Day 1: Mark 1:1-11

May 16, 2011

This is the first in a series of Monday-Friday posts detailing the results of my own personal Bible study following the method and steps I’m teaching in a class here at Calvary Bible Church. For more information about the class, see this post right here. Step one in my method is to find the paragraph [...]

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How to Study, Interpret, and Apply the Gospels and Acts

May 16, 2011

Here at Calvary Bible Church I am currently teaching a class titled, “How to Study, Interpret, and Apply the Gospels and Acts.” In addition to teaching the skills and rules that apply to this specific type of scripture, I am giving my class daily steps to apply to the Gospel of Mark. In the posts [...]

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A Uselessly Beautiful Piece of Art

April 5, 2011

Probably a fake, but a beautiful and grand one nonetheless. I’d recommend watching it in 780p. (HT: Scott Berkun)

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Fixing Starbucks

March 14, 2011

Good article in the New York Times about Howard Schultz’s attempts to revitalize Starbucks. Left unanswered, indeed unasked, is whether Schultz has the smarts and the guts to bring back Chantico. Also, since you asked, I think the logo change was a mistake and that Starbucks’ mochas are way behind those sold by Caribou and [...]

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Two Things I Love Come Together

October 28, 2010

This is so unbelievable that I can’t even believe it. One of my favorite musicians, Wynton Maraslis, provides music and commentary to a video about my all time favorite player, Barry Sanders, from my favorite NFL team, the Detroit Lions. The awesomeness of this is too much. I’m in awe. Some. Link to said video [...]

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Awesome NFL Highlight Video

October 21, 2010

The NFL has released a highlight video from last Sunday’s games. You can see that video here. Unfortunately, this great video is masquerading as a player safety video. If we could replace the official’s commentary track with some of this classic music from NFL Films, it would a lot like “This is the NFL,” one [...]

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What’s Bad for the Colts is Good for the NFL

August 30, 2010

In today’s Monday Morning Quarterback column by Peter King, Peyton Manning and Colts’ president Bill Polian complained about a new rule for this NFL season. This year, the umpire (who usually spots the football after each play) will have to move 12 yards behind the offense before the ball can be snapped. The umpire used [...]

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Creative Punctuation

August 13, 2010

Seen tonight at Dexter Daze 2010:

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Notes on Genesis 2:4-17

August 9, 2010

In my message yesterday on Genesis 2:4-17, I referenced a video about attention that you can see here: I made a few mistakes, though, in my description of this video. One, I forgot that the viewer is only to count the passes made by the people wearing white shirts. Two, I said that they made [...]

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How I Met Ernie Harwell

August 5, 2010

I grew up in the northern suburbs of Detroit and followed the Detroit Tigers when I was a kid. So, like millions of others the voice of Ernie Harwell is part of the soundtrack of my life and there were many nights, especially in 1984, when his voice serenaded me to sleep. So, like many [...]

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