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Do not use Rabroker Heating/AC out of Waco/Temple/Killeen. They “serviced” my mom’s heater yesterday, and now it’s not working. So she’s an 82-year old woman in a 63 degree house, and apparently they’re fine with that.
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Do not use Rabroker Heating/AC out of Waco/Temple/Killeen. They “serviced” my mom’s heater yesterday, and now it’s not working. So she’s an 82-year old woman in a 63 degree house, and apparently they’re fine with that.
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When we use the word spiritual to describe abuse, we are talking about using that which is sacred—including God’s Word—to control, misuse, deceive, or damage a person created in His image. The pairing of those two words is diabolical.
August 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
When we use the word spiritual to describe abuse, we are talking about using that which is sacred—including God’s Word—to control, misuse, deceive, or damage a person created in His image. The pairing of those two words is diabolical.
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I do seem to remember that, yeah.
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I do seem to remember that, yeah.
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little library gallows humor for ya :'D
July 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
little library gallows humor for ya :'D
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This morning’s sermon:
How We Behave
Our current series looks at how church communities used to follow the believe-behave-belong approach... but what does Jesus say about this?
In Jesus' loving life and ministry, He always followed a belong-behave-believe approach instead.
How We Behave
Our current series looks at how church communities used to follow the believe-behave-belong approach... but what does Jesus say about this?
In Jesus' loving life and ministry, He always followed a belong-behave-believe approach instead.
June 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This morning’s sermon:
How We Behave
Our current series looks at how church communities used to follow the believe-behave-belong approach... but what does Jesus say about this?
In Jesus' loving life and ministry, He always followed a belong-behave-believe approach instead.
How We Behave
Our current series looks at how church communities used to follow the believe-behave-belong approach... but what does Jesus say about this?
In Jesus' loving life and ministry, He always followed a belong-behave-believe approach instead.
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One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
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Tag yourself: I'm "made daily with food"
AI in the wild? This tray tissue I was given at a restaurant is full of errors and hallucinations…!
June 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tag yourself: I'm "made daily with food"
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Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: ...
farmingdale-observer.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
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I suspect there's something being said in Genesis 3 about the instinct for humanity to think that it is the peak of creation, yet it is so easily deceived by an animal.
Perhaps the "animal" in the story is also a statement about our most basic and biological impulses.
Perhaps the "animal" in the story is also a statement about our most basic and biological impulses.
May 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I suspect there's something being said in Genesis 3 about the instinct for humanity to think that it is the peak of creation, yet it is so easily deceived by an animal.
Perhaps the "animal" in the story is also a statement about our most basic and biological impulses.
Perhaps the "animal" in the story is also a statement about our most basic and biological impulses.
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Christian Nationalism is another guise of the old charlatan Worldly Wiseman.
It abandons the journey to Celestial City under the guise of trying to renovate the City of Destruction by force. But even if it accomplishes all it sets out to do, the City of Destruction will still be Apollyon's domain.
It abandons the journey to Celestial City under the guise of trying to renovate the City of Destruction by force. But even if it accomplishes all it sets out to do, the City of Destruction will still be Apollyon's domain.
April 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Christian Nationalism is another guise of the old charlatan Worldly Wiseman.
It abandons the journey to Celestial City under the guise of trying to renovate the City of Destruction by force. But even if it accomplishes all it sets out to do, the City of Destruction will still be Apollyon's domain.
It abandons the journey to Celestial City under the guise of trying to renovate the City of Destruction by force. But even if it accomplishes all it sets out to do, the City of Destruction will still be Apollyon's domain.
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Since we’re in a golden age of new Star Wars tv shows, I’ll again pitch “David Attenborough style nature documentaries but of fictional Star Wars creatures.”
No empire. No Jedi. Like, what the Jedi would watch on tv to relax after a stressful mission.
No empire. No Jedi. Like, what the Jedi would watch on tv to relax after a stressful mission.
a black and white bird is standing in the grass
ALT: a black and white bird is standing in the grass
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Since we’re in a golden age of new Star Wars tv shows, I’ll again pitch “David Attenborough style nature documentaries but of fictional Star Wars creatures.”
No empire. No Jedi. Like, what the Jedi would watch on tv to relax after a stressful mission.
