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Category Archives: Jesus
JIM RIPS UP HIS KNEE IN NASTY FALL
Many are asking what happened to me, so I thought I would tell you all at once, so I don’t have to repeat the gory details so often I put Reenie on the plane to Florida to visit her friend … Continue reading
YADA – YADA – YADA… The best guidance system in the universe!
No kidding! An old mentor told me the best way to find the right path in life was to “Yada.” If I was ever confused about a decision he said to “Yada” and I would know what to do. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, God, Jesus, Spirituality
Tagged Emmanuel, Isiah, John Maxwell, Malcolm Muggeridge, Matthew, Proverbs, Psalms
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THE LONELINESS OF GOD
This is one of those years when the family can’t get together at Christmas. The distances and expenses are just too great. My wife and I were overcome by a deep loneliness and sadness. I thought it was just missing … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus
Tagged CHRISTMAS, ETERNAL LIFE, FAMILY, FATHER, KNOWING GOD, LONELINESS, SADNESS
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Resisting Evil Empowers It
There it is sitting in a context of the seriousness of sin – “Resist not Evil.” (Matt. 5:39) What? In an age of genocides, beheadings, sex trafficking, and violence, aren’t we supposed to fight this stuff? For a long time, … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus
Tagged bible, Dan Brown, God, Malcolm Muggeridge, Norman Grubb, The Devinci Code, Walter Lanyon
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ARE WE ALL JUST ACTORS?
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts… Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, wisdom
Tagged actors, C. S. Lewis, faking it, hyporcrisy, muggeridge, Parker J. Palmer, Parker Palmer, Shakespeare, Thomas Merton, world's a stage
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THE GREAT LIBERAL DEATH WISH
Why is it that liberal, socialist utopias end up producing the opposite of their stated goals? Malcolm Muggeridge pondered this question most of his life. His father, H.T. was a prominent Labor party minister of parliament, and Malcolm grew up … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus
Tagged C. S. Lewis, death wish, Dostoevsky, liberal, muggeridge, New Youk Times, power politics, progressives, socialism, Stalin, tyranny
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The Greatest Enemy of Freedom is Freedom
“The greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.” So says Os Guinness, in his recent excellent book, “A Free People’s Suicide.” “Freedom requires order and therefore restraint, yet the only restraint that does not contradict freedom is self-restraint, which is the … Continue reading
Posted in AMERICAN CULTURE, God, Jesus
Tagged Chesterton, freedom, Guinness, liberty, Montesquieu
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HOW TO ENJOY LIFE AND WALK IN PEACE – WISDOM FROM PHILIPPIANS
I know these thoughts are very familiar to us, but after reading Philippians again this weekend, I realized I needed the reminders. There were several of these wise words that I had lost in my daily duties, and what we … Continue reading
A NEW HEART
A NEW HEART My new book, “Silencing our Imposter” grew out of a deeply moving time from my heart surgery. Not only did I get my physical heart fixed, but God did something to me spiritually when I wasn’t looking! … Continue reading
JIM HAS OPEN HEART SURGERY
Strange feelings in my chest and arms during workouts for about a month. But it comes and goes, so not to worry. Then one day on the elliptical machine I think, “I better stop.” That’s not me, but it was … Continue reading