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Jul 07
Five Great American Paintings
In 2008 a series highlighting five great paintings by Norman Rockwell appeared on the ruleofreason.blogspot.com/ site. Author, Nicholas Provenzo, begins with the words, “The American painter Norman Rockwell ranks among my favorite artists.” I whole-heartedly agree! Provenzo describes, in nice detail, five great Rockwell paintings. They are: Part I: The Scoutmaster Part II: The Homecoming …
Jul 07
A Principled Pluralism
A few comments following the Obergefell v. Hodges SCOTUS decision handed down 6/26/15. I’m intentionally not commenting here on the decision itself. My concerns are the bigger picture. The decision handed down is contrary to the beliefs of many Christians and it is also consistent with the beliefs of many Christians. I’m concerned that Christians …
Jul 03
Connecting and Community
Yesterday the Pekin community lost a high school boy to an apparent suicide. Pastor Jim McClarey and youth from his church will be joining us on a mission trip in a couple weeks. The boy was not in his youth group, but many of the youth going, were friends with the boy they lost and …
Jul 01
3 Reasons For A Life Verse
http://www.harvestministryteams.com/blog/2015/06/3-reasons-for-a-life-verse/ Here are three things a life verse helps you do: 1. Speak of your faith more clearly. A life verse allows you to articulate your faith to those around you. Your family, friends, coworkers and church benefit from the clarity in your life that comes with a life verse. It may seem overwhelming to …
Jun 22
What are we going to do about racism?
What are we going to do about racism? Introduction (originally posted 2015; update at the bottom) While we have made some progress in our country, will still have racism. We need to work to reduce it. (Realistically, we probably won’t be able to eliminate it in our lifetimes any more than our ability to eliminate …
Jun 21
WHY DOESN’T GOD MAKE HIS EXISTENCE MORE OBVIOUS TO PEOPLE?
http://winteryknight.com/2015/06/17/why-doesnt-god-make-his-existence-more-obvious-to-people-2/?utm_content=buffer6c3cf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer/
Jun 16
The pursuit of excellence begins with frustration, but succeeds with optimism.
When you're more passionate about excellence than others…http://t.co/pochvJHrRI ! pic.twitter.com/0bKQ12jBxi — Dan Rockwell (@Leadershipfreak) June 15, 2015
Jun 14
Medes & Elamites and other notes on Pentecost
Interesting aspect of #Pentecost: the Medes & Elamites, listed in Acts 2:9 as being *present*, were extinct cultures! These people would have been decendants of these cultures living in Jerusalem. Thanks @howardleewhite for the great sermon today. (See also Wikipedia for more on these extinct cultures.) Other Notes The gift of the spirit is translation …
Jun 14
The Essense of Leadership in 5 Letters – yep SERVE
The Essence of Leadership in Five Letters: http://t.co/3EObmXvrTk ! pic.twitter.com/iTl1o0dyBC — Dan Rockwell (@Leadershipfreak) June 14, 2015
Jun 14
Theophilus means God Friend
There are many theories about who Theophilus is; the person to whom Luke writes his gospel and the Atcs of the Apostles. The most obvious answer may be right under our noses. Theo means God. Phila means friends. It is written to God’s friend. it is written for us. Ex 33:11 The Lord spoke with Moses face …