Monthly Archives: November 2008

A Nation of Fig Trees

November 24th, 2008

And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. —Matthew 21:19 A conversation with my sister-in-law troubled me. It had to do with the [...]

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Posted in Boldness • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Dying to Self • Evangelism • Godly Character • Leadership • Maturity • Oddities • Relevance • Simplicity

Tagged Asleep in the Light, Barenness, Bloom Where You're Planted, Disciplemaking, End Times, Evangelism, Fig Tree, Fruit, Great Commission, Time

The Coming Religion

November 20th, 2008

As I noted a few posts ago, my church is going through The Truth Project, a series from Focus on the Family that outlines a Christian worldview. I have enjoyed the series so far, and I think it is excellent. But I have a problem with the third lesson, which asks the question, “What is [...]

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Posted in Apologetics • Charismatic • Christianity in North America • Christianity Outside North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Discernment • Dying to Self • Eschatology • Godly Character • Heresy • Leadership • Maturity • Oddities • Persecution • Perseverance • Spiritual Warfare • Supernaturalism

Tagged Antichrist, Charismatics, End Times, Form of Godliness, Godlessness, Religion, Religious, Secularism, Signs and Wonders, Spirituality, World Religion

Misty Monday Morning Musings

November 17th, 2008

Random thoughts running through my head… *** Though we’ve flirted with it in the past, this is the first year that I can say without hesitation that we Americans bypassed Thanksgiving entirely and went straight to Christmas. Boy, doesn’t that say it all. *** I don’t see many leftover Obama/Biden signs. You’d think the pair [...]

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Posted in In the News • Miscellany

Tagged Blah, Boys, Children, Economy, Musings, Mutterings, Not Quite Will Rogers, Politics, Shopping, Thoughts