2010/12/30
by J. Randal
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Slow reader? Want a Bible reading schedule that doesn’t rush you? All in a PDF file you can print out and keep in your Bible? Click HERE. In one chapter a day, reading weekdays only, you’ll read the whole New … Continue reading
2010/12/28
by J. Randal
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Big news today is Fabia’s baptism. I add an extra tidbit about it on the posterous site (this post title is teaser), which you’ll find interesting to read. Other big news: we have no meeting place for Sunday in Taubate. … Continue reading
2010/12/27
by J. Randal
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Vicki just now threw away two of the pans, handle-less, that the Ashland MS church gave us 30 years ago, before we had a single kid. She got new pots and pans for Christmas. I bit my tongue as she … Continue reading
2010/12/27
by J. Randal
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UPLift, Your Day to Shine http://YourDaytoShine.com Get the book that started on UPLift: CHOOSE! IN GRAY AND GRAVID SWIRLS by J. Randal Matheny The clouds sit low upon my brow, They came I know not why nor how; I ask … Continue reading
2010/12/25
by J. Randal
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2010/12/24
by J. Randal
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We’ll make it short today. Tonight we go about 20 minutes from home, still in SJCampos, to Paulo and Socorro’s for the Christmas Eve Supper. That’s the Catholic tradition here, and some non-Catholics do it as well, though without the … Continue reading
2010/12/24
by J. Randal
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Here is the 3rd stanza of “Because of Thy Great Bounty,” from The Eternal Things, by Grace Noll Crowell. It seemed a fitting thought to counter the commercialism of the season. Because love has been lavished so Upon me, Lord, … Continue reading
2010/12/23
by J. Randal
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Yesterday, one Journey paragraph mentioned alliteration. Can we say another word on that? Maybe there was a day when a topical sermon was effective with the key words or points all beginning with the same letter. I have my doubts … Continue reading
2010/12/23
by J. Randal
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If you are struggling with a hidden sin in your life, I encourage you to seek it out and destroy it before it destroys you. 1 John 1:9 tells us that if we confess our sins, God will forgive us … Continue reading
2010/12/23
by J. Randal
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The fact God has specified in the New Testament ways in which we are to worship him indicates that he still cares about the form of worship, that it is not a matter of indifference to him. If he simply … Continue reading