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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: The Fruit of Obedience
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Sunday, June 30, 2013. The Fruit of Obedience. For the past couple weeks, I have been preaching a sermon series from the book of Proverbs. Each week we have been looking at a theme that runs throughout the book and asking, "What does it look like to live wisely in this area of my life? This morning the topic was family, and in my preparation for the message I realized that Proverbs has a lot to say about family. Be doing. Stay away from the adulteress! Whoever abides in...
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: August 2013
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Sunday, August 11, 2013. After five years of blogging here, all of the content has shifted over to a new site. So please check it out at www.davidheffren.wordpress.com. And also be sure to subscribe to the new site there! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I wear jean shorts and go bowling a lot. I can't sing or dance, but I can make loud popping sounds by tapping the space between my knuckles. View my complete profile. Hengge Heads and Hearts. From Enemy to Intimacy.
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: October 2012
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. What Only I Can Write. Through this, I think there is an important lesson in writing to be learned, or an important lesson in communication in general. Effective communication must do more than convey an idea. It must also be structured in the voice of the communicator. Good writing does more than communicate an idea. It communicates a person. Him or his life (with the exceptions of Surprised by Joy. And A Grief Observed. Because they see a nu...
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: August 2012
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Sunday, August 26, 2012. Sometimes your expectations of something don't quite match up with reality. I had these lofty expectations of what my life as a baseball player might look like. But once I started playing, I found that those expectations probably wouldn't happen. The reality wasn't nearly as glamorous as I had imagined. Surely the hills are a delusion. We weren't made to swallow sand. We were designed to drink water. And that tastes so much better. At the same t...
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: March 2013
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. The Problem of Me. A few days ago I wrote saying that I was starting a series of posts on the kingdom of God. This post doesn't fit into that series. I'll still write them, but I did some reflecting during my drive to school today (one of the very few benefits of city traffic), and I wanted to get some of these thoughts down while they're still fresh. The source of all my problems.". What I'm realizing, however, is that my biggest problem is me.
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: Labeling the Lies
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Monday, July 15, 2013. No one likes to be lied to. When someone lies to you, you get angry. And for good reason. You stop trusting that person. You are cautious of other promises that person might make to you. Like the villagers who kept hearing the shepherd boy cry "Wolf! You become skeptical of the liar's claims. Satan's work in Scripture is introduced by the serpent's words to Eve: " You will not surely die. The lies continue today- this demonic bait-and-switch. ...
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: Salt and Light
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Wednesday, July 3, 2013. I wonder if my blog feels like Lucille Bluth today. Why, you ask? Because yesterday, July 2nd, was my blog's 5th Blogiversary! And unlike the previous four such occasions, I failed to write a new post to celebrate. I could say that I was distracted by Homer Bailey throwing his second no-hitter for the Reds in less than a year, but that didn't happen until after 10 pm, so that excuse might not hold up under scrutiny. The word "relevant" has becom...
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: February 2013
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Thursday, February 28, 2013. This morning I read through the first chapter of 1 Thessalonians, and I wanted to share what Paul says to these church at Thessalonica:. Those are pretty nice words. Paul heaps a lot of praise on the Thessalonian believers. He comments on how their faith has become well-known, not just in the surrounding areas, but all over the world. And it made me ask, "How do people hear about our churches? Strategy for church growth as opposed to living ...
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: Space for Rent
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Sunday, August 11, 2013. After five years of blogging here, all of the content has shifted over to a new site. So please check it out at www.davidheffren.wordpress.com. And also be sure to subscribe to the new site there! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I wear jean shorts and go bowling a lot. I can't sing or dance, but I can make loud popping sounds by tapping the space between my knuckles. View my complete profile. Hengge Heads and Hearts. From Enemy to Intimacy.
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret: Timing Is Everything
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A Chicken in a Cage with a Ferret. Wednesday, July 31, 2013. No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison" (Jas. 3:8). I think many people can identify with James' sentiment. Self-control is a virtue, but one of the areas of life most difficult to control is one's speech. James explains that we have the ability to reign in wild animals, but often can't reign in our own words. What's it look like to be wise at work? We took a good look at what Proverbs says on the topic.
