can we ask him to change our past?

Over the last couple of weeks I have been giving a hard look at each of the blogs on my blogroll.  Should they stay or should they go?  This morning I had a chance to read through Ben Witherington’s recent posts.  In case you haven’t guessed, despite titles like “Should we sink Mr. Dawn Treader?” [...]

Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known
and from whom no secrets are hidden,
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
that by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
we may perfectly love you
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Peter has just uprooted his blog from Blogger (Those who know call it “Booger”) and started using WordPress at his own qaya.org website.  I’ve updated my blogroll with the new address: http://www.qaya.org/blog/ Today he had a post on eagles and doves that really encouraged me.  Is this the beginning of a new trend at Speaker [...]

Previous posts in this series: It’s all in your perspective, The Crocodile God, Who messed with the ending? Was Job a real person?  Is the book that carries his name a historical account or a work of fiction?  Is the dialogue between Satan and God imaginary or real? When God speaks in chapters 38-41 is [...]

On Wednesday I flew down the Zambeze and saw the flooding. Waters have receded but many crops and homes have been lost.

Previous post: The Book of Job: Who messed with the ending? I’ve had a crazy week and haven’t been able to reply to some of the comments on my recent post until now.  Jared Coleman of delectatio Dei wrote: Aside from the weirdness of the happy ending, is there anything in the [...]

In an on-going effort to maximize my blogroll, I’m taking a hard look at each of the blogs and determining whether or not they should stay or go.  This week we have Christopher Heard’s Higgaion in our sights.  Higgaion comes from a Hebrew name for a type of praise song.  Or that’s what folks tell [...]

Our family recites the traditional wording of the Lord’s prayer. But Ben says it “sounds funny.”

I’m getting ready to begin a series of posts comparing three Bible translations: CEV, NLT and The Message.  I have to admit that I love all three of these versions.  For the last twenty years I have basically been a NIV guy.  I used the NIV student Bible and later the NIV study Bible.  These are great [...]

The river is higher now than it was in during the flood of 2001. Lower parts of Tete city are under water. Pray for people.

…at least in Mozambique! A friend of mine started his own blog today: nyakusauka.wordpress.com. Is this the 1st blog ever in Nyungwe?