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Soaked: Part 4

Kevin Platt, August 28, 2009

Today we are finishing up the posts on ways to get Soaked in the Word. Our hope isn't to create another system or checklist that you use to "try to get closer to God", but that by reflecting on the message that God has given us we'd be able to get to know him more.  This isn't a process to be ...

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Soaked: Part 3

., August 26, 2009

Yesterday we started with the first two thoughts for getting soaked in the Bible.  Today’s and tomorrow’s posts will hopefully get even more practical. 3.  Use the Learning Guide.   It may sound like self-promotion, but studying through the guide can be a big help ...

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Soaked: Part 2

., August 25, 2009

We want to offer some advice and tips to get us soaked in the Word. Today we will start with a couple preemptive strikes.  Try these before you even open your bible.    1.  Pray. Let’s be really clear on one thing.  It is not going to simply be some good advice that ...

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Soaked: Part 1

Chris Gonzalez, August 23, 2009

 I think every follower of Christ goes through periods where reading the bible becomes… well… dry.     You try to spend some time reading your bible in the morning, but it just doesn’t flow.  No spark.  No emotion.  No connection.  You read ...

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Jesus is Saving Me From "The Good Life"

Guest Author, August 17, 2009

I have lived a privileged life.  Upper middle class upbringing, B.S. from a major university (completed in 4 ½ but whose counting?), catapulted from front line staff to middle management in one of the leading hotel companies in the world in less than two years, gorgeous wife, great ...

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