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Musings
How Far Would I Go?
In reading this quote from Heidi Baker (of Iris Ministries) in her and Rolland’s book called There is Always Enough, I felt really challenged to consider at what point would I stop, or where would I consider that this was enough in what I am doing for God? Would I turn around and stop because [...]
I Don’t Want to Be Like Them
While browsing around on the Internet, I came across a website called PostSecret where people can send in a secret that they have never told anyone via postcards. There is some sad stuff there, but this card was the one that impacted me the most. The sad thing is that in a lot of ways [...]
Uninvolved Commitment
In church the other day, I started looking around at those that were there. The service continued. The pastor spoke and gave a prayer. Another person, known to be associated with the activities of the church, stood up to speak about the meetings and activities happening for the week. The singers led everybody in worship, [...]
Why Aren’t We Persecuted?
Something has been bothering me lately. The more I read in the Bible, and the more that I read about amazing revolutions of God where countries were turned around, the more the theme of persecution appears on a recurring basis. This has prompted me to ask the question: Why are we not being persecuted? The [...]
Control
I learned something about myself today. It was when I was crossing from one country to another. Argentina to Brazil actually. Even though I have done this literally dozens of times now and know that there is nothing to fear, I still do. It is like some sort of unknown that rises up inside of [...]
The Unfounded Fear of a Sinner’s Response
Lately I have been wanting to seek God out more, to pray more, and to get out there and evangelize more. Actually, talking on evangelizing, I have been lamenting my weakness in declaring my faith to others when I talk with them. When they have asked me things, I often simply say that I am [...]
What Are They Looking For?
In church today I was not too involved with the whole proceedings. Sometimes I am but other times I am not. Today was one of those times. The thing that was bothering me tonight was a young 10 year old girl. I knew her. She sat not too far from me. It was obvious that [...]
Why Don’t We Do What We Know We Should Do?
I guess this sort of affects everybody. It certainly affects me. How is it that even though I know the right things to do, I seem to head off onto whatever tangent that ends up being easier. It is not that I cannot do the hard things. On the contrary, I have done them many [...]
The Riches of a Western Nation
I live in Argentina. Now Argentina is not a poor country. In fact, the people here have it pretty good. But back in 2001 the economy collapsed, and many people lost everything they had. This crash has caused a great widening of the gap between the haves and the have-nots. My home is with those [...]
Why this blog?
Since this is my first entry, I thought I would tell you a little about why I have created this blog… I am a Christian, and have been for over 20 years. Wow, that sounds pretty scary when I put it like that. During this time, I have been “churched” in many different places of [...]
Why close churches?
I was walking along the street today and passed a church building. It was locked up tighter than a bank after hours, with nothing inside but an empty room. How hollow, I thought. How useless. Why pay for a building and use it only twice a week? Many churches follow this same principle. They claim [...]