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1/14/2021 0 Comments

Spiritual Warfare

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The first evidence of physical battle dates sometime between 4000 and 3500 B.C. from the ancient city of Hamoukar located in modern northeastern Syria.  Historians believe the Uruks of southern Mesopotamia invaded the region.[1]Battles around the world have been fought for a long time and their spreading evil caused God regret for even creating man (Genesis 6:6). 
 



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11/30/2020 1 Comment

Unexploded

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Did you know that there are approximately 80 million landmines that are lying around the world active and unexploded?[1]  Did you know that in Tanzania APOPO is a charity that trains rats so that they can detect landmines?  Meet Magawa.  This African Giant Pouched Rat is larger than the average rat but light enough to walk over a mine without setting it off.  It took nine months to train him in the art of detection before shipping him to Cambodia. ​

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5/7/2020 0 Comments

Joshua

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Joshua 14:10-12—"As you see, the Lord has kept me alive these 45 years as He promised, since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel was journeying in the wilderness. Here I am today, 85 years old.  I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength for battle and for daily tasks is now as it was then. Now give me this hill country the Lord promised me on that day, because you heard then that the Anakim are there, as well as large fortified cities. Perhaps the Lord will be with me and I will drive them out as the Lord promised.”

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7/6/2019 1 Comment

Point Man

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The best book I have read for men to be godly husbands and fathers is Point Man by Steve Farrar.  I gave this book my highest rating of 5 stars because of the frankness, realness and quality content Steve delivers.  Dr. Farrar describes the challenge of leading a patrol in Vietnam and likens it to leading a family through the chaos of American culture.

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10/17/2018 0 Comments

Successfully Significant

Phil Downer in his book, Eternal Impact, differentiates between the value of success and significance.  For success, he likes the definition Chip MacGregor and Bobb Biehl devised, “the feeling you get when you reach your goals.”  Phil defines significance as “making a difference in the lives of people over time.”[1]  For Downer, the distinction between success and significance is that the former ends with the attainment of goals whereas the latter has a lasting dimension.  I’m conflicted with his distinction because the ability to attain significance is a mark of success.  But let’s take it deeper to the point Phil is really making—reproduction of what is important is what we ought to seek.  To do this requires training.
 

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8/30/2015 0 Comments

Two Dimensional Thinkers

​“Charles Clark cleans toilets at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. But he also helps kids turn their lives around — not because it was his job, but because it needed to be done . . .”[1]  You can watch him in action at http://omeleto.com/215307/.  Charles is committed to excellence.  This janitor takes pride in sweeping away dirt, mopping floors and sanitizing rooms because he takes his job seriously.  When he is not cleaning or repairing, he pours his life into mentoring teenagers who need guidance and the reassurance that someone loves and cares about them.  Mr. Clark understands that the students who populate Trinity High School are the greater investment.  So in the natural flow of work, he makes time to listen, to encourage and to touch the hearts of students.  


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10/21/2008 0 Comments

The Lost Art of Training

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Ephesians 4:11-13—And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God's Son, growing into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ's fullness.

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1/21/2008 0 Comments

Values

Recently I sat on a plane next to a man named John. Several months ago, John’s wife of 15 years left him for another man.  She was his second wife.  His first wife left him after 10 years of marriage for similar reasons.   When I looked in his eyes, I saw a kind, confused man. I shared with John that the reasons his wives left him were not really about or because of him, they were about the emptiness in their hearts that marriage was not filling.  After interacting with his ex-wives, John hears that neither of them is happy.  As he described his current journey to see his girlfriend, it was obvious that he also is unfulfilled.

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1/1/2008 0 Comments

Two Traps

​In an age of relativism the roar of the crowd is to tame God’s Word. Two traps await Christians in this hostile environment. 
 

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11/16/2005

Impressionable

​Nine young men sat on the hardwood court as I read to them a short sport story and then gave two applications.  They listened attentively to the lesson on courage.  After sharing I handed them each a copy to put in their notebooks.  The practice was over but one player lingered to read the story on his own.  Another stood silent as his dad animatedly discussed the paper with him.  One of the mothers came and commented on how much she appreciated the character lessons.  

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11/25/2004 0 Comments

Food

​The Thanksgiving holiday is supposed to be about remembering how blessed we are by our Almighty Father in heaven.  If gratitude is the point, food is the reminder.  In truth, a hearty feast is a wonderful custom for celebrating our blessings.   Not a Thanksgiving goes by for me that I don’t think back to traveling to Newburgh, NY with my roommate and best friend, Dave Mead.  We would totally stuff ourselves at his grandmother’s house—eating was a competitive sport for two young cadets.  

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6/12/2003 0 Comments

Generations

​Michael Savage, whose radio talk show grows in popularity, angrily decries the state of America.  He bemoans the ascent of evil while he rudely blasts a caller he disdains. Psychiatrists in San Francisco recently met to propose that pedophilia should not be a crime and should become accepted as homosexuality was in the ‘70’s.  The Voice of the Martyrs reports horrendous attacks against Christians across the planet.  God’s children are horrifically tortured in China, Indonesia, Egypt, Somalia, Pakistan, North Korea . . . In Canada, a debate rages to outlaw portions of the Bible that contain “hate speech.”  

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6/28/1999 0 Comments

Priorities

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Deuteronomy 6:5-7--Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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6/9/1999 0 Comments

Training--Christ's Example

​Many people have studied the life and ministry of Jesus.  There is much written about His three-fold ministry of teaching, preaching and healing revealed in the gospels.  But it seems to me that Jesus’ most important work was His fourth ministry of training! Where would the world be today had He not invested His life in the lives of His followers?  John Maxwell, a superb trainer of leaders says, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.”

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8/27/1998 0 Comments

Master

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Romans 14:8-- If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

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3/11/1998 0 Comments

Apprenticeship

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1 Timothy 6:11,12--But you, man of God, run from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight for the faith; take hold of eternal life that you were called to and have made a good confession about in the presence of many witnesses.
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11/27/1997 0 Comments

Junior Holy Spirits

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Romans 14:10-12--But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the tribunal of God. For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will give praise to God. So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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