Today's Devotions

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Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • All Things Working To the Glory of God: Stephen’s Martyrdom +

    God works in mysterious ways– Read More
  • God's Love For Us +

    The well of love God has for us is deeper than our imaginations can grasp-- Read More
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Audio & Video

It's About Him, Not Me: a sermon by Jay Thomas

bugler2goodWhere does peace come from--real peace? Jay Thomas spoke about the first two verses of the first chapter of Colossians at the Chapel Hill Bible Church on Sunday, February 6, 2011.

http://sermons.biblechurch.org/2011_02_06.final.mp3

The Wages of Sin: a review of the movie Training Day

The first time Denzel Washington read the "Training Day" script, he had an intensely personal reaction to his character — the charismatic, but fatally corrupt, detective Alonzo Harris.

“I try to bend even the worst of my roles, like Training Day, ” said Washington, the day after a press screening of The Book of Eli in Los Angeles. “The first thing I wrote on my script was ‘the wages of sin is death.’ - Terry Mattingly, The Book of Denzel.

Read more: The Wages of Sin: a review of the movie Training Day

Life in Eternity: a review of the movie Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire is the based-on-fact 1981 movie of two runners, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, who train to compete in the 100-meter sprint in the 1924 Olympic games. Abrahams, played by Ben Cross, is a English nonreligious Jew who is a student at Cambridge just after WWI. Liddell, played by Ian Charleson, is a Christian Scot and former rugby star who is expected to take over his father’s religious mission in China. Both are driven to win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but for different reasons.

Read more: Life in Eternity: a review of the movie Chariots of Fire

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Eat This Book, Eugene Peterson +

    Eugene Peterson’s book, Eat This Book gets its name from Revelation 10:9-10 when John asks for the scroll containing God’s Read More
  • Martin Luther’s Quiet Time, Walter Trobisch +

    Martin Luther had a barber named Peter Beskendorf who asked his world-famous customer and doctor of theology, "Dr. Luther, how Read More
  • Storytelling +

    Eugene Peterson discusses his influences as a writer, as well as how and why he created the Message translation. This Read More
  • Life as an Alien +

    Timothy Keller, the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, provides an inspiring portrayal of what the church is supposed Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Separated Unto the Holy Ghost (Andrew Murray) +

    Below is chapter 3 from the book, Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray, a South African "Now there were in the Read More
  • The Human Body and Spiritual Growth: Dallas Willard +

    In Christian Educator's Handbook on Spiritual Formation, edited by James Wilhoit of Wheaton College. "Spiritual formation" is the process through Read More
  • January 28 Devotional: Oswald Chambers +

    Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? —Acts 26:14 Read More
  • Coupla Things by Julie Moore +

    It has occurred to me that maybe more people would read my blog if the posts were shorter. I'm not Read More
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