Jul 09
This is my 100th blog post. The first post was on November 27, 2012. I try to blog three times a week. Here are some reflections: It was a lot of work to create and setup the websites. If you are considering the process of a self-hosted website, you should know that it took a …
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Jul 07
This is the third guest post by Joseph Williams, a local Christian counselor, dealing with Christian counseling. I appreciate his contribution in these articles. Check each of them out. ————————————— When considering counseling issues related to cost, hours, and insurance are significant factors. Though each counselor has their own system, here are some general …
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Jul 04
This is a guest post by Joseph Williams who has written a series of posts for me regarding Christian counseling. This is the 2nd post. Please check out the other ones as well. ———————————- Here are some things you should expect when you visit a Christian counselor. • The first visit is for …
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Jul 02
How do you view the government? For most of my years I viewed the government of the U.S.A. as founded upon and supporting biblical principles and morals generally. In many ways within the church we have blended patriotism with our spirituality. Often this may even be to the point of ethnocentrism. If we are not …
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Jun 30
This is my first guest post written by Joseph Williams. Joseph is a member at Seven Oaks, friend, and Christian counselor. I asked him to write several posts regarding Christian counseling. There will be four posts spread out over the next few weeks. I hope they will be a blessing. Joseph’s contact information will follow …
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Jun 26
Have you heard these statements by Christians: “I am not going to condemn them, because I know I am a sinner too.” “Well, it is not my place to judge, because I know I have my faults.” I understand it is not a Christian’s place to judge the eternal destination or heart of anyone else. …
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Jun 15
Happy Father’s Day! I am thankful for my grandfathers, my father, and father-in-law. These men have demonstrated biblical manhood to me and taught me so much. Each Father’s day, I also reflect upon God as my father. I want to share a story today from Philip Yancey in his book Disappointment with God. It is …
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Jun 05
Our money says, “In God We Trust.” Our leaders say, “May God bless America.” We appeal for prayers to God after our national tragedies. Our people in the U.S.A. talk about trusting in God. But what does it really mean to trust in God? It certainly involves having faith and trust in His providential care …
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May 30
Sin is an attempt to obtain the pleasure that does not rightfully belong to me or evade the pain that does.¹ I personalize it this way: Sin is taking what I cannot have or avoiding what I should experience! Thus temptation is when Satan tries to get us to obtain a pleasure we are …
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May 26
Do we appreciate our military like previous generation did? We make passing remarks about the military at special events like ball games, but it is not as personal as it was in the past it seems to me. I think the reason is that most families do not have someone in active military service. There …
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