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Breathing Narnian air: My annual walk through the land of Narnia

August 14, 2011 by

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Three years ago I began a tradition of reading through C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia each year, starting in August and going usually to the beginning of December (depending on how much of my time and attention I am able to give to the books). Though they are considered to be children’s books, the Chronicles […]

Fighting for Joy: Full of Glory

August 10, 2011 by

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The following is the third part of a series of posts that grew out of a sermon originally preached on Sunday morning, July 31st, 2011, at First Bapstist-Las Colinas. You can read the original post here. — 3.     Lasting joy is full of glory  Whom [Jesus] having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet […]

Fighting For Joy: True Contentment

August 7, 2011 by

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The following is the third part of a series of posts that grew out of a sermon originally preached on Sunday morning, July 31st, 2011, at First Bapstist-Las Colinas. You can read the original post here. — 2.     True contentment as the key to abiding joy At his most basic element, mankind is profoundly discontent with his circumstances. […]

Fighting for Joy: Eternal Perspective

August 3, 2011 by

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The following is the second part of a series of posts that grew out of a sermon originally preached on Sunday morning, July 31st, 2011, at First Bapstist-Las Colinas. You can read the original post here. 1.     Eternal perspective enables true contentment Peter is writing this epistle to a church who is struggling for joy […]

Fighting for Joy

July 31, 2011 by

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The following series of posts (to be published Sundays and Wednesdays) started as a private searching of the Word for the root of abiding joy, and culminated in a sermon preached the morning of July 31st, 2011, at First Baptist-Las Colinas. It’s fairly lengthy, so I’ve decided to break it up into several smaller posts. […]