Category: Personal

Theological Thursdays: Starting Point: Sola Scriptura

 William  October 7, 2004  7 Comments on Theological Thursdays: Starting Point: Sola Scriptura

Welcome to the first entry in my new concept of weekly themed postings. Today it’s Theological Thursdays. While I consider myself in no way a formal theologian, I do accept the challenge of J.I. Packer to wrestle with theology, since…

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Family And Baseball

 William  October 1, 2004

This weekend marks the end of the regular baseball season and we are off the see the Orioles play the Red Sox. It is a combined family/church outing so I am looking forward to a relaxing evening (win or lose)…

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Worship, Or Not!

 William  September 29, 2004  8 Comments on Worship, Or Not!

Warning: Rated PG-13 by the Meisheid Internet Rating Service for strong opinions. I have been reading some things that have gotten my juices flowing. These readings are radical thoughts, these musings of Michael Spencer. I should say they are radical…

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Bill’s Excellent Adventure

 William  September 27, 2004  1 Comment on Bill’s Excellent Adventure

I arrived home today, only two hours late from my Florida hurricane adventure. Air Tran really has their act together and they got the first plane out of Orlando after the airport opened late Monday morning with their remaining flights…

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Waiting Out The Storm

 William  September 25, 2004

Even though I planned my Florida trip in August I didn’t expect to be in the path of a hurrican since three hurricanes had already had an impact on the sunshine state. Four? Well as I sit in my brother’s…

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Traveling Mercies

 William  September 23, 2004

I am riding the rails to D.C. again today, doing training and then afterwards I get off at BWI and leave for Florida to visit my father this evening. As a result blogging will be haphazard until Monday night. Keep…

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Setting Your Course

 William  September 21, 2004

I noted Sunday, in an ongoing discussion of J.I. Packer’s book, Knowing God, that I have been writing study materials to enhance the efforts of our men’s study group. This morning I want to address one of the introductory questions…

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Problems And Perseverance

 William  September 20, 2004  4 Comments on Problems And Perseverance

I am not sure where I first heard it or who it was that said it but I have never forgotten the aphorism, “Problems are not planned, but they can be planned for.” That little truth sat behind the substance…

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Knowing God – 2

 William  September 19, 2004  1 Comment on Knowing God – 2

Of all the books I have read since becoming a Christian, apart from the Bible itself, one book has consistently both reinforced and challenged my ongoing efforts to become the Christian I have always desired to be. That book is…

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Riding The Rails

 William  September 14, 2004  3 Comments on Riding The Rails

Blogging has been limited this week because I have been doing training at the Bureau of Labor Statistics right across from Union Station in D.C. Between the preparation and the actual demands of the work, time has been limited. Instead…

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