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Friday, April 27, 2012

Osteen Strikes Again: Mormons are Christians?

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Joel Osteen, the really nice guy who is the pastor of the largest church in the USA, has done it again. Now he says that Mormons are Christi...
Friday, April 6, 2012

What's so good about Good Friday?

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The Friday before Easter is what we call Good Friday. Twice today someone has asked me why it is called "Good" when it is the day...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Women in Ministry?

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Ok, I've jumped in with both feet! Oh well, since we've been reading the Bible chronologically as a church questions have arisen abo...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Is God Cruel and Sexist, or a Liberator?

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If you're like me you sometimes scratch your head while reading parts of the Old Testament. In the last part of Numbers alone, we're...
Friday, March 2, 2012

Numbers...Who Knew?

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Well, I’m a little surprised. Numbers, a part of my Bible that rarely sees the light of the sun, is proving to be very interesting! It start...
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Friday, February 17, 2012

Leviticus...and Medical Science?

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We're reading the Bible through chronologically at Providence. We're at the first dreaded "dry" part that I knew was comin...
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Friday, February 3, 2012

An open letter to Susan G. Komen

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Dear Susan G. Komen Foundation, I am a pastor of a church in Knoxville, TN. My mother is a breast cancer survivor. I am profoundly grateful ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Why God Allowed Sin & Suffering

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Reading through Genesis and Job these past few weeks caused me to go down a personal rabbit trail and grapple with the whole reason for sin ...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Does God Care Whether Tim Tebow Wins on Saturday? - The Atlantic

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What an awesome article! Job makes us ask, "Would God really make bad things happen to good people?" Tebow (at least right now as ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Readings from Job

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Like many in our Providence family, I'm reading the Bible through chronologically. Right now we're in Job. I've enjoyed it more ...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

A great start to 2012!

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This morning we kicked-off the long-awaited and much-anticipated Journey for 2012 ! There seems to be a lot of buzz and excitement. A lot mo...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Last Post of 2011

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Whew. Another year is done. It seems it ended in a crazy rush! That's just how life is when you're at my stage. Two high schoolers a...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Christmas Tree Time!

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Wow, Christmas is a busy season! It seems every night between now and Christmas there's something festive going on. We usually get a Chr...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Memories from my first missionary journey

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Sunday I told of my first international mission trip. It was to the country of Kenya in Africa. At the time I was a 21-year-old pre-med majo...
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