Steven on December 22nd, 2008

I heard from somewhere this year that we should not make such a big deal out of it if Christmas doesn’t seem to have Christ in it. The argument, so it goes, is that the holiday has been so commercialized, so secularized, so merchandized, that there already is not much about the holiday that makes […]

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Steven on December 17th, 2008

I almost always am listening to my iPod while I’m driving, so it’s only rarely that I have a radio station turned on. But today I had it tuned to a local station that plays continuous Christmas music during the holiday season. Because I had it on this station, I heard a song that I […]

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Steven on October 29th, 2008

In my last post, I discussed the way Jesus had an influence on the people he met, an influence that made them give up everything and follow him. Some of the people in Israel in Jesus’ day got a chance to actually meet him, and hear his call. And ever since the day the resurrected […]

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Steven on October 27th, 2008

Imagine being there at work, doing what you do every day. Same old routine as always, same people, same activities. And then someone comes up, and tells you to follow him. You’ve never met this person before … and yet, not only do you decide to do what he said, but you leave your job […]

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