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Working out my salvation… Ph 2:12

Churchianity vs. Christianity

I just ran across a term I had never heard before: Churchianity. In a nutshell, churchianity is the result of taking Christ out of Christianity. Jesus commanded us, the Church, to “go and make disciples”, but the unfortunate reality is that we are more prone to go and make church members. When I say [...]
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ReadingThru has a home! – Blogging through the Bible in One Year

I’ve set up a Wordpress instance off of my church’s domain to host the ReadingThru project. I’ve looked at a number of “One Year Bible” blogs, and I hope this one is a little different in that it’s more about the thoughts and impressions of the moment than a detailed study of the text. Bookmark [...]
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My Church at MyChurch

I have been checking out MyChurch and the nice set of community tools they have. They have kind of a Facebook vibe; it will be interesting to see how they evolve. It didn’t take long to get to be largest virtual community in our area (Augusta, Me.) but I’m not sure if that speaks [...]
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God’s Tool Box

I have been pretty amazed lately how God’s plans seems to include, even require, such a diversity of people – different languages, histories, upbringing, education, life experiences, view points, talents, gifts… In the natural, these differences usually lead to misunderstand, distrust, conflict, fear, hatred, wars  - God has given us a singular commonality, one thing that makes us alike, and with that [...]
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Divorce is Predictable: Do the Math

While this is a WebMD article, Math May Tell Which Marriages Last, about a book, The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models, written in 2002, the message is timeless: marriage is about the connection of two people being made one. According to the research, success or failure of a marriage can be predicted with a [...]
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