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Faith, Observation

Marley’s Message to Scrooge – R.C. Sproul

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This excerpt is from R.C. Sproul’s blog. It is an excellent and well thought analysis of some issues surrounding the celebration of Christmas.

Every generation has its abundance of Scrooges. The church is full of them. We hear endless complaints of commercialism. We are constantly told to put Christ back into Christmas. We hear that the tradition of Santa Claus is a sacrilege.

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Faith, Sports

Cheering for the other side

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Thanks to a friend, Deb, for the link on this heartwarming and uplifting story.

They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in Grapevine, Texas.

It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about it was upside down. For instance, when Gainesville came out to take the field, the Faith fans made a 40-yard spirit line for them to run through.

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Faith, Politics

Profession of mush: Joel Belz of World Magazine opines on President Bush’s appearance on Nightline

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On Worldmag.com, Joel Belz offers his opinion on the recent appearance by President Bush on ABC’s Nightline:

If you didn’t wince a bit while President Bush attempted last week—on national television, no less—to give an account of his Christian faith, well then maybe you too ought to go back and take a refresher course in Christianity 101.

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Economy, Faith, Observation, Politics

Real freedom

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While scouring the Desiring God blog this weekend, I found the following post written by Jon Bloom:

You see, real freedom is not the liberty to do what we want, or even the absence of distress. Real freedom is the deep-seated confidence that God really will provide everything we need. The person who believes this is the freest of all persons on earth, because no matter what situation they find themselves in, they have nothing to fear.

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Faith, Finances, Reviews

Dave Ramsey – Looking at our finances from a decidedly different perspective

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Author and speaker, Dave Ramsey, offers sound financial advice through the several books he has authored along with his website and a 12 week seminar offered at many locations around the country called Financial Peace University. Having experienced “having it all, losing it all, and getting it back” he offers sound advice regarding personal financial discipline and management that allows families and individuals to achieve financial independence the old fashioned way.
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Faith, Observation, Politics

Cal Thomas opinion article in World Magazine online – A Different Path

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World Magazine online has a post of an article written by Cal Thomas that offers a thought regarding Christians and politics in light of the recent elections:

A different path

OPINION: After 30 years of trying to transform culture through politics, conservative evangelicals would be wise to try a different, God-glorifying direction | Cal Thomas

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