Monthly Archives: December 2010

The Shadowed Mind by Julie Cave

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The Shadowed Mind by Julie Cave

Although, The Shadowed Mind is the second in The Dinah Harris Mystery triology series, it was more than adequate as a stand-alone story by itself. If I was missing anything important by not reading the first in the series before reading this one, I couldn’t tell.

All of the plots and subplots revolved around the topics of eugenics, euthanasia, evolution vs. creation and ultimately the value of human life. What could have been a boring litany of detailed lectures was excellently crafted into an extremely interesting mystery. Even some of the subplots had their own mystery attached to them.

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God’s Purposes for Work

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Do you eat to work or do you work to eat? You could be doing both, but one thing is for sure, if you are able to work and you aren’t, then you shouldn’t be eating. I’m not talking about being laid off, that’s different. Besides, it’s not my idea anyway. It’s God’s.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that it any would not work, neither should he eat. 2 Thess. 3:10 KJV

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Improvement Goals for Your Exercise Program

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An improvement goal in general is getting better, doing more, working harder, developing new skills, learning something new. Some examples of improvement goals are to walk one more minute, do 5 more crunches than the day before, learning a new stroke in your favorite sport or trying out a new piece of exercise equipment.

Improvement goals are not as rigid and general as making a goal to exercise three times a week for 60 minutes each time or setting a short time frame to say, run a marathon. Unless you are already in the habit of exercising very closely to those goals, then you are setting yourself up for failure.

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Merry Christmas!

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I am thankful I can still say “Merry Christmas”, and don’t have to say “Happy Holidays”. I am thankful for the emphasis on Christ’s birthday at this time of year. I am thankful that I can openly speak about Christ in December, even “witness” to others about him.

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Resisting Food Temptations the Christian Way

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Resisting Food Temptations the Christian Way

Pay close attention to when you catch yourself saying or thinking, “that sure looks tempting”, as it applies to food or drink. If you are thinking that something looks “tempting”, there is a really good chance that it actually is “tempting”, that is testing, trying, luring you into something that is not the best for you and that is possibly even a sin for you.

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The Blessings In Adversity

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Blessings in adversity? In calamity? In affliction? In Distress?

Yes.

First off, God makes (not can make but does make) all things work together for our good if we love Him, as a Christian does. (Romans 8:28)

What some people forget is the definition of good in God’s eyes. It’s right there in the very next verse.

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Radical by David Platt

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“Radical” is a book about challenging the modern American Christian’s mindsets to what real Christianity is. The author grabs several of the American church’s commonplace ideas by the horns and proceeds to wrestle them to the ground by comparing them with Scripture, and using rational arguments, challenging questions, and compelling real life stories.

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