Off The Beaten Path
4/13/2012

News Update

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OFFICIALLY SIGNED ON As a young twenty year old, I dreamt about what it would be like to work with AIM. Back then, it was Jay Jarboe leadin...
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2/16/2012

First Johnson AIM CARE Newsletter

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It has been a great first month h er e and we are excited to share all that God is doing in Lubbock. Thank you for your partnership in our...
4/30/2011

In the Beginning

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4/20/2011

The Bible

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The Bible is unlike any book ever written. From a Lord who is ceaseless in love came a message that is timeless. Its worth is priceless a...
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4/18/2011

Unexplained Miracle

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I've been reading a book called "Fingerprints of God," which deals with the psychology and biology of faith. As I read, it is...
4/13/2011

Pac-Man Fever

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Today my so n asked if he could play Pac-Man at home. As he put it, "The games you used to play were a lot of fun. Puzzle games....
11/15/2010

Meet My Old Friend Molek

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Zephaniah1: 4 “I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem. I will destroy every remnant of Baal wo...
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10/18/2010

Another Night At A Temporary Inn

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C.S. Lewis in his book "The Problem of Pain" talks about the fact that we humans will never experience true peace here on earth. ...
8/13/2010

A Poem About Slime

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Maybe we all did come from slime, the goo that grew to form mankind. A single celled organism, evolved into our disposition. And so we...
8/10/2010

What Bonhoeffer Said About Discipleship

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I ran across this quote and had to share it. There are a dozen little gems here, so good luck digging! Jesus Christ must suffer an d be rej...
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8/04/2010

Walk By Faith

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Judges 7:2 The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boa...
8/03/2010

Crime Stopped By Jesus

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What Is The Greatest Risk In Christianity?

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What is the greatest risk in Christianity? The risk of doing the wrong thing? The risk of saying the wrong thing? The risk of oversteppin...

Before There Was "Friends"... There Was Friendship

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7/31/2010

It's Harder To Frown Than To Smile

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I'm sure you've heard that saying, "It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile." Science is still not exactly s...
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7/29/2010

USA TODAY Remembers Kyle

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STROUD, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a high school golf star was killed in a single-car accident hours after competing in the All-State golf...
7/27/2010

If We Could Erase Yesterday

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Yesterday I posted a blog about being ready to be called home with God. Hours after that blog was posted, one of our kids in the youth grou...
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7/26/2010

Are You Ready To Go?

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I wasn't watching the clock, I was just sitting, relaxing, and minding my own business. Suddenly I looked up and my family was at the d...

Stephen Hawking on God

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Stephen Hawking in A brief history of time c.1988 "One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past....
7/22/2010

"We Don't See What Abraham Sees"

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Matthew 22:31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isa...
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Blinded By Sin

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Matthew 6: 22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are...
7/21/2010

What Is Integrity?

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7/19/2010

The Whole of The Empty Tomb

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" If there were no empty tomb... this would all just be for nothing." I've heard that a hundred times and read it from script...
7/07/2010

My Private/Public Faith

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God enters by a private door into every individual. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others . --...
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How Can We Trust That Which Is Unseen?

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6/27/2010

I Forgive You!

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Jesus: Removing the Toughest Stains

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Romans 7:20- Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. Romans 7:24-25- W...
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6/22/2010

How Big Is The Universe?

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6/16/2010

Some questions only true disciples get to ask

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I was talking to a friend the other day who indicated he had some doubts in his faith. He told me, "I almost feel like an atheist, ask...
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6/14/2010

Artificial Insemination And The Search For Identity

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I was given this article about children born through artificial insemination. The stats are staggering! "Two-thirds of adult donor off...
6/13/2010

What would you do?

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Sort of reminds me of a parable I read once.
6/09/2010

How To Convert A Criminal To Christ

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God's Workmanship

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I've been running into a dilemma while doing my counseling outside of church. I want to try and help people see their true self worth. ...
6/07/2010

Video: In Every Aspect of Life, God Is There!

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If God had a fingerprint, what would it look like? Possibly 1.618.
6/03/2010

Do What You Came For, Judas!

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Yesterday I was reading through Acts and made a powerful discovery. In Acts 1, the Apostles make mention of Judas' betrayal of Jesus, a...
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6/02/2010

The Ways of Jesus Are Perfect!

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Psalm 77: 12 I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. 13 Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great...
6/01/2010

The Ways of Jesus Are Impossibly Hard

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I still remember sitting in Bible school when the teacher said "Jesus' yoke is easy and his burden is light." At the time, I ...
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5/27/2010

Raising Kids... Comedy Video

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Hate to see our youth teens graduating, but am proud of them. This one is for you parents out there.
5/26/2010

Just a spoonful of Jesus...

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Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." I have been thinking a lot ab...
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5/25/2010

How much does God love you?

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My kids used to ask me, "Daddy, how much do you love me?" I'd always raise my arms up and say, "This much." It mad...
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The business of Christianity

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"As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray." Martin L...
5/19/2010

Video: Why we are here!

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5/17/2010

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

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Lately I've been thinking a lot about fear. Fear is a funny thing because it can often be so unfounded. It's like, "paying ...
5/06/2010

Happy Mothers Day From Mr. T

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Lubbock, Texas
Somewhere between the dream we've followed and the home we've left is the road we walk. We journey this road by faith, knowing that whether it leads us to the valley of death or into green pastures, God is always our guide. This blog is for those who walk that road.
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