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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Letters To My Son: Words of Advice To A Christian Gentleman In His First Year of College
Before leaving college I told my son I would write to him a letter once a week. I told him I would write it but mail it “snail mail”, not send it in any electronic way. This attempt is a challenge especially when I can’t think of something I have not told him already but […]
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Listen to Him
We live in a society where we hear many voices coming from a variety of places. With technology, we have even more. Everywhere we go we are asked to do something. Just watch the commercials on TV or on-line and you will see this. They all promise you something: happiness, satisfaction, pleasure, health, peace, money, […]
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Prophet, Martyr, The Death of John The Baptist
Matthew 14:1-12 describes the martyrdom of the last prophet John the Baptist. His coming was foretold in the Old Testament in the book of Malaqui (chapter 3:1;4:5) He would prepare the way for the Messiah, Jesus Christ. His birth was a miracle in of itself (Luke 1). He grew up dedicated to the Lord and […]
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Human Affections vs. Divine Affections
This is an old video. I don’t know why I am posting it, but maybe because I just signed up with Vimeo.Human Affections vs. Divine Affections from Edgar Galdamez on Vimeo. Material is copyright by eigaldamez. Permission is given to re-post or reproduce without editing the content. Disclaimer: The contents of all personal web pages […]
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Fading Memories
Fading Memories yesterday I saw you today I try to remember what you look like I close my eyes I try to imagine what you look like I find no Image of what you look like the void inside I know you are there some where beneath the fading memories but what do you look […]
I Don’t Get It!
I just finished reading parts of a blog titled “I don’t get it” about large churches. The author doesn’t get it why we need them. I read a bit of it but didn’t finish it because I knew what he would say. But God still uses us, his Church in spite of our short comings, […]
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Old Age
She is in the hospital. She is 82 years old. Her son sits on a chair and observes. An alarm from the IV machine keeps beeping. It’s an annoying sound. Her son talks to her and asks her if she has eaten to which she answers affirmatively. They both stop talking. Soon she is sleeping […]
The Cause of Spiritual Stupidity by George MacDonald- Selected Quotes
This week while I was flying to DC, I read some of George MacDonald‘s Unspoken Sermons. I read two of them and I thought these quotes were very deep. “The Cause of Spiritual Stupidity” – “Unspoken Sermons” George MacDonald If a man forget a thing, God will see to that: man is not lord of […]
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MAN’S DIFFICULTY CONCERNING PRAYER
This week while I was flying to DC, I read some of George MacDonald‘s Unspoken Sermons. I read two of them and I thought these quotes were very deep. MAN’S DIFFICULTY CONCERNING PRAYER. ‘—and not to faint.’—ST. LUKE xviii. 1. “There are some who would argue for prayer, not on the ground of any possible […]
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Thoughts on Jonah Chapter 4
In chapter 3 we saw that God has held his judgment against Niniveh and saved them. Jonah was the unhappy means of communication. Why was he so reluctant to go on this mission? The answer is found at the beginning of this chapter. This was exceedingly “evil” (the same word in Hebrew-ra’ah- is used as […]
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