tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50733212012-02-16T08:06:34.086-05:00Stuff I'm thinking about today...Pastor Billnoreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073321.post-89873546520858870082011-09-26T06:34:00.001-04:002011-09-26T06:34:02.288-04:00

Here is a great article that should give all of us American believers something to think about. Click and read

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We continue to experiment with publishing our services, both online, and via CD. Here is Sunday's sermon. We welcome feedback on the quality of the audio, as well as on any issues you might experience in trying to play it. (NOTE - These posts automatically forward to our email list, so if you received the email and the audio player is not showing, please visit the webpage.)

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Just this much more until Game Night!<!--dateFuture = new Date(2011,2,12,18,00,00);function GetCount(){ dateNow = new Date(); //grab current date amount = dateFuture.getTime() - dateNow.getTime(); //calc milliseconds between dates delete dateNow; // time is already past if(

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What a wonderful reminder!Becky Kelley sings, "Where's the Line to See Jesus?"

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I read this great quote from Charles H. Spurgeon... Wanted to share...Beloved, can you concede how much Christ will love you when you are in heaven? Have you ever tried to fathom that bottomless sea of affection in which you shall swim, when you shall bathe yourself in seas of heavenly rest? Did you ever think of the love which Christ will manifest to you, when he shall present you without spot,

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Well, I've played with these a bit now, and here are some additional observations:1.) Absolutely, you must have HEAVY foil. If not, double it up. The Keurig's pressure will split the foil if not.2.) You need to really work at crimping the foil around the top. If it's loose or sloppy, these things will leak. It's not terribly messy, but I don't want any leaks at all!3.) I notice that after

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I recently purchased a Keurig coffee maker. Several friends and family followed suit, and it seems many people I know now use these cool single-cup coffee makers. They make great coffee, they are very clean and neat, and perfect if you don't need to make a whole pot. The only downsides that I see to them are the cost of the K-Cups, which tend toward the $.50 per cup range, and the

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A driver did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman behind him went ballistic, pounding on her horn and screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to drive through the intersection with him. Still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a

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Have you read this book? Do you plan to see the big money movie starring Tom Hanks? In May and June, we will be looking into the claims made in this book, all of which the author, Dan Brown, claims are true and factual (note the unnumbered page entitled "Fact:" just before the prologue in the book). Why would this matter, you ask? Well, because the claims that are made in this book, if true,

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Are the Ten Commandments relevant to Christians today? Are we expected to obey them? Are any of them obsolete in the New Testament?Check out the current study at The Ministry Resource Online! where these and other questions are addressed.

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For those who are interested in Bible study, I posted two new lessons on my Ministry Resource Online! site. The first deals with the Christian perspective on Ohio's Issue One, which was a ballot issue in the recent election, and dealt with "same sex marriage." The second is a study based on Matthew 17 and Mark 9, and deals with how a Christian should react when he or she "hits the wall"

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I slept about 2 hours last night, due to the extreme discomfort with my tooth. Five a.m. finally rolled around and I awoke Beth. We did our final packing, straightened up the room, and headed for Gatwick. The drive was uneventful, and the traffic was manageable, until we got close to Gatwick. We hoped for meaningful traffic signs to guide us to the rental car return, but there were none

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Our last day here began with one central goal - find a dentist. After a sleepless night where I consumed Tylenol every two hours, and bathed my tooth in Chloroseptic even more often, I realized that I needed to do something before trying to drive to Gatwick tomorrow for the return flight. About 3:00 AM, I scanned the yellow pages for dentists (dental surgeons, as they are called here), and

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I was rudely knocked out of bed at 4:00 this morning by my miserable tooth. I bathed it in Chloroseptic and popped two more Tylenol, and managed a couple more hours of sleep. As we prepared for our drive south, I listened to the weather report, and was pleasantly surprised to hear that we could expect rain, gale force winds, and maybe as much as two or three minutes of sunshine today. Sigh..

