Author: rey
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God With Us
Article 2 of the Constitution of the United States stipulates the rules for the Executive branch. How long the person would serve. How they would be elected. What was the grounds for electing him. What is the process for removing him. What are the qualifications to function in that role. In that clause, the Constitution…
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Prayer Mondays: Ambrose 2
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This one comes from Ambrose of Milan. O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in…
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Philosophy Fridays: Did Jesus Fear?
Every now and then, on a Friday, I’ll step into the deep waters of Philosophy, ramble away on some idea and maybe even interact with something I might be reading. Most of the time, a real philosopher could probably read my drivel and speak into it offering a corrective—but for now I’ll speak from ignorance.…
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Husband Of One Wife
At a recent men’s conference a question was raised: “Does an elder have to be married?” I answered live, but I wanted to record my thoughts here. Textual Considerations In Greek, the phrase of contention reads mias gynaikos andra. The mias is in the feminine and is a preposition (a word that points to the…
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Prayer Mondays: Thoreau
Barring my faulty memory (and if I’m not lazy) I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. This one is from Henry Thoreau: the poem called Prayer. Great God, I ask for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint…
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Tweet Blog: Worrisome
Concern over a single termite looks nitpicky to two groups: those who don’t understand termites and termites. Technorati Tags: tweet blog
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Bell Six: The North Tower
Ten years ago today, at 10:28 A.M, the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. I know lives that were lost.
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Bell Five: United Airlines Flight 93
Ten years ago today, at 10:03 A.M, after having retaken control of the plane, the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 brought the airplane down away from any other potential targets crashing into a field in Pennsylvania.
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Prayer Mondays Today: 9/11
Barring my faulty memory I want to post prayers on Monday from all over Church History and then throughout the modern day, and then my own. But today is a day that lives on in our recent memory. Here is a prayer that comes from Sojourn Community Church. Lord as we gather, celebrating your glory…
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Bell Four: The South Tower
Ten years ago today, at 9:58 A.M, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.