Monthly Archives: March 2005

Minnesota Group prepares for 2nd Sri Lanka Tsunami Relief Trip

Minnesota group prepares for 2nd Sri Lanka tsunami relief trip.  In fact, the group will be leaving today for a month.  My dad Don Moran will be going with this group and be performing relief work and miscellaneous support duties.  … Continue reading

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“Chase after crap; feel like crap”

This morning I was with my men’s group. We are going thru the book of Proverbs and we also spend time discussing life in general. How are we doing and how do we need encouragement, how can we pray for … Continue reading

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More Barna Christian Parenting Poll (CPP)

Remember my comments last week on the Barna poll discussing Christian parenting, "Are Christians really Christians?". Well this week a 19 year old young punk David N. Bass expands the topic even more and with great effect. This is a … Continue reading

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Women’s Equity

Why would a UN conference on women’s equity include a divisive discussion on "reproductive health services" (better know as abortion on demand)? While it is true that if you leave men to their base nature, they behave like dogs in … Continue reading

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4-D Ultrasound

Fantastic technological advances give pro-life forces even more tools in the fight to end abortion. Check out this National Geographic article for details on the new 4-D ultrasound equipment. It gives you the ability to see the developing baby in … Continue reading

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Put on a Garment of Praise!

This morning we had some worship music blasting in the kitchen (much to my wife’s chagrin) as we were preparing for a day of worship. The Robin Mark song came on "Garments of Praise" and we were just worshipping!  It … Continue reading

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Are Christians really Christians?

In an article today discussing the findings of a recent Barna Group poll, there were some pretty startling results.  Only 30% of the "Born Again" Christian parents replied that they thought it was important that their children would grow up … Continue reading

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GOD’S POWER TO TRANSFORM: VOICE FROM THE CROSS

By Warren Coe South Suburban Evangelical Free Church LUKE 23:39-43 INTRODUCTION 1. Besides John 3:16 no portion of Bible has been preached as many times as seven last seven words of Jesus on cross. Year after year pulpits of all … Continue reading

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To Fellowship or Not To Fellowship

I was made aware of an interesting discussion as to weather to have that brief moment of fellowship in the middle of a worship service or not. See the discussion here. I find it very disturbing that so many of … Continue reading

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Chuck Baldwin always makes me think.

I must say I regularly disagree with Chuck Baldwin, but I deeply respect the man so I must post him. Here is a very thought provoking commentary. <b>Forget Political Labels: They Mean Nothing</b>By Chuck BaldwinMarch 4, 2005 Conservative. Liberal. Moderate. … Continue reading

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Minnesota for Marriage

Dear Friends: There’s now an official website for defending traditional marriage in Minnesota! It’s Minnesota for Marriage — www.minnesotaformarriage.org — and it’s designed to help you and other pro-family leaders get the Defense Of Marriage Amendment (DOMA) through the State … Continue reading

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James Lesson 8: Faith Tested by Responding to the Will of God (4:13-17)

James:Tests of a Living Faith Faith Tested by Responding to the Will of God (4:13-17) By Steve Budd Section Summary The genuiness of a person’s faith is characterized by doing the will of God “from the heart”. A constant disregard … Continue reading

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Catholics and Evangelicals: Similarities: Christ

We are moving along to the fourth part of our series Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences. In this section we will discuss another area of agreement, the doctrine of Christ. The basic concept is that Jesus is fully … Continue reading

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Deport ’em all

Why would we allow a festering boil of hate to remain in the United States? If people are not from here and they hate us, please go home. If they do not go home on their own, use the power … Continue reading

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Republic or Democracy?

In most political conversations that I am in, I often run into confusion as to what type of Government we actually have. Do we have a deomocracy?  Do we have a dictatorship? Walter E. Williams does a great job of … Continue reading

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Newspapers

Just a little fun for this morning…. Enjoy 1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country. 2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country. 3. The New York … Continue reading

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