If everything’s on time, we’ll be leaving just about now on a 10-day mission to Rundu Namibia. I’ll be blogging from Rundu, with updates as often as I can. I called the hotel, and we should have internet capability at the hotel. If this doesn’t pan out, there’s an internet cafe downtown, but if I [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12
Everyone reading this blog is no doubt very familiar with these words of Jesus, whether you’re a Christian or not. It’s really hard to argue with the idea contained within these [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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I’ve pointed you to the Christian PF blog before (PF = personal finance). Today they start a 7-part series about getting out of debt. The introductory post was Saturday, so here are the links to the first 2 posts in the series. After that, you’re on your own. (There’s a free subscription option available.)
Introduction
Part 1
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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This is a “Bible blog”, not a political blog, but as much a political issue as the homosexual agenda is, homosexuality itself is very much a Bible issue, and one that we as Christians must deal with. I’m not going to say much on the subject — at least not in this post — so [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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As Christians, we are firm believers in the power of prayer — or at least we ought to be. We know God is faithful to His promises, and His promise to answer prayer is no different.
7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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You know, we hear a lot today about kids (and adults, for that matter) who have Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD. According to the group Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is a neurobiological disorder. It is characterized by developmentally inappropriate impulsivity, inattention, and in some cases, hyperactivity.
Those are [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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Someone made a comment in last Sunday morning’s Bible class about satan, and how we sometimes give him more credit than he deserves. Frankly, I think we sometimes don’t give him enough credit too, but more times than not, we see him as having attributes that he doesn’t have.
satan is not omnipresent, for example. He’s [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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There’s a song in our hymnal (I bet it’s in yours too; it was written in 1877) titled Break Thou the Bread of Life. In the Church of Christ, most song leaders seem to have the idea that this is a “before the communion” song, but it’s not. There’s no reference to the Lord’s Supper [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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Almost as familiar a song as Jesus Loves Me, the song about Zacchaeus climbing up in that sycamore still rings in my ears, dozens of years after I last sang it in VBS. We all know the story that Dr. Luke recorded for us in Luke 19:1-10. We know that the Z-man was, shall we [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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I don’t think it’s possible to be ambivalent on the subject of debt. You see it either as a necessary evil, or as an evil period. What does Scripture say about a child of God and debt? Once again, I’d like to point you to an article on the Christian personal finance blog, Christianpf.com. Bob [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Bob Mathews
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