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Different People Have Different Views of God

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In my morning readings I came across the following commentary, which reflected something I’ve been thinking about quite a bit lately.  I started a google buzz about it, but then realized it’d make a good blog article too.  So here goes: God’s revelation of Himself is suited to men’s spiritual capacity. Different souls get different [...]

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Dear @JohnCMayer – Re: Producing Porn

Dear Mr. Mayer, Do you mind if I call you John?  I know we’ve never met, it’s just that you seem like the type who’d rather be called “John” than “Mr. Mayer”.  We’re not friends, but I really dig your music.  In fact, I listened to your latest album, Battle Studies, twice on my flight [...]

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Why I’m Loving the Bible

Growing up, and throughout my adult years up until just a few years ago, I often saw the Bible as a boring book.  When God changed my life in September of 2006 I still held that feeling, especially when it came to The Old Testament. But I started attending Neighborhood Church in Redding, California, and [...]

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A Mother Asks for Help

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I received an email from a mother asking for help for her 14 year old son’s pornography problem.  Because this is a common issue I decided to post it here on my blog.  Here are a few of the lines she wrote: I have a 14 yr old son who got involved in pornography online [...]

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When I Let It Hit Me, Folks, This Is Gonna Be Incredibly Hard

In response to a comment left on Craig Gross‘ Facebook page by Michelle Truax, one of the key players on the XXXChurch Team, I just wrote: I have decided not to deal with it right now. I’ve laughed today, read books, talked to Ted Haggard a few times, talked to my Pastor about the book [...]

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Don’t Be Afraid of the Pain

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Donny is rambling again… Recently written to a great person who is hurting after a long term relationship ended: Kristin told me you’re hurting right now. I total understand how that feels. It’s kinda like the color has drained out of everything. You see things, they just aren’t as brilliant and full of life as [...]

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The Voodoo We Do

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The title of this blog post is a total rip off of  a page on JR Mahon’s blog: http://www.hollywoodpastor.com/the-voo-doo-we-do/ .  Sorry JR.  Actually, no I’m not ’cause you probably ripped it off from someone else, didn’t ya? Hee hee.  Dear Constant Readers, if you’ve heard me speak you’ve likely heard me mention that XXXChurch flew [...]

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A Lazy Morning – Video Blog Experiment

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Thanksgiving Thankfulness

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Baptized Today

…adding this for my records… As Caden looked on from a few feet away, my Pastor, Bill Giovannetti, baptized me at our 10:45am service.  I’ll be sure to post photos later.  For now, here are photos from last week’s baptisms.

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