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Cambridge, Sandringham, and miserable rain. That pretty much sums up the day. We left early, and headed south on the A1 with our destination Cambridge. The drive was quite pleasant, even though we got into heavy traffic during the morning rush hour. We stopped for breakfast at a Little Chef restaurant along the highway, and the food was surprisingly good. These Little Chefs appear all along

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I woke up about 11:00 today, so marking the start of a very lazy day. We laid around the resort all morning, and finally decided to shower and get moving around 12:30. We went to Oakham and played with the library computers, then drove to Stamford where we spent the remainder of the afternoon. Stamford is a truly beautiful little town, with a large downtown area blocked to traffic. Since it is

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London. One cannot visit England and leave out London, can they? Since the answer to that question is an emphatic "no," we spent this day in that greatest of all the English cities. The day started early, with our drive to the Oakham train station. We arrived quite early, thinking that we might struggle for parking. However, parking was abundant, leaving us with time to freeze our keisters

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Well, it is the Lord's Day, and we spent it just like we would at home - worshipping in church, and resting at home. Beth was so taken with the Oakham Baptist Church last Sunday evening, that we attended there again this morning. The service was wonderful. Once again, we were both impressed with the excited atmosphere and vibrant worship. Everybody seemed to truly want to be in church. The

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For two reasons - because we had driven a rather long distance yesterday, and because we had to check out of our A-frame cottage this morning and check back into our new room in the Stable Mews this afternoon, we chose to stay close to home today. After checking out, we drove into Oakham and parked the car in the Long Stay car park. From there we visited the library and sent a few emails. Since

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We learned today that the drive north to York is much less intimidating than the drive south. This was our first foray into the north of England. We left at 7:30 AM and took the A1 north to Thirsk. Thirsk is the site of Alf Wight's (aka James Herriot) veterinary practice, and one of the places that was high on my list. Alf died in 1995, as did Donald Sinclair (aka Siegfried Farnon). After

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We awoke to the sound of rain pelting the roof of our A-framed condo. That, coupled with the fact we slept until 10:00, made for a lazy morning hanging around the condo. Today was planned to be a slow day, anyway, making up for all the driving yesterday. We did not do much. After a lazy breakfast, we drove into Oakham. While there, we used the computers in the Rutland Library to send an email

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If you are reading the diary of the England trip, then you are noticing that they are out of order. Apologies. I've been posting these using the email posting mechanism within Blogger, and it is not posting them in the same order I sent them. Sigh... Just look at the date in the post title, and read them in that order. Apologies for the confusion.

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With some nervousness, we ventured back out in the car today, once again pointing it southwest toward Stratford-upon-Avon. However, our fears were groundless, for we had a long day of driving with very few incidents. One of those incidents will probably cost me when I turn the car in to the rental company, but why worry about that now? It would only sour my vacation. So I won't think about it

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Our crippled rental car prohibited us from travelling far today, so we spent the day at the resort, awaiting the repair from the rental company. It was a very dreary, gray, and rainy day anyway. We took advantage of the time to do the laundry, rest, and plan an itinerary for the next few days. The Kwik Fit Mobile truck arrived at 4:00 PM and replaced the tire on the car, after which we took

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If you are interested in Bible study, may I encourage you to try my other site - The Ministry Resource Online! It is available at http://www.JohnsonAcres.com/mro , and contains many resources for the student of Scripture. This morning, I posted the lesson I taught this past Lord's Day on "Keeping it Strong." Take a look if you like.

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Just an encouragement to pray today for our country. As we ponder whatwill happen in the next 48 hours, and the ramifications to our children'schildren, I am reminded of a few verses of scripture that are soapplicable:The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (John 14:14)Pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:

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Day 3. Plans today call for Warwick Castle (pronounced WA-WICK), and the Cotswolds. These are a ways from our resort, so driving may be a challenge. I think I will have to buy gas today, so that should be a whole new experience. Update - Well, the first paragraph was written at the start of the day, and now I write after the fact. Day 3 was, indeed, an interesting one. Let's hope that no

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Day 2. I awoke about 8:00. As I write this, it is 10:30, and Beth is still sleeping. She did eventually get up, and we had a beautiful and stress-free day in Oakham. The light Sunday traffic and the simple layout of the city made driving easy, so we drove into town, parked, and spent a couple of hours just walking the streets of Oakham. We enjoyed a "Sunday lunch" at the Rutland Coffee Shop,

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Travel day. We spent the day sitting on planes and in airports, flying out of Cleveland at 4:30 PM on October 8, through Philadelphia, and on to London's Gatwick airport, arriving at 8:30 AM Saturday, October 9. The flight was as comfortable and uneventful as any flight ever is, and, per my norm, I found myself unable to sleep much during the flight. We arrived therefore with a mix of

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I am studying Song of Solomon 5:16, "This is my beloved, and this is my friend." I am using this verse in a message on the importance of friendship in marriage. Surely it teaches that. Not only must my wife be my beloved, but she must also be my very best friend. Marriages sometimes fail, not because of a lack of love and passion, but because of a lack of friendship and companionship. So, we

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Let's remember to pray for the troops today, and for our good Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, who is in the midst of the battle today.

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