ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

… I have totally used up all my grace quotient for cuss words for the year today.
Ok ok… I know. Where sin exists, grace abounds that much more. I am embarrassed over my very carnal reaction today even though my friends have told me not to worry about it. They say that what I did [...]

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While in DC, at a Pastor’s conference, I did a local debate regarding the APA silencing people holding the “ex-gay” viewpoint from speaking into a symposium they had scheduled and then canceled at the last minute.  Someone forwarded the transcript to me.  I phoned in to the local CBS affiliate there in town because it [...]

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Here is another reprint from an article of mine on Boundless.  It is my testimony and was originally published last May.
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Same-Sex Struggles
by Randy Thomas
Fifteen years ago I was a very different man from who I am now.
All of my relational, political, and social needs were defined by a worldview that fed my appetites and met [...]

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Overcoming Fear - Freedom From Fear - by Pastor Clark Whitten, Grace Church Orlando
Psalm 34:4 … “I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears
I. The Fruit of Fear
A. Fear paralyzes potential.
John 20:19 - “…the disciples…were together with the doors locked for fear of Jewish authorities.”
B. Fear ruins relationships.
Genesis [...]

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Former Exodus President Featured on Focus on the Family Broadcast
Orlando, FL- Tune in today and tomorrow to hear former Exodus International President Joe Dallas deliver a powerful message on how Christians should respond to the issue of homosexuality and to gay identified men and women.Alan Chambers’ new book God’s Grace & the Homosexual Next Door [...]

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Many times I get criticized for not publicly denouncing people on my “side” when they say, or allegedly say, something that is inappropriate or hostile. Usually I make it a habit to not call out people publicly on my blog unless they are really really high profile like the Presidential candidates. I think [...]

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The Discovery and Development of Your Destiny “When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares” - by Pastor Clark Whitten, Grace Church Orlando
Genesis 39:1-16
1 After Joseph had been taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelites, Potiphar an Egyptian, one of Pharaoh’s officials and the manager of his household, bought him from them.
2-6 As it turned out, God was with [...]

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My thoughts after the jump …
White House Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism
WASHINGTON AP - A White House official who served as President Bush s middleman with conservatives and Christian groups resigned Friday after admitting to plagiarism. Twenty columns he wrote for an Indiana newspaper were determined to have material copied from other sources without [...]

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Focus On The Family interviews the author of unChristian
Boundless Line: Reaching the unChristian
… “We need to be willing to have very frank and open conversations with people who are not Christians. And while we want to hold fast to biblical truths, we need to learn from people about why they’ve come to the conclusions that [...]

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The Discovery and Development of Your Destiny “When Dreams Turn Into Nightmares” - by Pastor Clark Whitten, Grace Church Orlando
Genesis 37:12-28:
12-13 His brothers had gone off to Shechem where they were pasturing their father’s flocks. Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are with flocks in Shechem. Come, I want to send you to them.”
Joseph said, [...]

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