Archive for October, 2006
31 October 2006 | 06:14 PM
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
~~~Day’s Verse:Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.Isaiah 40:30-31~~~ Ian has spent the last month or more working on [...]
31 October 2006 | 12:34 PM
Chocolate, Carrots, and Control
~~~Day’s Verse:For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.Romans 3:23-24~~~ Charles River Labs celebrates Halloween with chocolate. In fact, the last month has proved a slowly increasing chocolate-and-miscellaneous-candy bonanaza in anticipation of today. Walking through the [...]
30 October 2006 | 06:18 AM
Commence the Mayhem!
~~~Day’s Verse:Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.Hebrews 12:1 (context)~~~ The time has come once more to bring your wandering attention to the issues [...]
27 October 2006 | 11:24 AM
A Very Vermont Weekend
~~~Day’s Verse:When outsiders who have never heard of God’s law follow it more or less by instinct, they confirm its truth by their obedience. They show that God’s law is not something alien, imposed on us from without, but woven into the very fabric of our creation.Romans 2:14 (context)~~~ We are in Vermont for the [...]
26 October 2006 | 05:47 AM
Where I Fall: Gravel Patches, Apparently
~~~Day’s Verse:Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors. But God isn’t so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you’ve done.Romans 2:1-2 (context)~~~ [...]
25 October 2006 | 01:21 PM
Where I Fall: Concise Opinions on Almost Everything
~~~Day’s Verse:We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.1 Cor 5:20~~~ This is going to bother some people, but I would like to take this chance to explicitly state where I fall on a variety of controversial issues (in [...]
24 October 2006 | 05:05 PM
A Very Vermont Morning
~~~Day’s Verse:And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.Acts 28:30-31 (context)~~~ At Price Chopper the other day I passed by the organic cereal aisle and a bag caught [...]
