Craig Muri on October 14th, 2009

This posting is merely a personal observation about a term and a movement that seems to have so many definitions that it fails to have any definition. Every lecture on Fundamentalism, as well as every passing reference, personal claim, or institutional identification regarding it seems to mean something unique to its claimant. In the early 20th Century [...]

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Craig Muri on September 8th, 2009

He was not known widely. His biography will not be published. His funeral will not be attended by celebrities. Flags across our nation will not be flown at half mast. His family will have to pay the media to print a small notice regarding his death. But he was a great man to those who were close [...]

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Craig Muri on August 3rd, 2009

In my last post I took a stab at debunking the myth of perfectionism, in this one I’d like to offer some hope for those of us who live with sore necks because we’re forever looking up to others who deservedly stand in the floods at center stage. In fact, they’re not just standing in [...]

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Craig Muri on June 23rd, 2009

The prolific writer and beloved Scottish preacher, Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), delivered a sermon on 1 John 2:15 entitled, The Expulsive Power of a New Affection. He sought to convince his hearers that it is a generally futile to dislodge from the heart an inordinate love for the world by attempting to prove it an unworthy [...]

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Craig Muri on April 18th, 2009

Paul’s message to the Ephesian elders rings with an urgency born of love for Christ and his church. Paul sent for these dear men because he loved them, having trained them for the ministry. He sent for them furthermore, because he loved the church, which is why he trained them–-to equip the saints for [...]

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Craig Muri on April 4th, 2009

I had the privilege of spending the month of March in Brazil both observing and participating in the work of evangelism and biblical training. Brazil has one of the fastest growing economies in the world and one of the fastest growing evangelical populations. One of the ways that God is building his church there is [...]

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Craig Muri on February 20th, 2009

So worship wars are not new. The woman at Sychar told Jesus, “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship” (Jn 4:20). Ever since that day people have been using the words ought and worship in some kind of contentious debate and most [...]

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Craig Muri on January 22nd, 2009

We’ve just witnessed another changing of the guard as we do every 4 – 8 years. However, this one was historic and in some ways monumental.
For some teary-eyed elderly African-Americans, it signals the fulfillment of a dream few dared to hope would ever come true: a black man in the white house, a symbolic end [...]

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Craig Muri on January 9th, 2009

Time is a stewardship from a loving God who made us for his glory and fully intends that we will prove faithful with this trust. Unlike talents, IQ, wealth, and spiritual gifts, God gives us all the same measure of time. The plain fact is that I am more busy than some and less than [...]

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Craig Muri on December 29th, 2008

The story of the visiting magi has taken on new meaning for me this year. Since Dennis was planning to preach on the visit of the wise men from Arabia (Matthew 2:1-12), I read the text through a couple time looking for the “big picture” so I could build a worship plan for Sunday morning. [...]

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