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Hello there myself, glad to meet me

Posted: 30th August 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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When was your last ‘Aha” moment?

I love those, and… I hate those. When you have a real-deal “Aha” moment it can be incredible relief, even victory. Or, quite often it can plummet you into a spiral of depressive humility because of personal stupidity.

Guess it just depends on the particular “Aha” you are experiencing.

I love seeing these moments in my kids. I still remember watching ‘just past toddler’ Noah trying to pound a screw into some scrap wood with a hammer. When I introduced him to a screwdriver… I was a genius.

The Prodigal Son story is one of those stories that tends to lead people to their own “Aha” moment, generation after generation. Relationships restored, addictions admitted, hypocrisy revealed… the list goes on and on.

Ironically, it’s an “Aha” moment within the story itself that is at the heart of Jesus’ teaching. It’s not that the incredible love of the Father, or the overwhelming stupidity of the younger son, or the amazing hope of redemption take a back seat to anything else. But, they all pivot on the gut-wrenching “Aha” moment of this wayward, reckless kid!

Don’t grow weary

Posted: 20th August 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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I had the awesome opportunity to speak with and encoursage the staff and volunteers of the Open Door Pregnancy Care Center in Hutchinson, Ks.

It was a small lunch gathering, but an awesome people and a great time.

Sorry about the backlight…. nothing I could do about the environment… just think of it as a podcast with moving shadows!

God WILL give you more than you can handle

Posted: 5th August 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff, Nonsensical Junk, Spiritual Growth
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I love watching Mythbusters. Tackling urban legends and misconceptions, putting them to the test with high speed cameras, hands on testing and real science… it’s an Addis family favorite.

Can you save yourself by jumping upward in a crashing elevator? Is it possible to fly using a lawn chair and helium filled balloons? Can ninjas really catch arrows shot at their head?

Now that’s some high quality entertainment!

In The Word…

Posted: 21st July 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff, Spiritual Growth
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First of all… Sorry about the locusts. Imagine being here. Second, we all need God’s Word, but don’t wait for a crisis to start getting into it… In the word… from Andy Addis on Vimeo. Bible Study tools: 1. Bible Gateway 2. Reading Plans at Youversion 3. Logos.com

The Man I Should Be

Posted: 12th July 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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The man I should be

This is my prayer response to Psalm 15. Hit me like a hammer…

Psalm 15:1 Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?

Lord, I really want to be a man who is close to You. I don’t want to visit You on weekends, or keep in touch with You throughout the day. I want to ‘dwell’ with You. To walk with You, and run with You, to serve You with a passion up close and personal. To live on Your holy hill would be to finally arrive. Lord, may my eulogy include these words… “He dwelled with God.”

Restoration

Posted: 8th July 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff, Spiritual Growth
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One of the most difficult, but necessary teachings in Scripture is on the How-To’s of restoring someone who has fallen. Everybody will slip up, fall down and blow it from time to time.

What is the process, biblically, for helping that person up. It would be really good to know, especially when that person is you.

Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Are You Ready To Rumble?

Posted: 13th May 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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A great Passage from the book of Judges speaks to our lives today:

Judges 3

1 These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan 2 (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience)

What are the lessons here?

1. Sometimes its not the devil

2. God will test His own

3. God wants us ready to fight

Hide and Seek Anyone?

Posted: 25th April 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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Where is your hiding place? Wherever it is, is it safe? Is it really a place of refuge?

As believers, we are allowed to have safe places for difficult times, but we need to make sure they are really the refuge that God intends for our protection and safety.

This quick study of Psalm 11 reminds us of where we need to go when we need a hiding place.

Between you, me and the bedpost…

Posted: 29th March 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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I love expressions. You know, the things people say so that they can drop just the right cliché at the right time and appear wise.

We’ve all got them. Some we read from a book, others came through generational transmission (from your parents, that is), and still others found their way into the storehouse of our collective memory via the world’s greatest resource of miscellaneous knowledge… email forwards.

Here are a few you might recognize:

If you can’t beat them, join them. This works pretty well until you’re talking about the IRS. They’re really not looking for recruits.
Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile. Actually, this one works for the IRS, too. No further comment (Just kidding IRS guys, I don’t mind paying taxes to be a part of this great country… please don’t audit me).
Give them enough rope to hang themselves. To me, this one is just a little too morbid comment on, and it just doesn’t make sense. Isn’t a shorter rope better for hanging. Not that I ever want to find out!

The long way around

Posted: 26th January 2010 by Addis Andy in Bible Stuff
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My wife and I are never closer to divorce than when she is right.

Just kidding. We’ve already ruled out divorce as an option, but homicide… well.

Once again, just kidding.

Seriously, it really peeves me when my wife and I are engaged in passionate discourse (aka fighting) and in the midst of the battle it becomes abundantly clear that she is right.

The one time that happened was really rough on me.

You know that feeling that you have been missing the obvious? That the answer has been right there all along and you’ve just been too blind, busy or bored to pick up on it.

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