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Deathly Hallows — Spoilers enclosed therein
I have been devoting all of my spare time since Saturday morning to reading the final installment of the Harry Potter story, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I just feel the need to get a few things off of my chest about it, if you have not read it yet move on as…
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Harry Potter, the NYT and Treason
So the New York Times reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The nature of this review upsets J.K Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series. The NYT apologizes for perhaps having spoiled the books for all of the fans. Where is the apology for releasing top secret information about the war on terror? …
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Reading through the Bible
Reading through the entire Bible Every year I try to read through the entire Bible, and with the help of some friends I have done it successfully for a few years now. I have been asked many times why I do it but it really comes back to the fact that I believe the Bible,…
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Am I a bad American?
Forgive me while I wax political for a moment but I really am sick of the way things are going. There are times when I feel like I am a traitor to my country because I simply think we are past the point of no return. Years ago Professor Alexander Tytler made a statement I…
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Random Thoughts
Why is it that all the people who do these concerts to save the planet take their private jets that burn more fuel in one hour than my car does all year? I am a little ashamed that my neighbors have made more active moves to talk to me than I have to them when…
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What They Don’t Teach You in Bible College about Youth Ministry #3
The Student that Lived This incident was a very scary one to say the least. I was home, getting ready for bed after a fairly normal youth service, when I received a phone call from Amy, my JR High director. She wanted to let me know that a parent had arrived to pick up her…
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We read the Bible
A friend and I have started a new blog strictly for the purpose of reading through the Bible. It is found at We read the Bible.com We used to do a forum but we didn’t really have the interest to make it happen but we think this will work out better. People can read along…
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What They Don’t Teach You in Bible College about Youth Ministry #2
Kyle Gets Broke I was especially proud of this illustration, I had been preaching for a month about not living a double life and allowing God to enter every area of your life. This was all leading up your Youth Vision Sunday, the day when we take over Sunday morning service and let the church…
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Things have reversed…
Heather and I have decided to change some of the way we live, we have decided to eat less processed foods and junk and move toward a healthier more organic diet. As we were shopping at Whole Foods, our local organic market I thought about something I have thought about a few times before and…
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The Beginning of the Gospels
We continue through the bible by chronologically by hitting the intro of each of the Gospels. Notice the differences between each of them.