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1 john 3:11-24 [love one another]

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Read 1 John 3:11-24 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Talk is cheap. You’ve heard it a thousand times, yet it seemingly is so hard to grasp. What I learned as a communication arts student in college is something that I’ve seen reinforced in my ministry over and over again: What you say is as important [...]
20 books @bibledude readers are reading right now [march 2012]

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I’m not surprised a lot by this month’s list of what BibleDude.net readers are getting themselves into. It was a month when I was on a mission trip to Haiti doing a great deal of work with orphans and the poor. So to see several books on these issues on [...]
the street

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I lay in my bed and see the people on the street. My imagination goes wild. What might it be like to be one living on the street? To have no cool place to lay my head at night. No shelter from the storms that come. To have no privacy, [...]
the mini-fridge

for reflection, poverty, the latest 6 comments

I stand up and stretch my legs for a moment. I need to do it more often, because having a desk job like mine can easily result in poor circulation (causing a whole bunch of other health problems). Somehow I feel like staring at the computer monitor for too long [...]
hunger pains

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Read Matthew 14:13-21 Working in the church I have seen and interacted with people living in complete poverty. Over the years I have given a family a basket of food from the food pantry when they come knocking on the church door at 4:45 on a Friday afternoon and I [...]
rocked by abandon for God [an interview with @aaronrgillespie]

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Aaron Gillespie is rock and roll to the core. He’s the former drummer for Underoath, and the current front man for The Almost. And now he has a new solo project out called Anthem Song. I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Aaron and talk with him about [...]
fragility. chins up.

disaster relief, perspectives, the latest 8 comments

I usually read the news every morning, but today I was rushed and skipped it. Then during a break at work, I sneaked a peak at Facebook. Praying for Japan said a friend’s post. Nice of her, I thought. Wait. Maybe something happened in Japan? I didn’t mean to live [...]
an awkward introduction

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I’m new to this site. And as a contributing author, I feel it only proper to introduce myself. “Hi, my name is Duane Scott… and I have a thing for squirrels.” I hold out my hand to you, waiting patiently for you to return the hand shake. I notice the [...]
be ready [compassion and christian ethics]

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I recently posted some questions that seemed to hit a sensitive spot for lots of people. See it here: can you give me a ride? [a question in christian ethics] While I wanted to generate some discussion around this question, I never expected it to spark as much interest as [...]
[the idea camp] closing session

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Who: Abandon Films, Greg Russinger (Just One), Jonathan Olinger (Discover the Journey), Nicky Yates (charity:water), Gregg Helvey (Kavi the movie), Larry Martin (IJM) Greg Russinger: Just One was started by a group of people who were concerned about the needy and marginalized in Ventura. After asking the question, “what [...]
[the idea camp] a conversation on home(less)

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Who:Mark Horvath and Shannon Moriarty Kids who are homeless experience post-traumatic stress disorder at twice the rate of veterans returning from war. Issues like this can be dealt with by providing stable housing for children. The results on kids are devastating, but it is easy to deal with. Before [...]