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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 the [...]
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. [...]
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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