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thanks to everyone who prayed for my wife today during her (minor) surgery... she's resting at home and hopes to be fully recovered in 7-10 days
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clarifying thoughts on the atonement (the meaning of Jesus' death) over at jesuscreed.org today... especially important when some people can get all over the map on this issue; for a longer version pick up Embracing Grace, there's a whole (simple) chapter compiling the 4-5 angles of atonement
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finished reading Eat this Book today; I didn't want it to end; it kept creating a deeper hunger for the scriptures in all it's earthiness, reality, story, and meaning; I'll have to post some quotes from it soon
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it's going to be 16 degrees (celsius) in Montreal tomorrow (Nov. 30th), who says global warming isn't real? I grew up in this town where snow tires were mandatory in early October...
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Quebec looks to be getting it's 1st English accredited theological program... things are brewing in that direction