#1

When I went to school we got ranked in class by how well we did in comparison to the rest of the class. Year after year final exams came around and I usually made it in the top three. If Ghazala had not been in my class I would likely have made it to #1 [...]

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The Day I Was Down

When I use “Day” in my title for this post it is a day of however long you want it to be; in my case let’s just say it was more than 24 hours.
A few years ago, years that are now in my past and that I do not pre-occupy my thoughts with anymore, I was [...]

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Simplicity of Devotion

It used to bug me, and still would, when leaders have to convince us of their spirituality by telling us stories of how “humbly” and “prayerfully” they responded to various situations.  It used to bug me, and still would, when women have to convince us of how “submissive” they are to their husbands, when in [...]

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Discipleship

I attended a Catholic funeral service yesterday, and really really tried to to be open minded and non-judgemental.  I had to really really try though; maybe I have been brainwashed by evangelical teaching, I really don’t know.  I did listen very carefully, and learned something re. communion, transubstantiation notwithstanding.  Communion is the partaking of His [...]

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Hamilton Cult

About a year ago CTV aired a W5 program about a Hamilton ON cult:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061027/wfive_pied_piper_061027/20061117?hub=WFive
It was re-aired yesterday.  Mary Alice Chrnalogar, who wrote Twisted Scriptures, was involved in an attempt to de-program one devotee.
More info can be found on rickross.com:
http://www.rickross.com/groups/dominioncc.html
The Dominion Chrisitan Center (DCC) is a hyper Pentecostal version of the group I was with about [...]

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Sally’s Blessing

Due to a “high risk” pregnancy, Sally(not her real name) had been on bedrest for a few of months.  In that time I have visited her twice.  Each time I did so I came away so encouraged by her attitude and devotion to Christ.  Yes, it has been a stressful time. Yes it has been [...]

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God’s Love

God’s love is so great that He let His Son, Jesus Christ, come to earth to live among us, sinners and needy ones, to show us the love of His Father and, by His contact with us, to change the destructive paths of our lives to that which is rewarding and fulfilling.
Jesus was the friend of sinners.  He [...]

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People Pleasers, or Bond-servants of Christ

A few (4) years ago I used to fellowship with a group of Christians where spirituality was defined by the verse, “Obey your leaders, and submit to them; for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would [...]

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Church. Why Go?

Let’s face it, church is more about connecting with other Christians than about connecting with Christ.  We do the Sunday thing and we faithfully attend our small groups, but unless we have actually connected with someone(s) we’re out of there and the hunt for the perfect church begins. Unfortunately all churches are filled with sinners, [...]

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Fading Glory, yet Growing

Babies are cute, and it’s a good thing too because it inspires adults to nurture them.  Teenagers are beautiful and soooo body and looks conscious, and it ecourages the process of finding a mate and “multiplying”.  And then the couple marry and have kid(s) and grow old together.  This year I turn 50 and I’m [...]

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