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Sometimes readers of the Bible see the conditions that God lays down for his blessing and they conclude from these conditions that our action is first and decisive, then God responds to bless us.

That is not right.

John Piper’s Blog.  Read the rest of the post.  So good.

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October 16, 2009

A person who worships God because God is man-centered is not God-centered. And the worship may not be worship. John Piper.

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October 14, 2009

…We felt it important to go the plants, then pets, then progeny route, and got our first plant, a flowering perennial we named Dr. Stee Ruggle, (he had a rough existence) to prove we could keep something alive for more than a few days…. About Us The Non-Blog portion of our website was in need [...]

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October 12, 2009

…in order to pray a prayer like this, David had a perspective on giving that is totally foreign to me…. Giving God his own stuff back. I wanted to share on the blog something I just shared over at YouVersion.  Enjoy.

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October 11, 2009

It is easy to get wrapped up in some good aspect of the church (apologetics, politics, you name it) and miss the core—that it’s about Jesus. Then, all of a sudden, church becomes all about that lesser thing, and not about Christ. Josiah Bancroft

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October 1, 2009

I really like his big head… no, I really do like his big head… Random five(ish)-year-old, upon seeing LB in a shoe store. His mother blushingly tried to shh him, but was greeted with the second half of the quote.  Yes, we are aware that our son is roughly 30% head at this point.  We’re [...]

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September 13, 2009

Pastor Lee: what are some things you are afraid of? Kid #1: vampires Kid #2: tarantulas Pastor Lee: I’m afraid of the Burger King. He’s kind of creepy. Lee Ferguson, as a preface to a sermon on confessing God as “the Father aimighty” and how that leads to a life freed from fear.

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September 7, 2009

Who’s going to guard me? Ty Lawson, when asked how the ‘09 national champion Tar Heels would match up with the ‘05 champions… InsideCarolina.com: Stars Shine Bright in Chapel Hill

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September 6, 2009

Lies are tough. The truth will kill you. When you enter interpersonal conflict with the truth, you have to be careful with it… just to drop truth from 20,000 feet and hope that it works is careless, and dangerous. Josiah, one of our pastors.

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Prayer is like firing a revolver that I didn’t load—click…click…BOOM… click… Josiah Bancroft (he was quoting a friend of his)

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