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Higher Calling

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If there ever was a man I believe I would like to emulate other than Jesus, I believe that Tony Dungy would be that man. Here is a man who reached the pinnacle of success in his profession and yet did it all with impeccable integrity and devotion to God. Tony Dungy sees people who need redemption and sets out to help them. He helps them by being a man who commands respect; by being a man who lives his faith on his sleeve. In spite of family tragedy; in spite of the kind of stardom and success that make lesser men believe that they are above the law, Tony Dungy lives a life that has is law-abiding because of the grace that has been freely given to him. He gives freely to others who most people would call unredeemable because he once lived a life that was unredeemed until a man who lived 2000 years ago touched him and gave him new life.

In a world where people who have been given hero status fall off of their pedestals daily, Tony Dungy requires no pedestal and yet stands tall above the others. If my life can be a fraction of the impact that Tony’s life has been, God will be glorified.

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A Facebook Movement, Against Mom and Dad

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Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times

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Outpost

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What am I feeling right now? I think back to Kevin Costner’s character in the movie, Dances with Wolves, when he begins to settle in to his assignment at that desolate outpost so very far away from others. Is this the life of a monk? No civilized people to talk to and interact with. And, when people do show up in my life, it’s like they are from another country. We don’t speak the same language. We don’t share the same God. We struggle to find commonalities. I can relate to their struggles, their pain, their sin, but I can’t understand why they won’t take the medicine that will heal their wounds and bring them to repentance and a full relationship with their maker.


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CREATION SCIENCE EVANGELISM T.V

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With our recent visit from Scott Gillis of Creation Ministries International still fresh in our minds, I thought this website could be a great source of continuing education on the Biblical account of creation. Pastor James Somers put this blog site together and also has a number of other sites that can help a Disciple of Christ to better understand what he or she believes.

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Ann Coulter: If You Can Find A Better Deal, Take It

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The following comes from Ann Coulter’s blog regarding the reaction to comments by Brit Hume concerning Tiger Woods. While it might not be quite the way I would explain the gospel, it does raise some important thoughts about our faith and why others react so negatively to what we believe. I believe Ann misses the power the power of the Holy Spirit in the acts of justification and sanctification, and thus comes away with a rather works-based method of Christianity. On the other hand, at least someone is standing up for Jesus!

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Be Blessed This Holiday Season

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Many of you know that our adopted son, Noah, sees a counselor. His name is Uriah Guilford, and what I like best about Uriah is that he is a Christian. I thought I would include his December Newsletter here for your edification. Statistics tell us that during the Christmas season, more people commit suicide in the United States than at any other time of the year.

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Humbled by the Sovereign Grace of God

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It would have been my intention that this story be about how my wife and I saw a need and were led by the Holy Spirit to fill it. That would have been my intention. But, as so often happens, God had other plans.


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Ahmadinejad Reportedly Claims U.S. is Blocking Return of Mankind’s Savior

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Can the United States really be blocking the return of the savior of all mankind? Do you mean to tell me that the one, true God of the universe – El Elyon na Adonai, the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God who spoke the world into existence and who can take it all away with one breath sits in a state of powerlessness because the United States is blocking the return of the one who will save the world?
That’s not the God that I serve! And, it surely is not the God who has revealed Himself and His plan for mankind in His Holy Word, the Bible!

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Praying for Tiger and family

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The Test

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I subscribe to a daily email devotional from raystedman.org called The Power of His Presence. I have to admit that at times, I am in complete awe at how that particular day’s devotional is touching something that is going on in me or around me. Yesterday’s devotional began a month long series in the Book of Job – reputed to be the oldest book in the Bible. (You can click on the title of this post and it will take you to the devotional I am referring to.)

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