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Mark
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
Do As I Say
I remember being brought up with the phrase, “Do as I say, not as I do.” In one way it’s hypocritical, but by and large it’s a good way...
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Mark
- Oct 4, 2020
- 2 min
Administrative Assistant
Back in the day (what does that even mean?) there used to be bumper stickers which read, “God is my copilot.” There were T-shirts, and...
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Mark
- Sep 27, 2020
- 1 min
Pearl of Great Price
There’s a baseball card called the Holy Grail of cards. There’s one website listing the price at more than three million dollars. Think...
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Mark
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
Yugo or Jaguar?
I think we could all agree that by and large we value things more if we have to work for them. Think about precious metals and gemstones....
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Mark
- Sep 13, 2020
- 4 min
The Drought
Every now and again rain falls. When there are extended periods without rain, we have a drought. There are four different kinds of...
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Mark
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
The Cave
Have you heard about or read The Cave? It’s part of Plato’s Republic. The story is an allegory about people chained to a wall in a cave,...
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Mark
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Social Justice
The very term churns my stomach because of the politics surrounding the current usage. Merriam Webster has a definition, Wikipedia has a...
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Mark
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
“I See Dead People”
I can’t believe it’s been so long since that movie came out. That’s the year Linda and I were married - it’s even the same month! A...
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Mark
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
Interstellar Life
Perhaps a year ago now I read a sermon by Chuck Smith from Genesis - it was a transcript of what he said. When he was in school he was...
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Mark
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
Feed the Birds
I hate feeding the birds. To get to the feeders, I have to climb up to a precarious position and can barely reach to bring them down....
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Mark
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
What would you do?
I posed this question to Linda this morning: Imagine you're at a certain wedding reception in Cana. Just as you're taking a big sip of...
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Mark
- Aug 2, 2020
- 3 min
Was Jesus an American?
Mark, why would you ask such a stupid question? There wasn’t even an America back then!” “Uh, no. But people treat Him like they expect...
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Mark
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
There's A Tent For That
Remember that slogan, “There’s an App for that?” Yeah, I went there. For those who don’t know me well, I have a mind that focuses on the...
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Mark
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Confusion
There are times I get confused. I write these posts months in advance, and recently I decided to actually schedule them so if I die or...
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Mark
- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
Good Things
Anyone can do good things - feed the hungry, donate clothing to the poor, give money to the indigent, or other things that benefit...
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Mark
- Jul 5, 2020
- 3 min
Born Again
I have to admit I was more than mystified when I first heard the term, Born Again. I’m not alone in that. There’s this guy in the Bible,...
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Mark
- Jun 28, 2020
- 4 min
Free Will?
How can God be sovereign if we have free will? That’s a question for the philosophers and prophets, right? Good thing I’m a philosopher,...
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Mark
- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
God-Plus?
There’s a passage in the New Testament where Jesus raises the bar on sin. He said it something like this: “If you even CONSIDER sinning,...
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Mark
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
Father
One of the issues I have a hard time really comprehending is that God is our Father. I keep thinking, “How can the being who created...
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