http://markandheidicahill.com Marketplace Missionaries in Deland, Florida Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:53:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone, Just in case you guys are wondering how we're doing with the storm... Volusia county schools are closed yesterday and today, so Mark and I both have off work today. We're having an "Un-hurrcaine party" at the Allinghouse B & B with my ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/ts-faye-update/ It's been such a very long time since I posted anything and even longer since we just let you guys know some of things going on in our lives. So here goes: ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/its-high-time-for-an-update/ Our hosting account is experiencing major problems. I'm going to try to get my money back and host our site with someone else. In the mean time, there may be periodic interruptions of e-mail access, and the web site may go down periodically. I hope to have the issue resolved ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/slow-as-snot/ Matt and I are watching the feed from The Call DC, and I see a pattern emerging. God is speaking to the earth about His holiness. He is underscoring that we are unable to live a righteous life apart from His power. As we enter into election time, He wants ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/holy-is-the-lord-god-almighty/ When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges for Israel. The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/give-us-a-king/ For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/double-edged-sword/ On Saturday night, the Lord was really speaking to me about the subject of suffering. He told me that many Christians in the West don't really know His purpose for suffering and trials. The image he gave me was quite humorous: I saw a sword being heated in the fire, then ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/refined-in-the-fire/ We in the Western Church tend to think that Christ doesn't want us to suffer. We twist the Scriptures and ignore verses concerning suffering by saying they were fulfilled in the first century. I think this is why we have so much trouble interpreting the book of Revelation. We can't ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/a-biblical-theology-of-suffering/ The Lord retaught me a principle yesterday that I wanted to share with you. Truth is only for the hungry. What does this mean? This means that the Bible was written for the majority of the planet - poor, uneducated, hungry people. I think that being well-fed and well-educated is actually ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/only-for-the-hungry/ Last Saturday we really hit the subject of humility hard. I've been meditating on the subject all week. The Lord spoke many things, such as the fact that there are treasures of righteousness hidden. We must mine for them in order to find them. They are not in the highest ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/lower-and-lower-still/ I'm gripped today with the fact that life will not always be the same as it is now. The Lord is moving in the earth, and is arranging a series of events that will play out in the greatest drama ever seen in the earth. I feel gripped by the ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/things-wont-always-be-the-same/ I recently read this article, written by a professor I had in college with whom I've kept in touch. The article talks about a growing trend in Christianity in America where relevance is leading to a diluted presentation of truth from the pulpit. He is concerned mostly with the fact ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/truth-or-relevance/ I've added pictures of our South Carolina trip, as well as a couple new photos of the outside of the house. I wanted you guys to see how much greener our yard has gotten since we've been there. We have pictures of the inside coming soon. We have to pick ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/new-pictures-up/ "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."-Psalm 116:15 I was pondering this verse this week. I've heard of the passing of many great men and women of God - a young woman in our church, two great Catholic news commentators, an evangelist, and a preacher. ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/precious-in-the-sight-of-the-lord/ Happy Independence Day! I'm on the road, but I thought I'd share a funny video with you. This is why I want to home school my children: http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/why-i-want-to-home-school/ I had a disagreement with my network administrator today over the issue of VPN. Official company policy is that Linux is not supported. Even so, one of his techs had agreed to help me get the Cisco client working on my laptop so I can access my work computer on ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/software-bigotry/ I was reading Revelation today, and having thought about everything we're going to have to go through, I figured it was time for me to write my bucket list. Here goes nothing: Finish my MBA Learn Spanish, French, and Russian Eat a baguette from a bakery in France Visit Paris in the Spring with ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/my-bucket-list/ So I've got some great post ideas, and even some decent drafts, but no time to put them online. Trust me, it'll be worth the wait. I'm hoping to get up a post about some of the things that have been happening in preparation for our church's groundbreaking. Maybe on ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/not-enough-time-in-the-day/ I found this contextual ad in my inbox this morning: http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/googles-text-ads-still-need-refinement/ I'm typing this blog post from my new laptop on the wifi at Boston Coffee. I now officially own the smallest laptop in the world. I've got to admit it's pretty cool. It's probably the coolest toy I've ever had! I bought it as my MBA laptop. I'll mainly be using ... http://markandheidicahill.com/archives/coolness-in-a-really-small-package/