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Those who mourn are blessed: Reading scripture backwards.

Posted on February 19, 2018March 21, 2022 by Matt

A few weeks ago our pastor taught on the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:3-12, and he highlighted something I hadn’t really considered: The verses from 3 to 12 are not simply separate sayings, like little nuggets of wisdom. Instead, they form a whole and each verse builds on the one before. They reveal a pattern for the life of a Christ-follower.

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Lion of Judah: New verses with chords

Posted on January 5, 2018January 12, 2018 by Matt

I really enjoy this song so I added two verses which I’ve inserted as Verse 2 and 3. You can find the chords at Ultimate-Guitar.com [Note: Linked original version, not mine, as it’s not approved yet. Will fix link when approved. Link now works.]. Here’s a plain-text version for now. Here’s the song, including new…

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The Firelight In Your Eyes

Posted on December 26, 2017December 29, 2017 by Matt

In the dark I can see, reflected, weaving and waving, in this blessed early morning moment, the firelight in your eyes. Your lips, full, pained, hurt, whisper out an injured stream, while I memorize your eyes, and the mirrored flame of your soul. And I am struck dumb, feeble words wretch forth, anguished to see…

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Jewish Passover and Good Friday

Posted on April 2, 2015April 15, 2022 by Matt

Jewish Passover falls on Good Friday this year. Passover remembers the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt during which God told the people to kill a “lamb without blemish” and paint their doorposts with the blood… God said “when I see the blood, I will pass over you and no plague will befall you…

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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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Faith Shaking Scientific Discoveries (Or Not)

Posted on July 23, 2014July 22, 2014 by Matt

Take-away: You know all those big big scientific discoveries that seem to shake your faith just a little bit more each time, if you’re being honest? Actually, they usually end up on the cutting room floor. Just wait a bit, and watch some Christian sources like AIG, CMI, or ICR, and you’ll see these claims…

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How to inject some life back into Far Cry 3

Posted on June 11, 2013July 13, 2013 by Matt

If you’re like me, you tore through Far Cry 3 and learned that if you took outposts out early and raced to unlock radio towers you were able to see more sooner and get to story missions quicker. Now that you’ve finished the game, you have this feeling that you want to play in that…

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Happy Easter

Posted on April 1, 2013October 27, 2014 by Matt

So the LORD God said to the serpent [in the Garden of Eden], “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike…

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On Purpose

Posted on October 20, 2012October 20, 2012 by Matt

The following After Eden comic, for biblical creation ministry Answers in Genesis, was published on Saturday, October 19, 2012, And the following is my comment on their Facebook post of the same comic identifying what I felt made this comic much better than it at first appears, This question is actually better than it at…

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Motion 312 – Defining the fetus as human

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Matt

Check out Pass 312.org, the central website for information about an MP Motion in Canada for changing the criminal code to identify an unborn child as human (contrary to what the law currently says). Here’s a little bit of info from the site, 1. Canada’s Criminal code defines unborn children as non human beings! 2….

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