January 15th, 2014 
Though not one of my life’s goals, I’d love to eradicate all the misconceptions that hover over memorizing entire books of the Bible. These fallacies either scare people away or cause them to dismiss the possibility of their own involvement.
Memorizing entire books of the Bible:
• is only for brilliant people and those with photographic memories.
• is more difficult than memorizing scattered verses.
• requires a huge time commitment that eliminates …
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January 13th, 2014 
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
It’s no more complicated than eating a cheeseburger—it just takes longer.
In the same way, memorizing a book of the Bible is no more complicated than memorizing one verse—it just takes longer.
Many are intimidated by the thought of memorizing an entire book of the Bible. They assume it will be tremendously difficult and time-consuming.
Let me tell you about a …
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January 8th, 2014 
A wonderful holiday in South Florida ended with a 2-day drive back to Dallas. We left 78 degrees and hours later the mercury had dropped to 31. Cruising down the interstate a strange load pulled in front of us—a truck-bed carrying bales of hay. A city girl from infancy, I was surprised by how imposing a bale of hay is up-close. I began thinking … a lot of work goes into producing one …
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December 4th, 2013
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
Psalm 19:1-6 tells us that God reveals himself in nature, and no one on earth has escaped …
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November 25th, 2013 
All ears perked up when Jesus was asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” Before giving the imperative to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, Jesus prefaced it with a Hebrew creed from the book of Deuteronomy known as the Shema,
“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
These words were recited every morning and evening my devout Jews. At …
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