No empire. No Jedi. Like, what the Jedi would watch on tv to relax after a stressful mission.
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God isn't like people tell you. God is love.
When we've taught everyone that a just God is willing to imprison people in torturous conditions indefinitely just to satisfy his anger...
...perhaps it's no surprise white evangelicals see no problem with indefinite inhumane imprisonment for no crime as long as it happens to others.
...perhaps it's no surprise white evangelicals see no problem with indefinite inhumane imprisonment for no crime as long as it happens to others.
April 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
God isn't like people tell you. God is love.
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Just because Elon Musk doesn't go on dates or pay taxes doesn't make it true of all autistic people.
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just because Elon Musk doesn't go on dates or pay taxes doesn't make it true of all autistic people.
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U.S. military academies should not be banning books. If you are not strong enough to refute an idea intelligently, you are not strong enough to defend a free society.
April 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
U.S. military academies should not be banning books. If you are not strong enough to refute an idea intelligently, you are not strong enough to defend a free society.
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WHOOSE HOUSE!!?!?
April 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
WHOOSE HOUSE!!?!?
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If the Braves never win, I don’t like their odds of making the playoffs
April 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If the Braves never win, I don’t like their odds of making the playoffs
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"I am forgetting it now, I'm not at my best"
On the contrary, Senator Booker, on the contrary!
On the contrary, Senator Booker, on the contrary!
April 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"I am forgetting it now, I'm not at my best"
On the contrary, Senator Booker, on the contrary!
On the contrary, Senator Booker, on the contrary!
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Interestingly, the death that comes to humanity in the flood of Genesis 6 and 7 aren’t described as suffering in their demise. It doesn’t describe panic and terror.
The text says they, too, experienced gava.
Perhaps God is merciful.
3/3
The text says they, too, experienced gava.
Perhaps God is merciful.
3/3
March 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Interestingly, the death that comes to humanity in the flood of Genesis 6 and 7 aren’t described as suffering in their demise. It doesn’t describe panic and terror.
The text says they, too, experienced gava.
Perhaps God is merciful.
3/3
The text says they, too, experienced gava.
Perhaps God is merciful.
3/3
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“Jesus is saying that when we observe suffering, the question isn’t who is to blame, but how can we help. We’ve all seen Christian leaders assign blame upon victims. But blame is what the satan does. Followers of Jesus are called to co-suffering love, not theological stone throwing.” [B. Zahnd]
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Jesus is saying that when we observe suffering, the question isn’t who is to blame, but how can we help. We’ve all seen Christian leaders assign blame upon victims. But blame is what the satan does. Followers of Jesus are called to co-suffering love, not theological stone throwing.” [B. Zahnd]
CS Lewis
NT Wright
Madeleine L’Engle
John Steinbeck
Herman Hesse
NT Wright
Madeleine L’Engle
John Steinbeck
Herman Hesse
Who are the five writers who made you?
Robert A. Heinlein
Bill James (once upon a time)
Madeleine L'Engle
N.T. Wright
Iain McGilchrist
Robert A. Heinlein
Bill James (once upon a time)
Madeleine L'Engle
N.T. Wright
Iain McGilchrist
Who are the five writers who made you?
Garry Wills
William Gibson
VS Naipaul
Vladimir Nabokov
Jack Vance
Garry Wills
William Gibson
VS Naipaul
Vladimir Nabokov
Jack Vance
March 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
CS Lewis
NT Wright
Madeleine L’Engle
John Steinbeck
Herman Hesse
NT Wright
Madeleine L’Engle
John Steinbeck
Herman Hesse
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When I ask my 11yo to do a chore, and he gets all angry at me and says "Oh my GOD,"
I can never resist saying, "No, that's okay, you can just call me Dad."
Which generally does not help the conversation.
I can never resist saying, "No, that's okay, you can just call me Dad."
Which generally does not help the conversation.
March 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
When I ask my 11yo to do a chore, and he gets all angry at me and says "Oh my GOD,"
I can never resist saying, "No, that's okay, you can just call me Dad."
Which generally does not help the conversation.
I can never resist saying, "No, that's okay, you can just call me Dad."
Which generally does not help the conversation.