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  1. March 11, 2006

    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…

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  2. October 7, 2005

    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…

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  3. September 10, 2005

    Uninvolved Commitment

    In church the other day, I started looking around at those that were there. The service continued.

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  4. August 8, 2005

    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…

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  5. July 10, 2005

    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…

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  6. July 10, 2005

    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…

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  7. June 11, 2005

    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…

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  8. May 11, 2005

    Why Don’t We Do What We Know We Should Do?

    I guess this sort of affects everybody. It certainly affects me.

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  9. May 5, 2005

    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…

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  10. May 5, 2005

    Why this blog?

    Since this is my first entry, I thought I would tell you a little about why I have created this blog…

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