Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I hope your Christmas was as full of joy, happiness, and family-togetherness as ours was.  Here is Emma’s video of the post-present mess made on her new video camera.

We will be out of town until after New Year’s Day so have a happy New Year!

Brian

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My Favorite Christmas Passage This Year

This year, God is making the Christmas story new and fresh to me.  I have fallen in love with the words of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, spoken after he regained his voice.  He tells of God’s attributes and the things that Christ would accomplish.  I have put those parts in bold.                                                                                                                   
Luke 1:67-79 [...]

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Be Still and Be Quiet

I am having a hard time concentrating this week.  At work, home, and in my time with God.  Yesterday and today, my mind is racing so that I can’t stop and focus on one thing.  That’s when Ps. 46:10 and 131:2 have to become disciplines rather than just verses we quote.
 Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and [...]

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Leave It Alone!

I heard a new recording of “O Holy Night” Saturday.  I noticed that in the last verse the artist substituted the word “Noel” a few times in place of the line that says “His power and glory evermore proclaim.”  I say, “leave it alone!”  Don’t mess up a beautiful song with a great message for [...]

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Huckchuck a Winner in My Book

Ok, I don’t say much about politics.  But this guy is for real, and he is “real.”  And he has a sense of humor.  How can you go wrong with Chuck Norris on your side?

 Brian

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Pure and Faultless Religion

 What does God expect?  Wow, what a question.  And a dangerous one at that, because the answer can sound very “works-oriented salvation”  if we are not careful.  So let’s assume that we all have a deep and real relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ.  Good.  Now what does God expect?  True worship.  Worship in spirit and in truth.  [...]

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How Big is God?

My kids often ask that question.  It is a hard one to answer, mostly because I can’t even begin to fathom how “big” He is.  I am awestruck at His massive nature.  Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, was the same way.  Even when He built the temple that God wanted he said:
 
  “But [...]

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Worship @ The Brook

This Sunday @ MeadowBrook:
Sing to the King
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
All Bow Down (choir)
Glory in the Highest (Praise Team and Band)
See you then.
Brian

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A Loving Father

Sorry, I haven’t much time to write lately.  This is my first try at something like this and I still haven’t really found my “groove” yet.
Have you ever had one of those experiences with God where you suddenly were more aware of Him as your Father?  I had one of those on Tuesday.  It started [...]

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