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Yesterdays post on the afterlife generated a few comments that got me to thinking about my views further. In retrospect, I wanted to offer one disclaimer to my opinion on the relevance of the afterlife to my understanding of the gospel. So here goes: I think that the idea of heaven (which is described in…
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I wrote a pretty long book review the other day about the issues I have with (what I call) demonizing Islam and the Muslim belief system. The more I read Daughters of Islam, the more affirmed I feel in this opinion. Here’s a thought provoking quote taken from Adeney’s book which shows keen spiritual insight.…
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Have you ever witnessed a camel being birthed? Ok, well, how about a breach birth? Was the camel white? Well, I can say yes to all three questions above. Some friends recommended a really great rental that Christa and I watched last night: The Story of the Weeping Camel. The movie was a very inviting…
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On the reading front, I just finished Don Richardson’s latest book entitled: The Secrets of the Koran (pictured below). If you are not familiar with Don Richardson, he is a pretty well-known and well-respected missionary who has written a few books you may have heard the titles to or actually read, e.g. Peace Child, Eternity…
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Being pseudo-unemployed now, I thought it would be interesting to figure out how many different jobs I’ve had in my life thusfar. My friend Jer is the inspiration for this post because he’s had 17 different jobs (and he’s not even 30 yet!) I’m not using his criteria though (i.e. you must have a W-2…
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My wife just picked up this week’s issue of Newsweek. This edition features many articles and photos about China and what the future holds for that country. Some of these photos were of particular interest to us. In fact, some of the photos might be familiar sights to us by summer’s end… Maybe the liberty…
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Last night Christa and I finished watching the last episode of the first season of Arrested Development. This could be the most clever and funniest TV series I’ve ever seen. There were many scenes and one-liners that had me laughing out loud. I think the series was influenced quite a bit by director Wes Anderson’s…
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I guess it gets pretty cold in the Himalayas. Sarah should have no problems staying warm though…