Archive for March, 2010

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Holy Cow: Does God Care What We Eat?

This simple-to-understand book uses basic hermeneutic principles to properly interpret what the Bible says about eating meat. Eagan is clear that our diets are not a salvation issue, while at the same time encouraging obedience to God’s Word. HOLY COW! Does God Care About What We Eat? begins with the author’s attention-grabbing personal story. The [...]

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Reading Ebooks on iPhone or iTouch

I love reading books on my iPhone! At first I thought  it would be too small but I got used to it very quickly. I read every night in bed—no book light needed! You can read Heart of Wisdom publications on your iPhone or iTouch! I received an email question about reading  ebooks I have [...]

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Why are Christians Celebrating Passover?

# Passover Teaches us About Jesus
# The Early Christians Observed Passover
# The Seder is a Special Fellowship with God
# Passover is a Biblical Command

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We Are Hybrid Homeschooling!

We are hybrid homeschooling. I homeschool at home three days a week and send my children to a private homeschool one day and to fine arts classes one day. A hybrid is the combination of two or more different things, aimed at achieving a particular objective or goal. For example, I hybrid scrapbook, meaning I [...]

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TN Workshops: 3 Mistakes Made by Homeschoolers

I will be speaking on
Three Mistakes Made by Homeschoolers

9:30-12:00 No charge. in the following locations in TN:

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God is Better than Google: Found a Christian Doctor

I don’t know why I’m always amazed how God answers my prayers. He always does and I’m always amazed. The Bible says we are not to receive counsel from the ungodly (Psalm 1:1)—however, most of us go to doctors without a clue of their spiritual condition. I prayed for a Christian doctor and  found Dr. [...]

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Our Need to Feel Loved, Valued, and Accepted

I believe the new explosion in blogging is a portrait of people needing to be heard, to be understood, and to be accepted. How is it that we fret over the number of pages we read in our Bible and count the number of minutes on our knees, but ignore  the deep emotional needs of [...]

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Going Gluten-Free

Last month my doctor diagnosed me with celiac disease (via symptoms, not test results), a digestive disorder due to severe gluten sensitivity. I cannot eat any gluten. Thanks to genetic engineering the wheat we eat today has four times the amount of gluten the wheat our grandparents ate—i.e., we are not eating the wheat God [...]

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Fruitcake and Ice Cream

I am at Belinda’s house (my oldest daughter)  sobbing over a DVD we watched together by Louie Gigglio titled  FruitCake and Ice Cream.  Watch a clip by clicking the preview button below: That’s the story of Ashley, a somewhat typical college senior–loving life, partying hard and trying to balance it all with success in the classroom. [...]

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Should You Fear the Lord?

The fear of the Lord is a much misunderstood concept, it does not mean we have to walk around afraid of an angry God running away from him. It doesn’t mean he is waiting to whack us when we fall.

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Homeschooling the Next Generation

I’m so proud of my girls. Let me tell you a little about them. They each think outside-the-box and have entrepreneurial attitudes. Two of them operate homeschool businesses. Belinda is the director Family Christian Academy a private Christian School and Homeschool in the Nashville TN area. Rebecca, .my second daughter and hubby Scot homeschool their five children and live in the Nashville area.

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A Scrapbook for Grandbaby #14

My son Danny and his wife Ashley are expecting their second child. It will my 14th gandbaby! I made this scrapbook for baby shower. Once he is born I’ll fill in the photos. Ashley decorated the baby’s room with monkeys so I used Noah Scrapbook Kit from StudioGraphics.com and had the little monkey hanging around [...]

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His Eye is on the Sparrow

Jesus taught lessons with items from Creation. Light, salt, lilies, seeds, sparrows, all take on new significance. Bread and wine take on new significance because he made them symbols of his death.

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Digital Scrapbooking to Learn

Scrapbooking methods are a super creative outlet for school work. Scrapbooking is incredibly rewarding, Students show enthusiasm about almost any subject if there are able to scrapbook. Even computer novices can make great looking scrapbooks in little time. Start with a ready-to-use scrapbook layout, and then rearrange everything to make it your own. Here are [...]

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Jesus, Our Shepherd

He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

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Is "The Shack" Heresy?

I received a few comments of concern because I  promote The Shack and Wayne Jacobson’s books on this blog. The Shack by William Paul Young is a popular Christian fiction that has been a best seller for over 70 weeks. Wayne Jacobsen worked on the book and helped get it published. The people concerned should [...]