Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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Some Recommended Bedtime Reading for Your Small Children
As a parent of four young girls, I’m always on the lookout for reading material. Especially for my youngest, who still need/want/love to be read to. I’m very grateful for more and more non-cheesy/trite/platitudinous/clichéd options for young-children’s bible-themed stories. New Growth Press has recently published a variety of really good options along this line. They…
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A Quick Book Review: Gospel 101 by Jeff Dodge
This post is long overdue. I’ve had a copy of Jeff’s book in my hand for a couple months now and have been meaning to brag about that fact. :) Jeff was a fellow pastor in Ames, Iowa (though in a different church) until just recently, and I’ve been influenced by his ministry since the…
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A Quick Book Review: Grace Based Recovery
Grace-based Recovery: A Safe Place to Heal and Grow by Jonathan Daugherty is a 9-session study guide aimed at a new small group focused on recovery from addiction. The addiction could be of any type, and as a pastor it is striking to me how many types of addictions exist. From habitual lying, compulsive shopping,…
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Not as man sees
Bible in 90 days – Day 21 – 1 Samuel 16-28 1 Samuel 16:7 ESV “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or the height of his stature because I have rejected him. For The Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord…
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An unusual kind of priest
Bible in 90 Days – Day 20 – 1 Samuel 3-15 A prophet to Eli, the priest, declaring God’s word: “And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall…