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Last Exit Before Oblivion: August 2004
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Thursday, August 26, 2004. I've been thinking lately about the story of Peter and John meeting the crippled beggar by the temple. He'd been crippled all his life. Peter and John have no money, but "What I have I will give to you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, get up and walk.". It takes children years to learn this. God entered this man's mind and gave him the ability to walk, in all of its balanced and unpredictable complexity. Walking, it turns out, is pretty much a learn...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: Toward Freedom XXXIV
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Friday, November 14, 2014. God, who made the universe and all of its life, looks at people and sees. what? For him, all of time and space are spread out under his gaze and feel. One day I was working on a sand sculpture. It was a busy day on the beach, and the place I'd chosen to build was right in the middle of the traffic. The sun was racing to the western sky and I had a sculpture to finish. Are you going to leave that rough place inside there? A man passing by asked. Like l...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: January 2005
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Monday, January 31, 2005. Singer Of Our Names. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus spoke the world into being. He knows our names. Unlike the names we attract in life, his name is the true one, the ineffable one, the one that describes every aspect of us, spirit, mind and body. He speaks my identity. Craig calls me "Armstrong," because of my interest in the space program. I hope it's not because I'm a space case. None are worse...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: May 2005
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Breezze has an interesting post. Over on her Blog, about a conference she attended. I left her a comment on one aspect of what she wrote, and her response led to more questions. It's a long-running question in my mind: How do you change people? Specifically, how do people become followers of Jesus in more than words? Are they made, or are they grown? We're all babies when it comes to relating to God. We may look adult, but we're not. We think we k...I wan...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: September 2004
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Thursday, September 30, 2004. Dead Men Can't Sin. There were many more bad kings than good. It's a sad story that ends with the whole nation of Israel being carried off to Babylon by their conquerors. I was depressed by reading this. How could it happen? These people have seen God at work! Yes, how could it happen? Well, it's easy for a man 98% dead not to sin. What could I do but hold tight to God's coattails and hope for the best? If I choose. What is the point? I used to be ...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: November 2004
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Tuesday, November 30, 2004. Why I Need God. Lu has done it again. She's sick and tired of rote responses, and I agree. So, the question is, why hasn't the revolution come? Jesus came 2000 years ago and the world is in worse shape now than it was then, mainly because of people's increased power. Why is it that Christians are the butt of television jokes, rather than respected? Where's Martin Luther when you need him? This brings me face-to-face with a big problem: I need God in ...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: April 2005
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Friday, April 22, 2005. I've had a few people tell me, in the last year, that they envy the nature of my relationship with God. This is rather distressing to me because it has never been my intent to be in competition with anyone. I'm just trying to survive, and holding onto God is the only way that will happen for me. I was through with life when God picked me back up. Living with God is easy, difficult and impossible all at the same time. It's purely a gift. God loves to ...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: Toward Freedom XXIX
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Tuesday, March 04, 2014. Love in the Future. I learned how to hold on. I did not learn how to change gracefully. As change was always something imposed from outside, I pictured myself as the one obdurate tower set amidst the wolves and waves of demands that I join them. That way lies self-righteousness, but that way also lies survival. So, what happens when the unchanged one meets the Creator? I was a lot more familiar with promises than performance. Change is necessary for lif...
