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13 Years

May 25, 2010

Thirteen years ago today, Louise and I were married at the tender age of 17 and 18. Probably a fair number of the readers of this blog were there on that day. It is hard to believe it has been 13 years already, but I am glad to be able to say that they have [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Five

March 19, 2010

We’ve been looking at 1 Corinthians 13 and talking about love. 1 Corinthians 13 verses 4-7 paint a picture of just how difficult and counter-cultural this love really is. The kind of love Paul is talking about gives and gives though it gets nothing in return. Love is willing to suffer long for the sake [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Four

March 17, 2010

Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose Worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. – William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 The value [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Three

March 1, 2010

In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul speaks of a new way to live – a better way.  The Corinthians sought to prove their worth by being better than those around them.  Paul tells them that we are of value to the kingdom of God when we love those around us. Love is the way of life [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part Two

February 27, 2010

In chapter 13 of his letter to the Corinthians, Paul picks up on their fascination with spiritual gifts and tells them that all the gifts in the world are worthless without love: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging [...]

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1 Corinthians 13 – The Value of Love – Part One

February 27, 2010

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have a prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am [...]

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All of My Days

November 20, 2009

I often enjoy the posts on this blog. This one is very sad, but worth reading: … Every time I walked by, the little girl was happily playing with her doll, like she had been entertaining herself for years. She didn’t cry at all, and no one heard a peep from her that night. It [...]

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