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Posted by David Carroll
Friday night, I boasted about stepping up the pace on my walk that I was going to do Saturday. Well here it is Sunday afternoon and I just got around to taking that Saturday, stepped-up walk. I did walk a little further and perhaps a little faster for a total of about thirty minutes. Toby (my dog) had a great time running rings around me. Regardless, I am a tired and somewhat hurting puppy myself. I have to keep in mind it was only a week ago that I started out for ten minutes on my treadmill. Now, about the hurting part. It’s my neck. I guess
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Posted by David Carroll
Just added a new entry in the Devotional Section:
Away from me Satan!
Posted by David Carroll
I have known for some time that Islam’s god is capricious and cannot really be known like (the Christian) God can be known. Our God makes promises and covenants and keeps them. With a capricious god like Allah, you can never know where you stand with him. Your eternal destiny is in his hands (no problem with that) but the choice for that destiny is based on nothing more than Allah’s capriciousness. Unless of course you are a martyr who kills infidels (us), then I think there is some sort of guarantee.James R White was talking about about the situation in
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Posted by David Carroll
Thursday I had a delightful visit with Jon Box; two geeks (professional mind you) enjoying talking about all the stuff our wives have no clue about. Thanks for bringing lunch by Jon, your visit really blessed me; you are a true friend. We probably talked about four hours. (I keep saying that’s about all I’m good for these days, I took a long nap after he left)Today (Friday), I had an early Doctor’s appointment to check out this nausea problem I have been having. I thought it was going to be a pretty easy day but that appointment kicked off
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Posted by David Carroll
I’ve blogged several times about this week being the big test week for whether I was really ready to start keeping commitments, like board meetings, teaching, etc. This is Wednesday night and except for some discomfort in deciding whether to sit or stand, God was gracious and granted me the strength and stamina to teach the first night of the Creation Science course. Thanks go to Bob for helping haul my stuff around but I really want to thank my wife Delaine for dealing with a massive signup night. We had over ninety people in the class tonight. It went
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Posted by David Carroll
I don’t want to pick on homosexuals for their particular sin. I have plenty of my own sins that although different, nonetheless make me a sinner. The big difference would be my remorse for my own sin since I do know that they are indeed sins. For the homosexual activist, their conduct is not sin. I think that is the big dividing line. After all, to repent means to have a change of mind toward agreement with God.I’ve been blogging a post from time to time expressing my curiosity with the emerging church. Brian McLaren, the apparent senior leader for the
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Posted by David Carroll
I have been praying for my own healing, imploring, asking, claiming promises. I hurt and I ask for God to remove the hurt. I need and I ask God to supply the need. I want and I ask God to make me happy. I work and I ask God to make me successful. I share my faith with another and I ask God to give the increase. I hear about others who need prayer and I intercede for them.A couple of entries ago I spoke of Don Whitney and asked that you pray for his battle with cancer of the
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Posted by David Carroll
Yesterday, Bethany and I went to the Radiology department at Methodist Germantown to get some spine x-rays done .My surgeon wanted to take a look at how the fusion was progressing during this mornings appointment. He seemed to be generally pleased but not pleased enough to let me take the neck brace off for another four weeks.But today, was the first chance Delaine and I got to see the extent of the damage (modifications) he had to do to the vertebra to remove the tumor. The most obvious thing you see when you first look at the x-ray is the screws and rod
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Posted by David Carroll
Just added a new entry in the Devotional Section:
The Protoevangelium (First Gospel)
Posted by David Carroll
Well, I have been enjoying getting a little better every day. Not great, just a little better, Thank You Lord!And it’s about time too. Although I stepped down from teaching (for the last five years) Adult Couples Sunday School to take a break and get really recovered physically and spiritually over the next year or so, I need some sort of outlet to express my Spiritual gift of teaching. So I have a commitment to teach a ten week Creation Science Course at Church starting Wednesday, January 25, 2006. I have always enjoyed teaching this course and the class has
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Posted by David Carroll
I am still catching up on my blog reading and just now found out that John Piper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will have a radical prostatectomy (complete removal of the prostate) in early February. Again, I find it uplifting spiritually as with Don Whitney below, to see the reaction of a particularly Godly man to such news. (HT: Justin Taylor)Piper wrote a letter to his church of which I am only going to quote the second half which is the half that shows the sweet and Godly attitude of his complete trust in Christ.This news has, of course,
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Posted by David Carroll
I remember going through a small group study on Don Whitney’s book Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. I know I received a blessing because I learned so many things about why be disciplined and how it exercises our (weak) spiritual muscles for when we really need them (every day!). In addition to the basics like prayer, and worship, the book talks about such topics as Scripture Reading and Meditation, Fasting, Silence & Solitude, Journaling, and Learning.Anyway, the point of this post is not to recommend a good book (I just did). but to ask you to pray for Don
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Posted by David Carroll
I took a shower yesterday but beforehand, I took my neckbrace off and stood at my sink and shaved with my new norelco. I could not have even lifted my hand long enough and held my head steady enough to do that a few weeks ago.Also, since I have to wear my neckbrace in the shower with me, Delaine helps me change the wet pads out to the dry ones. That’s been an ordeal in the past because of all the getting up and down out of bed. Basically, because I could not even sit up in bed long enough
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Posted by David Carroll
I have been reworking the devotion section of my site. As you may know, I started this Blog as a way of reading through the Bible in one year and staying accountable to my students for the commitment by blogging a devotional on something I read each day. I did 324 devotions that year so I fell a bit short but enough for a good start on an entire year's worth of bible devotions. So to complete the year, I need to do another 41 devotions. I've got the setup almost like I want it. So far there are place
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Posted by David Carroll
Every time I go to sleep for the night, I keep praying for that breakthrough the next morning. That morning when everything feels great. The hope is there but the reality is not yet. I’ve done my calculating backwards and the return to work date is February 1, today is January 5; that’s just less than four weeks away. I know I’ve come a long way but it sure seems like I’ve got a long way to go on this feeling like working thing in just a few weeks. I don’t know whether this is pressure from insurance or whether
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Posted by David Carroll
Beware the Spiritual PanaceaYes, you may think you are hearing a fantastic promise from God but if you think he is promising no suffering, no failure, and lots of prosperity, you are most certainly not hearing from God’s word. Perhaps you’ve heard the health, wealth and prosperity preachers. They make big money to drive big fancy cars and wear fine clothes and jewelry. After all, they know the secret, why not flaunt it to help you believe it.Let’s recall the exchange between Jesus and Peter.Matthew 16:21-23 (NKJV)From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many
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