The video below is a time lapse experiment from a trip to Big Bend country. The settings were off and the camera battery died before the sun set, but the scenery was beautiful enough to post incomplete
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Black Gap Timelapse
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Reading in the Ekklésia
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NOTE: This post was originally published as a bulletin article and on the merkelchurchofchrist.org blog “ [Jesus] went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.” Luke 4:16-17 (NIV) The congregational reading of scriptures in synagogues was a...
Beautiful Teachings of Jesus
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If I had seen a Christian living what Christ taught, then I myself may have followed and become a believer in the beautiful teachings of Jesus. Mahatma Gandhi
The Lost Art of Backward Planning
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Jesus had a plan…and he executed it right on time. As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. Luke 9:51 (NIV) Short of the divine knowledge Jesus possessed, few of us would be able to deliver exactly on time with as far to travel and as many things to do. Along the way he taught parables, eased Martha to the better choice, confronted...
Eat to Starve Cancer
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Running Faster for the Camera
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I was nearing the end of my semi-routine run along Lady Bird Lake in Austin Texas when on the trail in front of me was a yellow sign announcing the filming of the movie “When Angels Sing” and warned that traveling beyond the sign “constitutes your consent to be recorded.” Naturally I did what most American men would do; I pepped up my step, fixed my posture, and ran on...
The Parable of the Good Shepherd (Lost Sheep)
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In the Parable of the Good Shepherd (Or Parable of the Lost Sheep) the Pharisees come face to face with the prophesy of Ezekiel, they have failed as the shepherds go intended them to be and through their religion, have neglected the lost sheep. The main point of the parable is that God loves his sheep and only through the good shepherd (Jesus) will the lost sheep be found and there will be great...
The Parable of the Lost Sheep (Good Shepherd)
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Scripture Reading: Luke 15:1-7 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep...
NIV 2010 Review
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Link to translator notes here Beginning in March 2011 the print version of the New International Version will update to a 2010 edition. According to theCommittee on Bible Translation notes the NIV was updated “to bring the translation into line both with contemporary biblical scholarship and with shifts in English idiom and usage.” Ninety-five percent of the new edition is exactly...
Stephen Covey – Big Rocks: Put First Things First
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