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The God Drug

The Lord is my strength and my shield;  in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults,  and with my song I give thanks to him.  Psalm 28:7 ESV Exults – You have probably heard rumors about “the God particle,” the scientists’ dream of finding that “something” that creates life.  “Elusive” would be a modest assessment of…
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365.2422

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening and there was morning, one day.Genesis 1:5 NASB One day – The Hebrew syntax isn’t quite the same as the English translation.  In Hebrew the final words of this verse are yôm ʾeḥad (literally, “day one”).  Since the English versions treat…
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Nature Abhors a Vacuum

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1  NIV Teach us – Heschel provides an amazing collection of thoughts about prayer.  Here’s the one we will deal with today: “Prayer cannot live in…
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Liturgy

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1  NIV Teach us – If prayer is primarily kavvanah, then why memorize the words?  Wouldn’t it be more spiritual to simply pour out our deepest…
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Begin Again

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1  NIV Teach us – Heschel wrote: “Prayer as a way of speaking is a way that leads nowhere.  The text must never be more important…
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Cosmic Prayer

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.  Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, . .    Psalm  96:12-13a  NIV All Creation – “Genuine prayer is an event in which man surpasses himself.  Man hardly comprehends what is coming to pass.  Its beginning lies on this…
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