Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Personal Relationship with Jesus is Not . . .

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Sometimes I hear people say, "I don't like Paul."  They're referring to the Apostle Paul.  I'll ask, "What is it ...
Monday, October 17, 2016

This Blog Has Moved

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I've been posting on this Blog for 11 years.  Thought it was time for a change.  So, I've got my own personal URL now.   www.awmangu...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Concerning the Angry Email You Forwarded to Me

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We live in the sort of mediated age that no one could have imagined 2000  years ago. Today, we have access to the thoughts and feelin...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Pokemon Go Gym

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Social experiment today. Our church--First Christian Church 910 S. Collins, Arlington, TX--is a "Pokemon Go gym". I know that a lo...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Sunday, July 10, 2016

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Message of Peace 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 July 10, 2016 (the Sunday following the deadly shooting of 5 officers in Dallas, Texas) Through all ...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Never Offend Anyone Ever Again

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There’s a formula I have seen used in one too many blog posts.  It goes something like this:  “I have a friend who was going through [Inser...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Picking the Lock on Heaven's Door

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In the late 16 th and early 17 th Century, William Camden wrote significant historical and antiquities works about Great Britain.   Hi...

Thanks for Whoever

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            Thanks to whoever . . . someone left a bunch of goodies for a movie night we had in the summer of 2015.   They labeled it “m...

Would you Pray for Me

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            As a young pastor in Irving, I wen tot see one of my members in the hospital.   She was suffering from dementia and other ph...

Debts and Debtors

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People often ask if I think we should say, “debts/debtors,” “sins/sinned against us,” or “trespasses/those who’ve trespassed against us”...

Religion and Violence

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      There were a couple of weeks in the early part of 2015 that I found both confusing and heartbreaking. On February 14-15 a series o...