Category Spiritual Markers

Spiritual Markers

Catalyst Review: Chuck Swindoll

One of the highlights of Catalyst for me was Chuck Swindoll’s message on Friday. I have been an appreciate follower of his as a pastor, author, leader at Dallas Theological Seminary and speaker on his radio show Insight for Living.…

Jeff Noble
October 15, 2009
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Spiritual Markers

Catalyst reflections

I returned from Catalyst 2009 late Friday-early Saturday with my church staff, and I wanted to post some quick reflections on the experience. I’ve been wanting to attend for 9 years, and finally made it this year to celebrate its…

Jeff Noble
October 10, 2009
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Spiritual Markers

An Inglorious Testimony

In my line of “work,” I get to hear incredible stories of how people found God… or where they were when they realized God was looking for them. In Christian circles, we call this our “testimony.” Basically, it’s our Jesus-story.…

Jeff Noble
October 5, 2009

Spiritual Markers

Is desiring blessing selfish?

Psalm 67.1-2 says, “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.” Is the writer asking for blessing…

Jeff Noble
September 24, 2009

Spiritual Markers

The clothing of creation

I read this week in Psalm 65 about the designer line that God has unveiled on the runway of the earth: You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance. The pastures of the wilderness overflow,…

Jeff Noble
September 10, 2009

Spiritual Markers

Forays into the Holy of Holies

“I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells.” Psalm 26.8 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all…

Jeff Noble
July 27, 2009
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Spiritual Markers

Burned up or burned out?

I was looking through my writing folder on my computer where I keep ideas for blog entries or articles and came across one titled “Goals after death.” “What in the world possessed me to write such a thing?” I wondered.…

Jeff Noble
May 22, 2009
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Spiritual Markers

Scriptural prayers

Every now and then we all get “hung up” in our prayer life. We are deeply thirsty for intimate communion with our Father, but our words seem like a helpless rehash of yesterday’s grocery list. We find ourselves repeating phrases…

Jeff Noble
May 5, 2009
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Easter, Faith, Spiritual Markers

My sin, not in part, but the whole

Sundown Friday. In years long before my own ancestry can be traced, a man’s body was removed from rough wooden poles before dusk. For religious reasons, the body must be buried before dark. He was dead, certainly. A staggeringly unusual…

Jeff Noble
April 10, 2009
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