Thursday, June 10, 2004

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10:06 PM This afternoon I stood behind Kevin McHale. I also walked by Patrick Ewing. I saw Larry Bird from a distance, and I was sitting down when B. J. Armstrong passed by. It happened at the NBA Pre-Draft Camp at Moody Bible Institute. Mark is working at the Solheim Center this summer, which means he is helping with secur…

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Thursday, April 29, 2004

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9:53 PM Marlene called to say I should watch MSNBC and I would see one of my friends on TV. Turns out that Pastor Erwin Lutzer of Moody Church in Chicago was part of a four-way interview regarding “The Da Vinci Code.” He has a new book out called “The Da Vinci Deception.” 9:21 PM All is well as the week rolls along …

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Monday, April 19, 2004

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3:45 PM Two notes relating to An Anchor for the Soul: From Andrea Shelton of Heartbound Ministries in Ringgold, GA: Thank you for your donation of 1200 books for Heartbound Ministries’ Easter outreach program at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, GA. Thank you also for the 50 books you sent for our prison chaplains to plac…

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Friday, March 12, 2004

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9:58 PM Two new sermon series just posted on the website: Joyful Living in a Grumpy World: Philippians (13 sermons) Street Smarts: Proverbs (12 sermons) Hat tip to Kathy Duggins for putting these sermons online. 9:57 PM Arrived back home a few minutes ago, weary from the week of ministry and the travel, but grateful to God …

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Sunday, February 22, 2004

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9:59 PM Mark called this afternoon to talk about the situation in Haiti. Cap-Haitien has fallen to the rebels who are fighting to oust President Aristide. Cap-Haitien, Haiti’s second-largest city, is on the northern coast. I preached there last May at the church founded by Henoc Lucien. (Click here and scroll down to the re…

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Wednesday, January 28, 2004

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10:33 AM Anyone out there feeling a little bit “imperfect” today? Thank you, I see that hand being raised. Mine too. Here are some encouraging words for “imperfect” people from Charles Spurgeon: Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickl…

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Tuesday, December 23, 2003

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3:32 PM The video presentation of Two From Galilee is now online and ready for viewing. 10:37 AM We received $44,000 in the Legacy Campaign Building Fund on Sunday. 10:35 AM More renovation news … It looks like they are nearly finished installing the glass in the portico archways. Roof almost completed. The gym has b…

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Tuesday, December 9, 2003

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7:21 PM David Limbaugh documents the increasing hostility to Christianity in our society. He ends with a question worthy of discussion:It’s one thing for Christians to argue that they should rejoice in their persecution – that’s even biblical. But it’s an entirely different matter for us to stand by idly as our cultur…

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Monday, December 1, 2003

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7:00 PM Marlene and I just got back from buying a Christmas tree. We couldn’t find anything we liked at one store so we were on our way to another store when we saw Christmas trees for sale behind the Portillo’s at the corner of Des Plaines and Roosevelt Road in Forest Park. So on impulse we pulled in to the Christmas tree …

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Friday, November 28, 2003

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9:36 PM Notable Quote: “In the world it is called tolerance, but in hell it is called despair … the sin that believes in nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die. – Dorothy Sayers” …

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