Archive for the 'thoughts' Category
Deceived
Well, Halim is preparing to teach a sermon on sin this Sunday and I’m preparing to teach a lesson on sin in our Finally Alive class on Sunday. I guess in preparation for those things, I’ve been doing a lot of sinning this week.
I understand Eve. I know why she did what she did. I [...]
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Sick Baby Girl
So, Evie has RSV (a type of respiratory infection.) Halim has done some reading and pretty much every kid will get this by the age of 2; she is 9 months so I guess it’s just her time. But it is horrible. I realize it is nothing compared to children who have really terrible lifelong [...]
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A Corrective Lens
According to the eye doctor, I am nearly legally blind without my glasses or contacts. Seriously. If you were standing a foot in front of me, I would not be able to make out the details of your face. Enter the miracle of corrective lenses. Wow. How unbelievably ridiculous is it that I can put [...]
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With Great Anticipation
400 years of silence between the prophet Malachi and Jesus; the Old Testament and the New. 400 years of waiting, hoping, doubting, wailing – wondering if God was really a keeper of promises. 400 years of listening and hearing nothing. It must have been agonizing for the people of God.
But how much harder was it [...]
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Elohim + Yahweh
Matt gave a sermon two weeks ago at the Stone on how God reveals Himself in Genesis 1 and 2. In Genesis 1, He reveals Himself as Elohim – all-powerful, all holy; the God that you fear and tremble before. Then in Genesis 2, He calls Himself Yahweh – the relational God that reveals Himself [...]
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