Question Marks and Exclamation Points
We were sitting in our living room with some friends discussing Beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium and the fact that one of them was pregnant. Someone asked, “What is the gestation period for a Beluga?” Not having a marine biologist in the group, no one knew. However, a quick Google search gave us the…
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A few weeks ago this picture caught my attention. It was part of a news article about Afghan women protesting a new law set to go into effect in Afghanistan. “One provision [of the law] makes it illegal for a woman to resist her husband’s sexual advances. A second provision requires a husband’s permission for…
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Trouble IsDan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, Aaron Sands – 2003 Bridge Building Music, Inc. My wings don’t sail me to the skyOn my own these wings won’t flyJesus told me soStill I’m not so sure that I know Can’t find no rest for my soulCan’t find no rest on my ownJesus told…
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1 Samuel 13:7-14 Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear. Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away. So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And…
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On Sunday, I preached on 1 Corinthians 7 at West Coast Christian Church (http://www.westcoastchurch.info). It was a great chance for me to learn from this passage. I came upon this paragraph in a commentary. The ideal of the Corinthian was the reckless development of the individual. The merchant who made his gain by all and…
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