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Crosswalk |
11:22am PST |
It's All About Love |
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Summary: 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Crosswalk |
7:09am PST |
African Lioness |
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Summary: WORLD magazine reports on the widow of Sudan freedom fighter John Garang who visited the United States recently. Following in her husband's footsteps, Rebecca Garang looks to serve her war-torn, poverty-stricken country from a position of influence. |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
The Recovery of Authentic Worship, Part Three |
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Summary: Not only does authentic worship begin with a true vision of the living God, but second, authentic worship leads to a confession of sin, both individual and corporate. Isaiah was "undone," when he had seen the true and living God, when he saw God in his ho |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Dog Quotes |
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Summary: Passing along my favorite dog quotes, all of them in honor of Dudley, who does indeed know when I've hidden an extra dog biscuit in my pocket. |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
BROKEBACK PULPIT: CLINTON v. BUSH |
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Summary: So... four U.S. Presidents go to Coretta Scott King's funeral. One gets praised, another gets hammered. The only problem is - realizing what those in attendance were actually praising... |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
It's not easy being Green...and Evangelical |
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Summary: My first reaction to the Evangelical Climate Initiative (ECI) yesterday was to start brainstorming ideas to help. For example, if Christian television preachers and hosts/hostesses voluntarily switched from hairspray to gel I think that would make a big d |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
California Republican Convention War |
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Summary: Some days I feel like a lone voice crying in the wilderness, then you read a 'common mind' with 'common reasoning' for the California Republican Party. Friend, and blogger, John Fleischman has penned a column that relates the sediments that I've tried to |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Olympics Salute US Athletes with "Freedom" |
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Summary: I watched the Winter Olympic Ceremonies from Italy last night on NBC; Channel 3 KCRA locally in Sacramento. My wife and I turned to each other during the introduction of the 'teams' (competing countries) and we asked, "what's with all of the American Disc |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Clinging to God Through Our Tears |
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Summary: Last weekend a young man died in a car accident, leaving his friends heartbroken and confused. I was asked to write to one of those friends to offer whatever encouragement I could. I was glad to do it, and as I did so I thought about how often I have done |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
First Baptist Church of Tupelo |
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Summary: This morning we visited the First Baptist Church of Tupelo. The church is at least 150 years old, making it Tupelo's oldest church. The original building was used as a hospital during the Civil War. As befits an established church, it occupies a prominent |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Bee and Post Defend "No Cartoons" Sunday |
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Summary: Both the Sacramento Bee and the Washington Post attempted explanations in their respective ombudsman columns, as to why they printed the Tom Toles' cartoon and chose to NOT print any of the Danes Newspaper's cartoons. |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
A Revolution in the Making? |
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Summary: The modern age has been the age of revolution, and the world we now inhabit has been shaped by a series of earth-shaking revolutions that have altered the cultural, economic, political, and personal lives we lead. Now, researcher George Barna declares a n |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
The Christian Mind - Part II |
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Summary: In the 18th and 19th centuries, religious thought and institutions in America were dominated by an austere, learned, and intellectual form of discourse that is largely absent from religious life today. This absence of commitment to the intellect has margi |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Responding to the touch of the Master |
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Summary: I recently posted a rather fanciful look at how "man's best friend" could teach Christians a lot about evangelism. I was heartened and bit surprised at the level of response to that article on the Canine School of Evangelism. Apparently there are a lot of |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
3 Models for Encountering the Culture |
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Summary: I recently had the priviledge of attending the 20/20 Colegiate Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. The conference speakers did an excellent job of bringing biblical clairty to the problems facing our culture. I w |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Lessons From Numinous Black Women |
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Summary: What parents can learn and apply from pop culture's openness to older African-American women. |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
The Catholic Church and the Democratic Party |
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Summary: Jerry interviews Father Richard John Neuhaus, editor-in-chief of First Things, about the long-standing relationship between the Catholic Church and the Democratic Party, and where they will go from here. |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Franklin's Non-Quote About Security and Liberty |
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Summary: I have a suggestion for the Statesmen Quote of the Day: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety deserve neither liberty, nor safety." It's disputed, but the general agreement is that this was coined by Benjamin Fra |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Media Takes Aim at VP Dick Cheney |
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Summary: Best lines from the media's press conference...The real reason the media doesn't like the 18-hour delay, because Dick Cheney had the private land owner inform the press. Translation: "Why didn't the VP hold a press conference and report this personally, w |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
A First Look at The Da Vinci Code |
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Summary: After being urged to do so by many friends, I finally got around to reading The Da Vinci Code, the mega-bestseller by Dan Brown. The book has sold an astonishing 30 million copies since its release in 2003. Later this spring the movie version starring Tom |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
Move America Forward Endorses Kaloogian |
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Summary: I've received numerous emails about Move America Forward sponsoring a Saturday afternoon two-hour block of programming on KTKZ. If you read my blog you know that I have had 'numerous' ethical and tactical concerns surrounding MAF and their fund raising st |
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Crosswalk |
7:08am PST |
More MAF Concern Tonight |
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Summary: Eric, I have been on MAF's e-mail list for a long time. When Howard announced he was running for Congress, I suddenly started receiving e-mails and updates from his campaign, even though I never signed up for them. They continue to this day. So it appears |
