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Good News Grace Notes: October 2011
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Friday, October 14, 2011. THE GOD WHO STOOPS. Religion, including what often passes for Christianity, is all about how we reach UP to GOD. Religion is predicated on the false notion that there is a GAP. And that doing religion right is how we bridge that GAP. The Gospel, by contrast, is radical, different, unique, one-of-a-kind. Only the Gospel tells of the GOD. To unite with us - not. To be, but where we are. If you ar...
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Good News Grace Notes: December 2011
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Thursday, December 29, 2011. I have renewed my commitment to finding a quiet time during the day to sit and listen for God's voice. This morning I prayed, "Say anything you want.". I sat in quiet and nothing came, so I opened my Bible to where I had left off reading. Matthew 6:34. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. I thought good luck with that. And keep the promises I have made. In Matth...
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Good News Grace Notes: TO BLAME or NOT TO BLAME?
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Sunday, February 3, 2013. TO BLAME or NOT TO BLAME? Before answering that question, ask. Would I rather be right or happy? Would I rather solve a problem or avoid taking responsibility for that problem? When something goes wrong in a country, an organization, or a marriage the first move we often make is to blame someone for what went wrong. This makes no one happy and the problem remains. Blaming and shaming is useless...
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Good News Grace Notes: August 2012
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Monday, August 27, 2012. Most of us have been taught that there is a heaven and a hell and that both are populated. Rob Bell, in his book, Love Wins. And others have recently challenged the notion that hell is eternally populated with those who in life did not recieve Christ as Savior. Those on the conservative end of the church spectrum are objecting to Bell and the others in the strongest terms. First of all, they did...
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Good News Grace Notes: July 2012
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Monday, July 30, 2012. Most Friday evenings we have a family dinner. My children and grandchildren who are in the area gather for a meal and a blessing. There are as many as 10-15 of us, along with friends who sometimes drop in. I believe this for two reasons. The first is what the Bible teaches about the act of blessing. Something happens. Something is changed for the child that can't be reversed - see. They don't wait...
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Good News Grace Notes: September 2011
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Friday, September 23, 2011. Being GRATEFUL is a fear buster. I can't be GRATEFUL and. Fearful at the same time. So, while we are commanded over 200 times NOT. To fear, we are also commanded hundreds of times to be. GRATEFUL and give thanks. God is looking out for us. He wants us to be happy. He designed us to thrive. I know God heals. Why then, are prayers for healing ineffective for me? Since prayer doesn't work and do...
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Good News Grace Notes: UNIVERSAL SALVATION?
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Monday, August 27, 2012. Most of us have been taught that there is a heaven and a hell and that both are populated. Rob Bell, in his book, Love Wins. And others have recently challenged the notion that hell is eternally populated with those who in life did not recieve Christ as Savior. Those on the conservative end of the church spectrum are objecting to Bell and the others in the strongest terms. First of all, they did...
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Good News Grace Notes: May 2012
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Tuesday, May 29, 2012. The crucifixion of Jesus is finally a mystery. We are told that when Jesus died, all died. That when he was raised from the dead, so were we. We are to believe that in the death and resurrection of Christ, something historical and objective happened which saved us and the world. But how exactly does that work? Ho do we make sense of that? Lots of theories, but no one really knows. We suffer far to...
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Good News Grace Notes: THINK BEFORE YOU JUDGE SOMEONE
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Saturday, June 23, 2012. THINK BEFORE YOU JUDGE SOMEONE. One of the greatest, if not THE greatest cause of suffering in the world is the pervasive tendency for one person to judge and condemn another or for a group to judge and condemn another group. One of the most ironic and instructive themes in the New Testament is how judgement and condemnation plays out. Imagine their shock when Jesus pulls the rug out from under ...
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Good News Grace Notes: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A GLAD CELEBRATION
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Good News Grace Notes. And the poor have good news proclaimed to them." Matthew 11:5. Thursday, May 10, 2012. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A GLAD CELEBRATION. On June 29, 2004, twelve U.S. soldiers coming home from Iraq were flying American Airlines Flight 866 from Atlanta to their home in Chicago. While passengers were waiting to board, a business man approached one of the soldiers and asked, "What is your seat number, soldier? The soldier replied, "23B, sir.". That flight turned into a celebration.