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Tuesday November 29, 2005

Gift: Looking for a unique gift for that special woman in your life? Or how about special Christmas cards? Why not consider handmade pressed flower cards? Visit Elizabeth’s Flowers.

Theology: For the benefit of cessationists Ryan Jones shares what a Reformed Charismatic church service looks like. It’s the five solas with a prophecy mic!

Christmas: Liz Curtis Higgs writes shares “how this mall-impaired woman handles the holidays.”

Blogspotting: Chris Giammona comments on Rick Warren: Three Primary Concerns:
“We need to ask whether or not Purpose Driven Life truly accurately reflects the Bible’s teaching on self-denial. We need to ask whether it accurately reflects the gospel’s emphases on law, grace, depravity, sin, justification, sanctification, holiness, faith and Lordship?”


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    A Sudden Stopping of the Breath

    I recently encountered a poem I enjoyed and wanted to share with you. LeRoy Tate Newland was an American pastor, a missionary to Korea, and a poet. Among his poems is this brief reflection on the death of a Christian (which, appropriately, is titled “A Christian’s Death”). I hope you enjoy it as much as…

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    Three Levels of Sermon Introduction

    Though every sermon necessarily needs a beginning, it does not necessarily need a formal introduction. Though it has to begin somewhere, there is no rule that it must begin with some kind of story or illustration. A preacher can jump straight into his text if he so desires. Some do.

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