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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Wrapped up in the "fine print" 1 year, 3 months ago · View
My friend, Brad, emailed me this week’s sermon notes this morning. He’s using a Dell laptop give-away email he received this past week. The ad promised a “free” laptop if he was eligible. It contained 12 pages of “fine print.” As it turns out, the fine print only speaks to how one might qualify to [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: a conversation that was beneath me 1 year, 3 months ago · View
I spoke with my friend Rick today. Somehow during the phone call, we revisited an episode that happened at IHOP one morning over breakfast. We had finished the meal and had talked about everything from theology to telling jokes. It was a good time. The waitress came up, refreshed my coffee, and gave us the [...] -
allencoker wrote a new blog post: My gut and anger 1 year, 3 months ago · View
One thing I’ve been concerned with my whole vacation week is the amount of anger I have. It took me literally 2 days at the beach to basically calm down. I don’t know where it’s coming from, bit I now know what to do. I didn’t have to teach class this last sunday morning even [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: The place of doctrine in our faith community 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Excerpt from John Mark Hicks blog regarding “Systematic Christian Doctrine”. You can read the entire post here. Ellen T. Charry has argued that the function of Christian Doctrine is aretegenic, that is, it is “conducive to virtue” or it generates a virtuous life ( By the Renewing of Your Minds , p. 19). The purpose of Christian [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Tidbits from the radio 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Some suspect that wrist watches are on the way out because of cell phones. So, the 1000 watch project has been born to commemorate this time in history. Regarding swine flu, one news correspondent commented that the media had helped people because more information leads to less fear. Not sure I’m buying that. Yesterday, I listened as [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Truth 1 year, 4 months ago · View
“The Bible contains the precepts of truth. Jesus is the Person of truth. The Spirit is the power of truth.” I heard this quote from the late Adrian Rogers. I had lunch at Senor Tequila’s in Maumelle with my preacher friends from the Little Rock area. It was great as always. These steps led back into [...] -
allencoker wrote a new blog post: Men and women in worship 1 year, 4 months ago · View
We’ve been digging in to 1 Corinthians 11-14 and discussing the interaction between men and women in worship. I’m toying with this drawing to capture Paul’s rationale for the instruction that he gives in the section about how the Corinthian women are to behave in the assembly. I think the main force of his argument [...] -
allencoker wrote a new blog post: Affirming life 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I have begun to catch up on the podcast from Rob Bell. Yesterday, I was listening to him work through John 1. In the sermon he was talking about affirming the powerful life force (logos & zoe) that we see at work around us everyday. He specifically implicated parents. Kids have a very sensitive zoe-meter. They [...] -
allencoker wrote a new blog post: A day of wrestling 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I’m wrestling with the best way to teach my Bible class. This morning I think I confused a lot of people. In my attempt to help them understand the process of working through a text, I made it very confusing. I could see the frustration. I don’t intend to make it seem so difficult that [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Boat ride and graffiti 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Yesterday was a full day. Sandwiched in the middle of a youth minister search committee meeting in the morning and putting the finishing touches on Bible class for today, the family and I took a boat ride on Lake Hamilton. It was a beautiful day, though that is not what the weather had predicted. When [...] -
allencoker wrote a new blog post: As close to a mission as you can get 1 year, 4 months ago · View
This is truth.
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Not my mission 1 year, 4 months ago · View
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To you, my white, middle-class, country-club friend: You are not my mission. You may join me on my mission, but you are not the one I am trying to reach.
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: From coffee beans to sunflower seeds 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I started today plotting goodness with my friend, Joel Adams. We are both coffee drinkers, so that’s what we did. The pic is from Holley’s ballgame tonight. I helped out in the dugout. Things really go better when I stay completely out of it and play the role of cheerleader. Otherwise, I am too demanding and [...] -
allencoker wrote a new blog post: From Erwin McManus on focus 1 year, 9 months ago · View
Today, I listened to the Mosaic podcast. McManus was talking about focus. Here are some thoughts from it: The etymology of the word focus is fireplace or hearth. It signifies the burning desire at the center of our being. 3 questions to help us focus: What must I become? – this is about finding your unique sense [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Baked Potato Soup 1 year, 9 months ago · View
From the kitchen of Erma Izard 4 Large baking potatoes 2/3 cup butter 2/3 cup flour 6 cups milk 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 4 green onions (chopped & divided) 12 pieces of bacon (fried, crumbled & divided) 1 1/4 cups cheddar cheese (mild, divided) 1 8 oz. carton sour cream Instructions: Wash & [...]
