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After Atheism: New Perspectives on God and Religion

Posted on September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 by Matt

When I work from home I often listen to podcasts and I’ve been listening to CBC Radio Ideas’ After Atheism this week. This is what I’d call a post-post-modern look at religion and materialism over the past few thousand years. This is a compliment as they recognize things like the resurgence of spiritual interest, the…

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Nitty Gritty: From Mayhem to Ministry. A Testimony.

Posted on August 30, 2014August 30, 2014 by Matt

I play guitar with my church and, each week, I need to go online to find song chords. While searching this week, I came across this website, Musings of  a Minister’s Wife, after some Google results turned up guitar chords for her ebook of chord sheets. My curiosity was piqued by the domain name “musingsofaministerswife.com.”…

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God has spoken. What are you praying for?

Posted on August 22, 2014August 22, 2014 by Matt

I was reading Matthew 4 today and came across a fascinating perspective on Jesus’ response to Satan’s temptations. I’ll highlight the passage and follow it with Chuck Smith’s comment on it.

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718 Days of Bible Verses

Posted on August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 by Matt

Congratulations to those who haven’t muted me yet for sharing bible verses, you’re very kind and patient! ;) For the record, since August 2012 when I started, you’ve witnessed about 718 days of bible readings, 453 verses shared, 52 books of the bible cited, 3 books shared from every chapter (Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon),…

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Lives of Quiet Desperation

Posted on August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 by Matt

My father, on more than one occasion, has referenced this quotation in various discussions on purpose and meaning: “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation“. I’ve been thinking about that lately. So, I Googled the phrase this evening and came across this enlightening write up, entitled Quiet Desperation, on the words, the man behind them,…

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Literally: Sad, Frustrated, Distracted. But Love. Church Heresies Then and Now.

Posted on August 9, 2014August 23, 2014 by Matt

So, the latest intra-Christian controversy to blow up is popular Christian worship act Gungor’s denial of the ‘literal’ reading of scripture, particularly Genesis, the creation account, Adam and Eve, and the Flood. This of course triggering the day before our traditional day of worship when Christians come together to worship God their saviour in spirit…

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We have to go back

Posted on August 6, 2014November 10, 2022 by Matt

I just got done watching the entire series of Lost on Netflix for the second time. What a trip. What story telling. This time around things came a little bit easier. I more often had “aha!” moments and more than a few head-nods to the writer’s foreshadowing. For having gone as long as it did,…

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Their Final Destiny

Posted on July 24, 2014November 10, 2022 by Matt

“How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!” Psalms 73:19

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In this smile…

Posted on June 10, 2014May 11, 2014 by Matt

In this smile, this beautiful creation, joy bursts forth from the form of her comely curves. From lush strokes of warm pink she speaks harmony into the world. Her song fills this place.

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The Fourth Year

Posted on February 14, 2014April 14, 2014 by Matt

The fourth year is a dead, dry sea of shifting sands. Each week is a new staggering climb to crest a new mountain of sand, to be greeted again by another vicious valley and one more dead, dry sea of shifting sands.

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