Son of Man, Can These Bones Live?

Posted on Tue 05 April 2016 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Thankful

That question from the Biblical book of Ezekiel 37:3, still rings true after all these centuries!

When we are born into this world, we are born in sin. That's right; we are born with a failed nature that has no capacity for God at all. Left to ourselves, we …


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Reminiscing

Posted on Fri 11 March 2016 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Awareness

Today is one of those days where what happened leads me into thinking how our lives as Christians can be different than the lives of those who don't believe. What happened is that I was listening to series of podcasts from leadership in the company that I work for that …


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Trouble, and Comfort

Posted on Wed 27 January 2016 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Awareness, Thankful

When you are a Christian, trouble of all kinds is normal. But that is not the point of this article. The point of it is:

My Christian Friend, isn't it a wonderful thing knowing that your life and times are in the hands of Jesus Our Lord?

I have been …


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Who is in Charge Here, Anyway?

Posted on Sun 03 January 2016 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Awareness

One of the things that confuses a non-believer a LOT is the answer to the title of this post. I've been accused many times by non-believers of having some kind of huge ego, just because they don't understand the answer to that question. I have also seen church-goers who think …


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Real Healing 2

Posted on Sun 09 August 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Awareness, Thankful, Sin

December 11, 2020: The original article below was written and published on August 9, 2015. Since them I have learned much more about the struggle and my eyes have been opened to things I did not understand well before. Edits to this article indicated by lines drawn through old text …


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Right, Wrong, and the State

Posted on Fri 26 June 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage. How are we Christians, who have the clear teaching of scripture on such issues, to react to it?

One thing is certain, the way to react to it is the way we should react to everything in life; take …


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A Bash Script to Generate a List of IPs for a Subnet

Posted on Sun 26 April 2015 in Tech Blog • Tagged with Linux, Network, Bash

As a part of what I do, I often need to document network infrastructure where little or no records have been kept. One of the biggest challenges in doing this is finding all the network devices. I got to thinking recently how handy it would be to have a Linux …


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Patience: Listen to God

Posted on Mon 02 February 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life

As I write this, I am sitting in a airport waiting on a delayed flight. It is not that we don't have a airplane; we don't have a flight crew. A winter snowstorm that passed through the area (and later hit the East Coast) has caused the mess.

This set …


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Faith, or Fooling?

Posted on Wed 07 January 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life

In the Thru The Bible daily bible study, we are currently studying the book of Hebrews. We have arrived at chapter 11, a chapter that some call "The Hero's of Faith". This chapter opens with a definition of what faith is:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for …


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For or Against?

Posted on Sun 21 December 2014 in Blog • Tagged with Christian Life

On this, the fourth Sunday in Advent, I have been thinking a lot about events this year. I'd like to ask my fellow Christians a question: "Are you for or against?"

"What do you mean?" you ask, "For or Against what?".

What I mean in this; when evil confronts you …


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