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HKHaugan's Blog – October 2009 Archive (13)

Pentecost 86 Help! I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!

Pentecost 86 Help! I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up!

“When my life was slipping away, I remembered God,

And my prayer got through to you, made it all the way to your Holy Temple.

Those who worship hollow gods, god-frauds, walk away from their only true love. But I'm worshiping you, God, calling out in thanksgiving!

And I'll do what I promised I'd do! Salvation belongs to God!" (Jonah 2:8-9 The Message Bible)

Man can only think, analyze and understand so much.… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 31, 2009 at 8:53pm — No Comments

Pentecost 88 When Thinking Becomes an Attitude

Pentecost 88 When Thinking Becomes an Attitude

Suppose you woke up in a wilderness and didn’t know where you were? This happened to a friend of mine in college. Some of his drunken fraternity brothers crept into his room when he was asleep, tied him up in a big burlap sack, carted him out to a country road and dumped him there in the middle of the night. He was terrified but his survival instincts kicked in and he was able to find his way to a main highway, identify where he was and… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 30, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments

Pentecost 87 Q: When's the Best Time to Witness? A: Whenever You Can!

Pentecost 87 Q: When’s the Best Time to Witness?

A: Whenever You Can!

“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect…(1Pet.3:15).”

When Lord Baden-Powell began the Boy Scouts the motto they embraced was “Be Prepared!” I’m sure that Peter influenced him. Preparation is critical because you never know when you will be called… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 27, 2009 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Pentecost 85 Seeing the Heart of Jesus

Pentecost 85 Seeing the Heart of Jesus

When you think Jesus you can’t but help ask, ‘Why Jesus? This brings us to the most important event in His life and that is the Cross. Emblazoned across the centuries is that intersecting two-beam image causing us to focus directly where the two beams meet. It is there at the heart of the Cross we find the heart of Jesus. It is there we see where this world ends and where eternity begins. It is there that the visible and the invisible dimensions… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 25, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Pentecost 84 Not Another 'Chick Flick'!

Pentecost 84 Not Another ‘Chick Flick'!

“Oh no, not another chick flick!.” When I want to see a movie it is usually an action kind of movie where the good guys beat the bad guys and somewhere inside you hope that will be reality in the real world. But lately I have been coaxed into watching a few ‘chick flicks.’ My reaction is usually a begrudging OK. The funny thing is I actually enjoyed the ones I’ve seen. They were light hearted, well acted and each one had a little moral that… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 22, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Pentecost 83 Runaway Minds in a Runaway World

Pentecost 83 Runaway Minds in a Runaway World

Years ago Michael Green wrote a book called Runaway World in which he showed that the world is running away from spiritual reality as presented in Jesus. It was brilliant in its analysis and theme. Consider our language. ‘Hold that thought’ ‘Keep in mind’ ‘Bear in mind’ ‘He’s out of his mind’ ‘Mind what you say’ ‘I’ve got to think it out’ ‘It isn’t logical’ ‘Give me a reason not to’ ‘The mind does funny things’ ‘It blows my mind’… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 18, 2009 at 8:12am — No Comments

Pentecost 82 Volcanoes Have a Lot to Say

Pentecost 82 Volcanoes Have a Lot to Say

When the Mt.St.Helen’s blast went off in the 80’s it created a vast sea of debris and covered the whole area with fine clouds of ashes and smoke for miles. The ranger describing the aftermath pointed to Spirit Lake that had risen 250’ from the landslide pouring into it. The blast was sideways. Then she described the trucks on nearby roads that had been picking up workers on other peaks nearby. The cloud was so thick they had to literally have… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 16, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Pentecost 81 Why We Need to be Born Again

Pentecost 81 Why We Need to be Born Again

“Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you (Gal.5:1 The Message).”

Let’s get down to it. What drives the secular world? Behind the scenes, underneath the glitter, the gloss and the glamor of what we can see, lies a sea of dark spiritual activity called evil, the devil’s extension of himself. To name the contents of evil is to identify what fuels the engine… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 15, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Pentecost 80 Getting a Spiritual

Pentecost 80 Getting a Spiritual

Everyone needs a physical once a year. What we also need is a spiritual, probably more often, like say, everyday.

When Clint Eastwood said in the movie “Dirty Harry” ‘…A man’s got to know his limitations…’ he probably didn’t realize that was a very biblical truth. Man has limited intellect, limited physical ability and limited personal and interpersonal ability. The foundational problem is that he is spiritually limited by sin and its… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 12, 2009 at 9:04am — No Comments

Pentecost 79 Putting History in Perspective

Pentecost 79 Putting History in Perspective

When ‘The Rolling Stones’ sang, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” they were echoing a common human concern that a country song vents, “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.” And then that English movie whose musical theme was “What’s It All About Alfie?” asks the basic secular inspired question about human purpose. Love, satisfaction, purpose, meaning and significance top lost humanity’s list of searches whose answers are found in God… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 9, 2009 at 10:35am — No Comments

Pentecost 78 Living the Parable

Pentecost 78 Living the Parable

Jesus is a parable. He is the visible expression of the invisible God. The way Jesus believes is the mind of God. The way Jesus trusts is the heart of God. The Spirit of God motivates Jesus’ faith. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit and ministry of Jesus. Jesus said that when you have seen Him you have seen the Father and that He and the Father are One.

When you read Scripture you are reading a parable. Jesus said that the Word is truth. You open… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 5, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Pentecost 77 Thy Kingdom Come

Pentecost 77 Thy Kingdom Come

“Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." (Lk.17:20-21 NIV)

An old country song starts out, “They say a man’s home is his castle, he’s like a king on a throne. It may be a shack down along side the track but everything in it’s his… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 4, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Pentecost 76 Why Jesus Spoke in Parables

Pentecost 76 Why Jesus Spoke in Parables

‘The silence was deafening (perhaps depicting a moment of embarrassment.)’ ‘I could see the wheels turning (you observe someone thinking.)’ ‘It was like there was no one home (someone looks at you with a blank stare.)’ ‘He’s not playing with a full deck’ and ‘His elevator doesn’t go to the top floor (describing someone who may be a little off.)’ These are expressions that convey what you believe is going on in the unseen. They give meaning to… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on October 2, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments