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01.29.12
Love Trumps Knowledge | 1 Corinthians 8
Roger Nelson
Jefferson Bethke posted a spoken word, poem, rap thing on You-Tube. There is nothing special about the video. It features Jefferson, a pleasant looking twenty-two year old, standing in front of an old building, clean bold text pops once in a while, ...

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01.22.12
Recalibrate | 1 Corinthians 7:25-31
Roger Nelson
Harold Egbert Camping grew up in a Christian Reformed Church in California and was part of the CRC until he was in his late sixties. He was a civil engineer by training but he is made his mark in radio. In the late 1950's Camping and few ...

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01.15.12
A Somatic Spirituality | 1 Chronicles 6:12-20
Roger Nelson
I was at a retreat in the hard scramble hills of Texas. The food was tasty, the running trails were challenging, and the conversation with friends was lively. The retreat included small group meetings, large group worship, and times of prayerful ...

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12.25.11
Particles of God | Luke 2:1-20
Roger Nelson
At a research lab in Switzerland, to a standing room only crowd, scientists recently announced that they were closer to an explanation for everything. They didn't claim to have everything figured out just yet, but as one scientist put it, "I ...

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12.18.11
Building Houses | 2 Samuel 7
Roger Nelson
Country music singer Miranda Lambert sings my wife’s current favorite song. I know it gets played a lot at our house. The song is about a young woman going back to the house in which she grew up and asking the current owner if she could just come ...

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12.11.11
Taking up the Text | Isaiah 61
Roger Nelson
When Herman Cain suspended his campaign for the presidency he mounted a stage at a political rally and delivered a fiery defiant speech. He tossed out zingy one liners and railed against the dirty dealings of politics. He attacked the usual ...

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