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Echo Valley

We took about half of our senior high youth group to Echo Valley near Kalamazoo MI on Sunday.  It’s a tobogganing/tubing hill.  To be frank - Echo Valley was about 90% lame except for the first 5 seconds on the toboggan run.  Otherwise, it was too warm, there wasn’t enough snow, the staff were so-so, […]

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For no other reason than this….

…It’s my blog.  This post is dedicated to my brother, who decides to write a new blog post at nofencesinheaven.blogspot.com approximately every 6-8 weeks.
My top 10 facts about Chuck Norris.

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris can blow bubbles with beef jerky.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it’s not butter.
When Bruce Banner gets […]

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On Tiger and life

“….a now-shattered personal life…”
In a recent piece on ESPN.com, Jason Sobel wrote the preceding words in regards to Tiger Woods.  Unless you were on Jupiter, you might have heard about the scandal that has unfolded in the days following Thanksgiving 2009.  A tabloid reported alleged infidelity on Tiger’s part just before Thanksgiving.  Tiger crashed his SUV […]

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Roller Rinking

Here’s a few classic pics from our senior high roller skating exhibition on Sunday afternoon.  What a great time.  But man have my feet paid the price for the next 3 days….  (Hat Tip to Kim Helm for the photos)

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Pastor Appreciation

Hey, just a quick note to say “Thank You” for the many cards, gifts, thoughts, and prayers during the month of October!  Jenny, Samantha, and I feel very fortunate and blessed to serve with you at Jenison Christian Church.  Thank you so much!  We look forward to working with you for many, many years to come.

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More R.C. Sproul

OK, Sunday night during session four of the Truth Project, RC Sproul said (this is paraphrased), “We are living in the most divided time in the history of our country, culturally and ideologically.”
Really?  REALLY???????
Sproul is WAAAAAAAY smarter than I will ever be, and I have learned a lot from the quotes that I have heard from him, […]

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Quotes from my preacher

My preacher Steve North cracks me up.  Yesterday he was talking about a double-date from his past.  He and his buddy John took two girls out for dinner many years ago.  Steve said, “The two girls spent the whole time talking just to each other, sharing funny stories with each other, that THEY found funny […]

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Whose worldview?

We’re working through a curriculum called The Truth Project with our senior high kids this year.  Del Tackett is the virtual facilitator and our own Dave and Amy Barber are our on-site coordinators - they’re doing a great job.
Last night’s session discussed, among other things, two worldviews.  (A “worldview” is simply a way of describing how […]

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Some quotes from NT Wright

Tuesday I finished reading an interesting paper by Nikolas Thomas Wright entitled “How can the Bible be authoritative?”  It was written originally for a lecture series and presented as a paper for Vox Evangelica in 1991.  Here’s a link to the whole thing.  (It’s about 13,000 words, but it’s worth it.)  And thanks for the […]

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29 random thoughts on 40 Days of Acts – part 3

Our church is doing 40 Days of Purpose, based on the book of Acts.  Our first homework assignment was to read Acts in one sitting.  Here is Part 3 of my random thoughts on Acts.  Part 1 can be found here….  Part 2 can be found here…
21.  Another comical passage in the Scripture - Paul preaches […]

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