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The Morine family had a super vacation. It was a time of relaxation and reflection. There was also a lot of wave surfing and football. It seems that creativity is inspired during vacation time. I had a lot of good ideas come to me while I was sitting on the beach. [...]
Matthew | June 18, 2008
It is time for the annual Morine family vacation to Kure Beach. This year we are especially excited because last year we did not go because of the birth of Noah. It was his birthday yesterday. This year it is a family reunion as well as a vacation because all of Charity’s [...]
Matthew | June 17, 2008
I have read every doctrinal book by F. Lagard Smith. The last book on the afterlife was not as strong as some of his past books in my estimation. But this book was interesting and helpful in countering Calvinism. During the Restoration Movement, there was significant interaction with the doctrine of Calvinism, but [...]
Matthew | June 16, 2008
It is a blessing to be part of a growing congregation. In a small rural area, most of the congregations across the South are shrinking in number, but the Waynesboro congregation is growing steadily. It is a hard up hill battle because of the demographics of the area, but God is giving an [...]
Matthew | June 15, 2008
Father’s day is increasing becoming more meaningfully with each passing year. It is always a wonder time to think about my dad. He was always a man’s man growing up. Mostly the man I am today is because of his modeling fatherhood to me. He cared about his family more than [...]
Matthew | June 13, 2008
This post is not about common sense realism within the restoration movement but about common sense leaps from the text to authorize practices within the church. Those that practice a overly strict patternism would deny the idea of a logical leap from the text to authorize a practice in the church. Those that [...]
Matthew | June 12, 2008
As a society, we seem to celebrate a lot of events in life. We celebrate graduation, marriage, birthdays, and special occasions. We have events to commemorate significant times in life. At a wedding there are gifts given, meals served, and encouraging words spoken. At a graduation party, people bring gifts and [...]
Matthew | June 11, 2008
I read his blog because he linked to my blog and it appeared on the management page. If I was really good at this tagging stuff, I would follow all the rules of tagging more people, but really I have never been into forward emails and this tagging stuff seems too much like a [...]
Matthew | June 10, 2008
This book was excellent in detailing the development of the ancient game of chess. It begins with ancient Persian roots as a Islamic game which traveled throughout the known world influencing kings and countries. The book is more than a history lesson, it is a lesson into the dynamic effect of chess on [...]
Matthew | June 9, 2008
I have noticed with most congregations across the South, that most newcomers or new Christians rarely will attend all of the services. Most new people will attend Sunday morning worship only, and perhaps with time will partake of the other opportunities for spiritual growth. The problem is that most congregations use faithfulness to [...]
