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Have you ever been expressionless with sorrow? And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. – Luke 18:23 The rich young ruler went away expressionless with sorrow; he had not a word to say.…

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I got the following through an email from Vanilla Gorilla. It’s originally from an email newsletter from Olive Tree Ministries, right here in the Twin Cities. WHEN “ENLIGHTENMENT” REFERS TO SOMETHING VERY DARK – Jan Markell Olive Tree Ministries, Inc.…

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Are you discouraged in devotion? Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast. . . and come, follow Me. – Luke 18:22. “And when he heard this. . .” Have you ever heard the Master say a hard…

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From the evangelical outpost: The scariest words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” — Ronald Reagan “Help is on the way.” — John Kerry

My last year of college, I began taking flight lessons in hopes of getting my private pilot’s license. I did several lessons in Fargo my last semester, and continued through the summer in the Twin Cities after graduation. I had…

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Does He know me He calleth. . . by name. – John 10:3 When I have sadly misunderstood Him? (John 20:17.) It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when…

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The Pan Galactic Blogger Blaster has a good post up about Girl Jobs as a followup to his May 25th post on Boy Jobs. Since the archiving links to his site make things a bit hard to find, I feel…

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Quench not the Spirit Quench not the spirit. – 1Thessalonians 5:19 The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it. The checks…

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AOL has Bush winning a landslide 48 of 50 States in the coming election. It is, however, an unscientific poll. I just think it’s interesting because AOL is not exactly known as a conservative company. It sort of makes sense.…

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The Theology of Rest Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? – Matthew 8:26 When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but Our Lord has a right to expect that those…

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I have an unusual fascination with finding out how much traffic I get and where my hits are coming from. Since joining the Alliance, I’ve noticed a large percentage (I don’t think quite half though) come from Google searches. The…

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Joe Carter of the evangelical outpost has been doing a great series on evangelical personalities titled “Know Your Evangelicals“. Currently, he has short biographies of: Richard Mouw Jim Wallis Dallas Willard James Dobson Check it out!

My best friend just emailed me a question about a Bachelor party for me. His suggestion was to go to a dance club geared toward Christians. I’m not a fan of dance clubs, it’s just not my style, and I…

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This experience must come And he saw him no more. 2 Kings 2:12. It is not wrong to depend upon Elijah as long as God gives him to you, but remember the time will come when he will have to…

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Christ comes to take his own before this movie is released. (I found it via a Haloscan add on Sarah’s blog)