Archive for July, 2009
A Few Good Reminders
28 Jul 2009I haven’t written a post in a few days. I don’t really have a good reason except that life has been crazy this past week. And on some days it’s been down right confusing. I’ve had that ‘pulled in a zillion directions’ feeling. I hate that feeling. This picture of the pin head Barbie? Yeah, [...]
Jon Acuff at Cross Point Church
In: christian living| church
25 Jul 2009I’m still reading through the book of John and had every intention of writing a post from Chapter 17. I changed my mind after watching a message that Jon Acuff delivered a few weeks ago at Cross Point Church in Nashville. I had to share it with you, it’s that good.
If you’re unfamiliar with Jon, [...]
Prayer: Jesse’s Thoughts on John 16
23 Jul 2009“I’m not much, but I’m all I think about.” I heard someone say this at a meeting once, and it’s stuck with me ever since. Like Seinfeld, it’s funny because it’s true. I was reminded of this little joke when I read John 16 earlier today.
John 16 contains the great promise of prayer: “If you [...]
A Few Questions on the Song of Songs
19 Jul 2009When I was in junior high or high school there was a popular song by Salt ‘N’ Pepa called “Let’s Talk About Sex.” I was forbidden to listen to it (but I did anyway). Sex wasn’t talked about at my house, much less sung about or danced to. But I have to say that, love [...]
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Loving One Another
In: John| christian living| church
17 Jul 2009My church, The Woods, has a fairly simple and straight forward mission statement: “Love God, Love People, Serve our World.” I love it. I feel like it sums up the gospel in seven simple words. So why are these tiny words so difficult to live out?
As I was reading through John 13 today I got [...]
Death to Self: Thoughts on John 11
In: Addiction| John| Recovery| restoration
13 Jul 2009My husband’s all time favorite movie is Rocky. He says that it’s not about the fight scenes. It’s not even about the scene where Rocky runs up the museum steps declaring victory. He says that the best part of the movie is near the end when Rocky tells Adrian that he knows he won’t [...]
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The Blind Man and Ted Haggard
9 Jul 2009I’ve been waiting to write something about John 9 and 10 for a few days. I knew that there was a message here, but I couldn’t quite figure it out. Yesterday I read an interview with Ted and Gayle Haggard in Charisma Magazine. As I read the interview and the comments that were left online, [...]
Who Do You Think You Are?
4 Jul 2009I was having coffee yesterday with my friend Stephanie and she mentioned a conference that she was at a few years ago. She was saying that Alan Hirsch was one of the speakers and he really challenged her with his comments on Jesus and the adulterous woman. He told the attendees that people read [...]
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Donny Pauling: Thoughts on John 5
In: Guest Post| John
2 Jul 2009Three years ago my life was very much different than it is today. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was just two months short of the end of the career I’d held for the previous nine years: as a producer in the adult entertainment industry. When God miraculously changed my life, I [...]
What Was He Thinking?
1 Jul 2009I don’t really have a long post today. It’s really more of a question than anything else. John 3:1,2 has me wondering what was up with Nicodemus?
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling counsel. He came to Jesus at night and said, 2″Rabbi, we know you are [...]
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