People
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There is a taste I need for the Kingdom of God. It’s like moving from McDonald’s burgers to aged steak. But sometimes we need to be taught. We need to walk the path others have gone. It is helpful to me to read from others who have a taste for the Kingdom of God. I… Read more
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Chuck Colson has passed away. The media, of course, begins with the statement that he was Nixon’s “hatchet man” in the Watergate era. The media may call him a “hatchet man,” but then they typically do a hatchet job, depicting Colson as “reinventing” himself. Colson was transformed by the power of Jesus Christ. He then turned… Read more
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Today apparently is the birthday of A.W. Tozer. Some great Tozer quotes: “One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team.” “I want the presence of God Himself, or I don’t want anything at all to do with… Read more
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One of the backward ideas we seem to have is that God doesn’t “punish” his people because he looooovvvvves them. As if discipline isn’t love. He finally had to bring Judah down to get their attention. It was harsh. It was brutal. Yet, it was not out of God’s fierce anger for revenge. It was… Read more
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The past few days have carried heavy news for those who are a part of our church. We lost a dear church member Saturday night in a battle to cancer. Earlier in the week, a missionary we support lost his father to disease. Word came tonight of a pastor’s wife who has passed on to… Read more
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Mark 7 has Jesus exploding all over the religious leaders’ views of what is “in” and what is “out.” What is “proper” and what is “improper.” Then, it’s lived out in the story of Syrophoenician woman. She has come to beg Jesus to cast a demon out of her daughter. Jesus has never hesitated to… Read more
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As I understand it, C.S. Lewis wrote A Grief Observed anonymously after his wife died of cancer. It was only years later that his name was attached to the lament that he penned in his wrestling with God. Four years ago I could have done something like that… Well, not like that, because Lewis could actually write.… Read more
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We live in such wild swings of life. This week we welcomed in new life. Our youth pastor had her new baby, and they named the newborn after one of the older saints in our church. It was such a tremendous tribute. Then, we suffered the loss of a neighborhood boy. A 15 year old… Read more
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One of my favorite voices in music has fallen silent. This song is from a film that didn’t get any rave reviews, but is nevertheless one of my favorites. (Put Denzel and Whitney in a film and I’m in.) It is also a song that is key to my own prayer life right now. Read more
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