Tom's Blog

Tuesday
May172011

Life

Webster’s dictionary has twenty different definitions for the word “life.” In the Bible there are three words that speak to this thing we call life. Bios: the manner of life. How we live it. How we choose to life. Psuche: The breath of life, both natural and spiritual. Who or what has breathed into you to cause you to choose how you live. Zoe: life in the absolute sense. Life as God sees it.

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Thursday
May052011

Islam and the Believer

I guess it's time for me to weigh in on Osama Bin Laden, or more specifically Islam. We are in a prophetic, historic season that the world has never seen. It's one that the church must recognize. Muslims today make up one-fifth of the population. Over one billion people claim the Muslim faith. It's the fastest growing religion in the world...

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Friday
Apr222011

Get Out the Knife

There's more to overcoming sin's hold in our lives than removing guilt and shame. While I love the "clean" feeling I get when sin is broken and overcome in my life, there's so much more than feeling "clean" that we are to experience...

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Wednesday
Apr132011

What Gap?

Having recently turned 55, I am ever aware of the cultural gap that stands between someone my age and a twenty something. In a Saturday night service message I asked if anyone present had never heard of the beloved (by me) Waltons television show. I was stunned to learn that 30 to 40% of those in attendance had never heard of John Boy, Jim Bob, Marry Ellen, etc. It was then that I was reminded of two very important things;

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Wednesday
Mar232011

Who Are You

In this day and age of mobile professional sports franchises, (teams that have left one city for another), mascot names can really get off base. Los Angeles and Lakes do not have much in common. At least not as much as Minneapolis does, which was the original franchise home. Utah Jazz? Anything but. The Jazz should've stayed in New Orleans. New Orleans is now the Hornets by way of Charlotte who were replaced by the Bobcats. How about New Orleans Cats ... Hmmm. This translates over to football also. The Rams of Los Angeles replaced the Cardinals who now fly in Arizona. A Cardinal can't survive in Arizona. It's too hot! Baseball? ...

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