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Author Archives: Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter
Whispers from God
How Jehovah’s Witnesses Caused My Relationship with Jesus Someone commented on my last post, remarking on the believability factor of the Bible, for which I’m grateful. It made me think back on my own journey to relationship with my Lord … Continue reading
Working for God, Inc.
Don’t You Have to Be a Pastor to Serve God?? When I first became a follower of Christ, I was young and foolish and in high school. At the time, I was trying to decide what to major in as … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged 77Pray, Chad Burmeister, God Inc., Living a Better Story, Serving God, Working for God
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The Power of One + God
This post serves as an exclamation point of encouragement to follow my submissions over the last two weeks, in which I talked about the challenge of trying to be God’s light in the darkness of this world when we can’t … Continue reading
Light in Our Own Darkness, Part 2
Yes, God whispers. But although He may not usually speak loudly to us, He will sometimes whisper the same thing to us twice. Or three times. Or three thousand. Until we finally catch on. He’s patient that way. And maddeningly … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged God's forgiveness, God's grace, God's Light, God's love, Light in the darkness, Light of the World
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Light in Our Own Darkness
We are called by our God to, each in our own way and as His ambassadors, be a light in the darkness of this world. The good news–and at the same time, the challenge–about this is that we each are … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged Forgiveness, God's grace, God's Light, God's mercy, Light in the darkness, Resist the devil
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The One with All the Answers
Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in the self-inflicted punishment known as “golf” (coincidentally, a four-letter word) with my son-in-law and a friend of his. Ever since I started having kids, golf became only an occasional pastime for me, … Continue reading
Declaration of Dependence
Here in the USA, July 4th marks the date our nation was founded. 245 years ago, 13 small colonies banded together to defiantly shake their collective fist in the face of the King of England, who at the time was … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged 4th of July, Declaration of Independence, Depending on God, Independence Day, We need God
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Hand in Hand
In church today, as I stood there holding my wife’s hand, it occurred to me how funny it is that our hands line up the way they do, given that I’m almost a foot taller than she is. This must … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged God's love, Holding God's Hand, Praising God, Serving God, Thanking God
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4 Things I Learned About God from Being a Dad
There can, of course, never be any comparison between my fathering skills and those of our Heavenly Father, so I’m not trying to draw any such parallel. That out of the way, I’ll point out a few lessons I’ve learned … Continue reading
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