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    Them Down and Dirty Nursing Home Blues

    I’m not sure they are called Nursing Homes anymore. Adult Facilities seems to be the new term. Or maybe we are supposed to call them Senior Living apartments? I really don’t know anymore, because the titles on the Nursing Homes I now visit are all merging together in one big blur. It may be...
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    The Miraculous Sun

    And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater...
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    Let there be Separation in the Accretion Disk

    Howdy Folks, As always the responses are very interesting. Thanks to everyone who joined into this discussion. My writings on science and the Bible are aimed at helping Believers understand how wonderful science is. Science is the study of how God did it. The field of science that I enjoy is...
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    Let there be Separation in the Accretion Disk

    And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. Genesis 1:6-8 NIV...
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    The Big Bang in Genesis

    And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. Genesis 1:3-5 NIV. I hope that...
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    Should Ministers Get Angry? Heck Yea!

    Are Pastor’s Allowed to Get Angry? Heck Yes! The new roof on our church is a disaster and I am furious. We hired a roofer who had excellent references, and he hosed us. What else can I say. The above picture is one of many horrible sections of our brand new flat roof. It looks ugly because...
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    Happy Chilly New Year's

    My wife and I went birding on New Year's Day at the Jersey Shore. We saw two rare birds, a Razerbill and a Western Grebe. We also saw a lot of destruction from Hurricane Sandy. Lot's of rebuilding left to do. Peace, Pastor Bill
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    Happy Chilly New Year's

    I don’t go to New Year’s parties. I don’t drink much, I’m not a very good dancer and I’m definitely not the life of the party. More stuff I don’t like; Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve = yuck! Watching the ball drop = who cares?! Every hour on the hour parties from around the world =...
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    Family Living Arrangements

    My neighbors up the street bought a house that was also a dentist’s office. The main house is a center hall colonial, but the dentist office was a side add-on. Above the old office is a small one room apartment with a bathroom. My neighbors turned the dentist office into a pretty decent...
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    Political Issues Are Killing Evangelicals

    Evangelical Christian leaders are questioning whether their influence is declining after many losses in this past election. The New York Times has a very good article which quotes many of these leaders as they discuss their disappointment. I could care less. I am a small church pastor...
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    Sandy and the Siege of Rahway

    Friends, If you are interested, I have written on my website about the effect of the storm on our town of Rahway, NJ. We were hit bad and many are still without power and in need. Please pray for us as we recover from Sandy. God bless you, Pastor Bill First Baptist Church of Rahway
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    Spiritual Entrepreneurs

    It took three years of hard work to get our Telugu Service going. The concept is very simple and easy to organize; have a worship service on Sunday afternoons in the Telugu language. Piece of cake. And yet, it took three years of fumbling and bumbling to arrive at this easy and successful...
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    Religious Restrictions in the USA

    Towns are preventing churches from being constructed or expanding in record numbers across the USA. And I hope you are already aware of this, persecution against Christians is on the rise all around the world. Check out an article about this, and the Pew Research Report that just came...
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    A Calling from God

    She described her experience owning the campground as; “seven years of hell”. She said that God told her to come to Tennessee and buy the campground. It was a calling. So what happened? Did she get the message wrong? Was there a mix-up in the divine communication system? Or, is it that we just...
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    Muslims destroy churches in Kenya

    Thank you everyone. Peace, Pastor Bill
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    Muslims destroy churches in Kenya

    Friends, Please pray for Christians all around the world who have been caught up in Muslim violence this week. Four Christian churches in Mombasa, Kenya were destroyed by Muslims yesterday. Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are in the cross hairs. God bless you, Pastor Bill...
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    Mission or Business

    I am associated with a nursing home that used to be a mission. It was created and funded to provide care for elderly people who couldn’t afford the high price of care in another facility. This was a 100 year old mission that was struggling financially, but had a clear vision and sense of...
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    Need for Christian Psychology

    I was raised with the understanding that a personal relationship with Jesus Christ transforms lives. I saw it, smelled it, tasted it, lived all aspects of it through my dad's ministry as a scholarly ordained minister. At 12 years of age I had a vision experience where God brought forth faces of...
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    Pastors Make Enemies

    I bet you never thought you would see a title like that? Yes, my friends, we ministers are in the enemy making business; like lawyers, bounty hunters and repo men. Everyone thinks that we are in the “everyone likes the pastor” business. I am here to tell you those who think that are mistaken...
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    Clint Eastwood and Celebrity Culture

    After Clint Eastwood's speech, just a quick and funny story. When I was pastor in Scranton, PA I partnered with a group of pastors from Wilkes Barre to organize a big revival in the Wilkes Barre hockey rink. We called it Light in the Valley and we planned on creating a huge Billy Graham type...