by the Night Writer
Like a big fist pounding on my door,
I never felt such a love before…
– Bruce Cockburn
Sunday thoughts.
In church this morning we were exhorted, during the singing portion, to remember that with a shout the walls will come down. “The wall” in this case being whatever is standing between us and God’s [...]
by the Night Writer
Where is it written in the Bible that guys have to be romantic? I mean, really, give me a scripture. I checked, and my concordance must be the Strong’s Silent Type, because the word “romantic” doesn’t appear once. Yet our culture tells us that women want men to be “r
omantic”, which usually [...]
A few days ago I put up a post referencing how safe our lives have become and suggesting that we had to go looking to find things to kill us, and usually found them embedded in the things we’ve used to make our lives easier.
Our desire for easy and convenient kills us with useless [...]
One of the songs we sang in church on Easter Sunday had these words:
I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross.
We’ve sung that song a few times before and each time I usually think to myself that I do know how much it cost to redeem my sin — it [...]
You must each make up your own mind as to how much you should give. Don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves the person who gives cheerfully. And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. [...]
(About “Filings”:)
Filings is an ongoing section of this blog where the posts focus specifically on issues of Christian life. The name comes about because “filings” are the natural by-product of Proverbs 27:17: “as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
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A childhood memory: waking up in the pre-dawn winter hours to the muffled thrumming of [...]
(About “Filings”)
Filings is an ongoing section of this blog where the posts focus specifically on issues of Christian life. The name comes about because “filings” are the natural by-product of Proverbs 27:17: “as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
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My wife and I attended our church’s Sweetheart Weekend this past weekend — in romantic, [...]
(About “Filings”)
Filings is an ongoing section of this blog where the posts focus specifically on issues of Christian life. The name comes about because “filings” are the natural by-product of Proverbs 27:17: “as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
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My wife accepted an invitation from a friend of ours and has attended a couple [...]
(About Filings:)
Filings is an ongoing section of this blog where the posts focus specifically on issues of Christian life. The name comes about because “filings” are the natural by-product of Proverbs 27:17: “as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
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A friend of mine e-mailed to gently chide me about a recent post I wrote [...]
(About “Filings:”)
Filings is an ongoing section of this blog where the posts focus specifically on issues of Christian life. The name comes about because “filings” are the natural by-product of Proverbs 27:17: “as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
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The Minnesota Fishing Opener is this Sunday, and Mother’s Day was last Sunday, which [...]
