much as possible, and...

December 08, 2006

god still vs. science

Richard Handler, the CBC radio's "Ideas" man, wrote what I think is a fair and...

December 08, 2006

contest reminder & MORE!

This is just a sweet little reminder to enter the contest for one of my...

December 08, 2006

breakfast byte: neurosis

"Anyone who attempts to do both: to adjust to his group and at the same...

December 07, 2006

a quixotic video clip

A good friend of mine sent me a link this this video clip. As soon...

December 07, 2006

breakfast byte: separation

"What separates us from God is not our sins, but our unwillingness to have our...

December 06, 2006

breakfast byte: clarity

"There is in my heart a great thirst to recognize totally the nothingness of all...

December 05, 2006

all night of nothing much.

I remember going to hear Eugene Peterson speak at a lecture series years ago... on...

December 05, 2006

a cold setting moon

Right now I'm getting ready to go into my study at the church. I took...

December 05, 2006

breakfast byte: miracle blindness

"One who benefits from a miracle is never aware of it at the time" (Rabbi...

December 04, 2006

sermon summary: fat souls

Sundayâ€™s sermon went fine. How do you gauge how it went? Thereâ€™s a subject to...

December 04, 2006

breakfast byte: forget

"Never indulge, at the close of an action, in any self-reflective acts of any kind,...

December 03, 2006

how i prepare to preach

I donâ€™t find it difficult to prepare a sermon. I choose a text early in...

December 02, 2006

breakfast byte: how not to believe

"Men do not believe God is with them unless he shows himself physically present" (John...

December 01, 2006

sermon idea

i'm getting ready to teach on sunday. i'm looking at the 63rd psalm. in the...

December 01, 2006

daily caption contest reminder

Don't forget the cartoon caption contest which ends Sunday night. Go here to enter!

December 01, 2006

breakfast byte: loss and faith

"Some kind of loss is usually necessary to turn the mind toward faith. If you're...

November 2006

November 30, 2006

good roots good fruits

Something Iâ€™ve believed in, by faith, for a long time now is that if you...

November 30, 2006

breakfast byte: sunday ego-tripping

"Too many worship services in churches today are mere fronts for the pastor's ego or...

November 29, 2006

breakfast byte: funny but true!

"I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but when I grew up I converted to...