From the monthly archives: September 2008

Chasm

On September 29, 2008 By

When I was a boy I remember listening to a favorite song of my parents. It was a sung by Frank Sinatra – whose voice can make anything sound good. The song went like this,

Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There’s a lot to be learned, so look around
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Moralism

On September 21, 2008 By

In 1796 a physician named Edward Jenner made an important discovery that has helped eradicate the dangerous smallpox viral disease, a virus with a deathrate of nearly 30%. What Jenner discovered helped set the course for modern vaccinations. He discovered that milkmaids who were infected with cowpox recovered with an immunity to the more deadly [...]

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Darkness

On September 15, 2008 By

After proving God’s praise through Satan’s onslought of attacks agains his wealth and then his health, Job now faces a third – an attack against his soul. Have you ever experienced a period of darkness in your soul – when you despaired of life? There are great dangers in the darkness and this chapter in [...]

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My African Journal: Day 3.

On September 11, 2008 By

[googlevideo width="400" height="326"]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4751126217610902448&hl=en[/googlevideo] This morning we dropped off the medical supplies from America (some from Cornerstone) to Evangel Hospital. It reminds me more of a MASH unit than an American hospital, and yet it has the most advanced specialties in certain areas in all of West Africa. Amazing. When you first go into a place [...]

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Silence

On September 11, 2008 By

Last weekend I went to visit a friend who was in the hospital with chest pains. He went in on Friday and wasn’t scheduled for the angiogram until Tuesday. Four days he was in the hospital doing nothing but waiting as he his heart was being monitored. When I visited I didn’t stay that long [...]

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Lessons from Africa: Abuja to Jos.

On September 4, 2008 By

[googlevideo width="400" height="326"]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4751126217610902448&hl=en[/googlevideo]This past July Rhonda and I joined Drs. Joel and Cindy Anthis and their family on a mission trip to Nigeria. It was an amazing experience. From our arrival in Abuja to our time in the bush with the Fulani tribe we were in a continual state (at varying degrees) of culture shock. [...]

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Integrity

On September 2, 2008 By

Integrity has been crowned the single most important quality for success. But what exactly is it? How can we know if we have it? Where can we get it? In the second scene in the heavenly court, God brings up Job’s integrity and shows how it has enabled him to endure the trials that the [...]

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