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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Matthew 3:9 is a verse in which Jesus make the statement, "I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham." In context He was tearing down the Pharisees argument about being of special importance, but in my context - I wonder if God ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Someone I know was sharing with me that a Christian that he knows was recently bashing people with tattoos and claiming that "those with tattoos are [this or that]..." and stating that "the Bible says that it is a sin to have tattoos." But what bothered this person the most ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
I was sitting on my porch the other day and I noticed some moss on my tree. This tree, a large older tree in the north side of my property has this green streak. What is its purpose? Where did it come from? In the eternity ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
I have been thinking a lot recently about a lot of deep stuff. One is sin. I find that because I am a Christian and even more so a pastor, there is often a perception within the church and community that I am less flawed or more righteous.
I am not ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
John Wesley believed that Jesus is God's means of grace. For him, the "means of grace" were also "works of piety" (spiritual disciplines) and "works of mercy" (doing good to others). He said that means of grace are: "...outward signs, words, or actions, ordained of God, and appointed for this ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Today was a day spent mourning. I had a personal loss today, but my loss is only compounded by the loss of so many lives in the past 10 days. Between Cyclone Nargis and yesterday's earthquake there have been so many lives lost. So many left mourning! The personal and ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Well, here at the Tiedemann household,
Day 1 - check
Day 2 - check
Day 3 - working on it with the kids, we were about to produce the video version of "Poems of God's Love" but couldn't find the video camera last night.
Day 4 - half check, no TV and almost was ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Here's what we are doing for Christian Family Week in the churches. This was produced by the worship committee and will end on Saturday night with a pot-luck dinner and a showing of The Waterhorse. Looks like we have about 50 people signed-up so far. It will ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
This weeks message was entitled, "The Intersection of Life." I focused on the healing of the blind men in Matthew 9:27-30, where Jesus says "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you." The two points ...
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