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Month: July 2012

Jesus is offensive

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 29, 2012October 4, 2018
  • Christianity

Sometimes Jesus himself, is offensive to people and they will turn away. Understanding the truth, some will refuse to follow Christ.

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Pray for your kids – willing to work

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 25, 2012October 4, 2018
  • Christianity

Pray your children grow into understanding a Biblical perspective on work which enables them to accept it will not be easy but that there is a purpose in all work. Ask Jesus to help them see that as our Father is working, so too it is good for us to work.

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The first thousand thanks

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 23, 2012October 4, 2018
  • Christianity

During this past week I noted my thousandth prayer of gratitude to Jesus for all He gives me. What I’ve learned in the 22 months since I first began recording gifts goes way beyond any […]

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Ineluctable

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 23, 2012October 4, 2018
  • Poetry

I learned a new word today: ineluctable. According to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary it means: Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable. This wonderful word was introduced to me by Seamus Heaney in his poem […]

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Am I enough?

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 20, 2012October 4, 2018
  • Christianity

This week’s 5 Minute Friday prompt is ‘Enough’ Go: “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” (1 Kings 19:4 ESV) We men are generally supposed to […]

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My cheerful winter friends

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 17, 2012October 4, 2018
  • Everyday Life

As a lily among brambles,so is my love among the young women. (Song of Solomon 2:2 ESV) Near the entrance to the building in which I work is a patch of irises. I particularly like […]

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Death and the Victorian child

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 15, 2012October 4, 2018
  • General

I found this interesting little quote in the journal Pediatrics, Volume 76, Number 3, September 1985, page 370: Death and the Victorian child (1869) Today’s children, at least in this country, are shielded from death […]

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Whats the story

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on July 6, 2012October 4, 2018
  • General

This week’s 5 Minute Friday prompt: ‘Story’ Go: “What’s the story?” I hate those words. As a kid it usually meant I was about to be busted for my latest misdemeanor and had to think real fast […]

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