July 2010
The Eight Commandment (God's Gift of Good...
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
What does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.
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Payphones and church practice
Does your church have a pay phone?
I don’t mean literally. Even when you could find payphones everywhere, you normally did not find them at church.
Florida reports that 18 per cent of payphones are being taken out this year. Landline telephone companies lost 1 million customers last year. Even the wireless market is getting saturated - fewer and fewer new contracts every year as we get...
July 31: 2 Chronicles 33-34, Psalm 27, Mark 6 →
Rattle and Roll by the Street Dogs →
It’s Music Friday
(from the upcoming release on Aug 31st, so all I can give you is the myspace link)
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Anne Rice and the Lutheran Problem with "I Like...
Apparently yesterday, famous novelist Anne Rice who became a Christian late in life has now said that lateR in life she is now “quitting being a Christian”. Also interesting is her statement that she remains committed to Christ, but not to Christianity. In other words, she’s still a Christian (in that she appears to be retaining her faith in Christ), but a confused one. And...
July 30: 2 Chronicles 31-32, Psalm 26, Mark 5 →
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New Problem on Campus: Homelessness
I ran across this link today which talked about an emerging problem at a few California schools: A New Problem on Campus [?] The article details how a growing segment of the once-affluent academic community of university life is dealing with problems of extreme poverty. We’re not talking about “poor college students” in the way that we used to: ramen noodles instead of decent...
July 29: 2 Chronicles 29-30, Psalm 25, Mark 4 →
Kings - 5 The Run →
July 28: 2 Chronicles 26-28, Psalm 24, Mark 3 →
"So You Want To Start A Campus Ministry" an old... →
July 27: 2 Chronicles 24-25, Psalm 23, Mark 2 →
July 26: 2 Chronicles 21-23, Psalm 22:19-31, Mark... →
July 25: 2 Chronicles 19-20, Psalm 22:1-18,... →
July 24: 2 Chronicles 16-18, Psalm 21, Matthew 26 →
July 23: 2 Chronicles 13-15, Psalm 20, Matthew 25 →
Pastor Evaluation 2010 →
University Lutheran ENews - 3 Years... →
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Kings - 4 The Rise →
July 22: 2 Chronicles 10-12, Psalm 19:7-14,... →
July 21: 2 Chronicles 7-9, Psalm 19:1-6, Matthew... →
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Punditry and the LCMS
I just got back from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod National Youth Gathering (#lcmsnyg). I was there along with 25,000 other Lutheran youth and adult leaders. My role was officially to promote LCMS Campus Ministry, and through that I got to talk to a LOT of Lutheran youth from across the United States. It was heartening.
What was disheartening was returning to “internet land”...
July 20: 2 Chronicles 5-6, Psalm 18:25-50, Matthew... →
July 19: 2 Chronicles 2-4, Psalm 18:1-24, Matthew... →
July 18: 2 Chronicles 1, Psalm 17, Matthew 20 →
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July 17: 1 Chronicles 28-29, Psalm 16, Matthew 19 →
