http://www.crandalls.net Not All Juice Comes From A Fruit Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:18:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the missionaries that our church supports is David Barcelo in Spain. I have known David for several years and have had the pleasure of listening to several of his sermons (when he has preached for us in English). This is one of the times that I ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2008/04/12/biblica-sermons-in-spanish-sermones-en-espanol/ Do not read this article unless you want to get really upset. Here we have one of the so-called experts who has decided that he and his group know better what your own children need than you do. David Arnold has written this article, published on the website of the ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2008/03/13/the-neas-expert-david-arnold-speaks/ There is something alarming going on in our world today. I call it the cult of the expert. It has been brought to my mind several times in the last couple of weeks. It is a trend toward silencing others through the intimidating using of the word ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2008/03/08/the-cult-of-the-expert/ A whirling noise and constant voice Is always saying I have a choice To choose a step or take a fall But the forward step hits the wall What freedoms do I choose to lose In the world around I hear the boos No one seems to articulate That freedom is not the same as hate Those who ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2008/03/04/losing-freedom/ As I've mentioned before, I do not read many novels. When I do, if it isn't an old murder mystery from at least the 1960s or earlier, it will generally be a classic like "Crime and Punishment" or "A Tale of Two Cities" (2 of my favorites). This ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2007/12/13/gilead-life/ I subscribe to Touchstone magazine. As the magazine itself says "Touchstone is a Christian journal, conservative in doctrine and eclectic in content, with editors and readers from each of the three great divisions of Christendom — Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox". In any case I find a fascinating and ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2007/12/01/narnia-by-jove/ I love the Christmas season. I look forward to it all year. To me Christmas means cold weather in Northern California and a house full of extended family laughing together, playing games, and exchanging gifts. Laughter is what I really think of. A house full of ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2007/11/28/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/ "I'm not religious". "I've never been religious". I will often hear one of those sentences when I'm discussing my faith. Sometimes I'll hear that when spending time with someone who realizes that I am behaving or thinking differently than the response they usually receive. When someone says "I'm not religious", ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2007/11/10/im-just-not-religious/ The Bible tells us that God is faithful. In 2 Timothy 2:13 we are told in regards to God: If we are faithless, he remains faithful. There are times in my life when God feels far away. It is during these times that I find it difficult to pray or spend time ... http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2007/11/04/god-is-faithful/ One last item on the Juice Blog update.  If you subscribe using an RSS reader you may notice my last several posts as being new.  This is because the old RSS file now points to the new feed (www.crandalls.net?feed=rss2). Juice http://www.crandalls.net/index.php/2007/11/04/rss-feed-update/