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Reflections

... of a Pastor

A Pastor is

One who speaks to your spirit

Listens to your heart

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on October 24, 2009 at 7:02pm — No Comments

I know what it is like not to be wanted.... and so do you.... Maybe you were rejected as a baby or as a child or maybe growing up your parents would say to you " Why can't you be like other kids?" a hurtful thing to say or maybe someone said to you (if you’re a girl) " You're just a very plain person" or

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on October 10, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

The Original Blog

Gentle Reader,

Before I forget don't you forget about the Irish Cream muffins tomorrow! Now then, lets get back to what we were talking about Gentle Reader, that is The art of blogging or how to write interesting eye prose. Lets start at the very beginning! Well you can't becaus

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on October 4, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Why, Gentle Reader?

Dear Gentle Readers,

From time to time I get ask why I use the term "Gentle Reader" as an introduction. So here is one explanation for all you newbies!

GENTLE!"
II Timothy 2:24-26
"And the Lord's servant mus

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on September 22, 2009 at 10:39pm — No Comments

How it all...

1st Started

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on September 11, 2009 at 9:17pm — No Comments

Once is quite...

Enough

It is said that you only go around once in life, but a life lived well onc

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on September 9, 2009 at 10:20pm — No Comments

What if... ?

What if God pulled the plug?

"Could he not find in his heart the generosity to acknowledge that there is a small nation that stood alone not for one year or two, but for several hundred ye

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on September 8, 2009 at 7:45pm — 1 Comment

Violence in America?

Gentle Reader,

Watch this video, and then you decide what is the truth about health care. I am in favor of health care if you have not already figured it out. Why? because Marti is bed fast more than four years, we spent all the money we had, lost our home and possessions. Only to find out than the State of Indiana and Republican Governor Mich Dani

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on August 21, 2009 at 9:00pm — 12 Comments

Care a right.... or a wrong?

The sign reads "without any change, we live on the street"

"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith,

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on July 29, 2009 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

The "story"

I have so many stories to tell. This is one of them... For over thirty years in evangelism I began to learn that many bible students in most churches knew more and could comprehend more than their pastors and leaders. Not knowing the overwhelming positive response from the people, some pastors would attend the morning bible studies and would approach me afterwards and say, "You went over the heads of most of my people this morning." What they meant was that they did not understand most of what… Continue

Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on July 23, 2009 at 6:46pm — No Comments

Chaos Theory and Christianity

What exactly is chaos? The name "chaos theory" comes from the fact that the systems that the theory describes are apparently disordered, but chaos theory is really about finding the underlying order in apparently random data.

21 centuries of h… Continue

Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on July 5, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

What does God really want?

We do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Colossians 1:9 KJV). Wisdom and spiritual understanding comes with maturity and removes darkness that surrounds acknowledging God’s Will. As we will later see that "wisdom and spiritual understanding" was first brought to light by the arrival of the Lord Jesus Christ in the first century. Those who come in faith to the Son of God will begin to understand… Continue

Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on April 4, 2009 at 8:44pm — No Comments

The Secret of the Universe

The Winding Acient stairs at Thoor Ballylee

Nowthat we're almost settled in our house

I'll name the friends that cannot sup with us beside a fire of turf in th' ancient tower,

And having talked to some late hour Climb up the narrow winding stair to bed:

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on March 10, 2009 at 7:54pm — No Comments

What you will never hear in Church (study on the 4 Gospels)

Gentle Reader,

We now return to the examination of the various gospels that we have delineated previously. Ready? We have:

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 29, 2008 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Parables about what your father didn't know....

and your mother didn't tell you!

Gentle Reader,

The following parables set forth the proclamation of the Gospel of the Kingdom, from various points of view:

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Matt. 13:3-32).

This, the first parable, covers the whole ground. The "seed "was" the word of (or concerning) the Kingdom". Whe

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 26, 2008 at 6:09pm — No Comments

"What your Father didn't know and your mother wouln't tell you"...about the

...Gospels

Study the Bible With Denis your own personal Bible teacher (Bring your note book!)

Gentle reader,

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 25, 2008 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Inscription Reveals Ancient Beliefs

Inscription Reveals Ancient Beliefs About the Soul In southeastern Turkey, a monument had been discovered form the 8th century B.C. that archaeologists say provides the first written evidence that people of the region held the religious concept of the soul apart from the body. In the ruins of a mountainous kingdom that existed 2,800 years ago, a royal official, Kuttamuwa, oversaw the completion of an inscribed stone monument, or stela, to be erected upon his death. The words instructed mourners… Continue

Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 25, 2008 at 5:39pm — No Comments

(Part 2 What your father didn't know and your mother wouldn't tell you) Bible 101 The Gospel

Please note these studies can not in any way take place of your personal Bible study I am just pointing you a directions that I have taken in the past. If they are hard to follow let me know and I’ll try to break them down for you a wee bit. The purpose is to get you to think ou

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 16, 2008 at 7:33pm — No Comments

The 4th wise guy (a story about time ) for Christmas

Gentle Reader,

With the season so close and with me not a place to preach, nor a ho

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Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 3, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

“What if there were no Merry Christmas?”

Dear Gentle Reader, I have been thinking recently (yes, I do think once in a while, not all the time but just enough, to keep certain people guessing) ! What if all the people who try and remove prayer in school and those who hate the words Merry Christmas, and want t… Continue

Added by Dr Denis O'Callaghan on December 1, 2008 at 5:16pm — No Comments