by Tony LaMarca | Aug 15, 2010 | Archived
I remember when I was younger, my mom told me that she had a dream about me. In that dream I had become a debater. I don’t know if I had been arguing with her that day or had convinced my sister to do something for me but there I was in her dream, involved in...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 14, 2010 | Archived
When we were little, our best friends were the ones that lived close enough for us to go play with. As we moved into middle school and high school, friendships became based on common interests. The football players were their own group of friends, the band kids were...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 12, 2010 | Archived
If God knew from all eternity that the net result of all His creative activity, including the plan of redemption, would be only this tiny minority, comparatively speaking, then it may be presumed that this small group was the object of all of God’s previous...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 11, 2010 | Archived
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB) There is no more encouraging words to me than those. In Christ, I am made right with God. I am a new creation. The old me is no...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 10, 2010 | Archived
It’s tough to truly appreciate something unless you’ve had to go without it at some point. You’ve heard the saying “It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.” If you’ve never loved at all, you do...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 9, 2010 | Archived
Orthodoxy and doctrine are two words that well up a lot of emotion in most people, and I’d venture to guess that most of that emotion is negative. More often than not, when someone gains knowledge, they want to impress that knowledge on others, but no one likes...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 5, 2010 | Archived
If you follow my blog with any regularity, you know that I have been on a spiritual journey, searching for my place in calling and struggling through the same sins over and over again. I have been reading through a book by Joshua Harris called Dug Down Deep and one...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 4, 2010 | Archived
The title says it all, but in case you’re not sure… I’m looking for you help with a caption for this picture. Some other blogs that I follow occasionally have posts called “caption needed.” Since a good friend got me hooked on...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 3, 2010 | Archived
Unfortunately, a prescription of more cowbell was not what I got last week after having fevers reaching over 104 degrees. My illness has kept me from being able to think straight enough to post anything, but I hope to pick back up very soon. This pneumonia has...
