I have yet to write a review on the Kindle 2 from Amazon which I picked up over a month ago while vacation in Florida. My preview in a word – “Excellent!” I will save an extended review for later once I locate where I left my mind.
I recently started reading the book, Kindle 2 [...]
Finally Alive is a newly published book written by John Piper. Pastor John is the preaching pastor of the church that my family attends in the Minneapolis area. Finally Alive is focused on the Gospel and its message both to the believer and the unbeliever. John unpacks the truths he previously delivered in a sermon [...]
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Watching Town Hall for Hope on Fox Business channel with Dave Ramsey. Straight talk for today’s economy #
Happy birthday, Ben. I still very clearly remember the night you arrived! I hope you have a great day! #
Switching over to using Tweetie client for Mac in place of Tweetdeck. Very nice Cocoa app! #
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I am reading some articles on open-source software while Carrie watches HGTV. These are the stupid things we do imstead of going to sleep! #
Timely song for the season… ♫ http://blip.fm/~41iae #
Apple Time Capsule owners can now access their files from afar thanks to a tie-in with Apple’s Mobileme service. http://bit.ly/Z6kj [...]
Time magazine listed “The New Calvinism” as #3 on its article, 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now
If you really want to follow the development of conservative Christianity, track its musical hits. In the early 1900s you might have heard “The Old Rugged Cross,” a celebration of the atonement. By the 1980s you could have [...]
Jonathan Dodson writes about churches taking a “simple church” goal…
The first kind of simple church ignores complexity. This kind of church calls it as they see it. There is one way to do things. They call the outs. This type of “simple church” refuses to frame the gospel in our context, insisting upon using old [...]
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Helpful information if you want to remove the annoying and sometimes offensive Sponsor ads that show up on Facebook:
I just received a request from a friend on Facebook to join a group petitioning that the stupid x-rated ads it shows be removed. Nice as it would be if Facebook would do this, realistically, I highly [...]
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Okay, just for fun…some Viva La Vida ♫ http://blip.fm/~3txzt #
Caravan is doing the light up like a Christmas tree thing again. http://twitpic.com/2rtt4 #
This has to be one of my favorite Easter songs ever! ♫ http://blip.fm/~3rpar #
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A Bebo Norman song always fits just right! ♫ http://blip.fm/~3qydt #
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Good sensible article on HFCS…
Knowing that it tastes delicious, should we go ahead and assume high-fructose corn syrup is also incredibly bad for us? Many people think it is, pointing to the rise in obesity and diabetes that seems to have mirrored the rise in consumption of HFCS. Critics point out that it’s not a [...]
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The context for the book, The Templar Legacy, is detailed enough that it takes a little while for author, Steve Berry, to develop the story’s plot. I found it a little bit of a struggle to be drawn back to the novel during the early part of the book. That was not the case [...]
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