Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Attention Span
I’m not sure what is happening. Perhaps it is too much internet use or something. I just found myself being impatient while watching a 3 minute video on YouTube! For some reason I wanted to start clicking stuff on the page and scrolling through other things. The video was only 3 minutes long! Perhaps that…
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Transformation of the Heart
People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, "If you keep a lot of rules, I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing." I do not think that is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather say that every time…
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Loving Little….Loving Much
Right now I’m preaching a sermon series on Ephesians. Paul says that at one point we were all dead spiritually speaking (Eph 2:1). He even says we "were by nature children of wrath like everybody else." (Eph. 2:3) There’s no getting around it in Paul. We are all in the same boat. If we have…
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Making Use of Whatever….
Just ran across a website that I thought was interesting and thought I’d pass it along. It is called Making Use of It and it has tips, tricks, and links to useful websites, software, and ideas of how you can make use of different things. The website is at http://www.makinguseofit.com. Enjoy!!!
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Update: Sleep day 13
I’ve been on my new schedule for about two weeks now. Some days I’m tired. Other days I’m not too bad. Overall, it has been a positive experience. I’ve been able to do more and it is good knowing that before the day starts I have spent time with God. I can see why those…
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Revisiting Holiness part 2
Here is the first article and third article in this series. One of the mistakes I made when I viewed holiness was believing it was a matter of will power. Holiness seemed like something I could attain if I could work hard enough. Since I felt it was all about my will power, I found…