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“Buying” mode in the time of coronavirus
In our time of coronavirus we are watching business and market volatility. The stock market has lost a lot of “value” in these weeks. That can create panic. It also creates a “buying” opportunity for investors who have cash ready to get into stocks that were overpriced and now have “value” in their price.
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Book Review — "The Story Retold"
The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament G.K. Beal and Benjamin L. Gladd Having taught Bible classes for 15 years in a college, THIS is the book I wish I had early on. The approach in this textbook is to keep the entire story in mind. We can’t be enamored with the New Testament because it is…
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Self examination in the time of coronavirus
Our New Testament reading for this past Sunday was from Ephesians 5:1-14. I have found this passage to be fundamental in my life. It is a passage that calls me to prayerfully self-examine my spiritual walk.
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Justice — the longing of the human race
Read Matthew 25:31-46 Some thoughts from NT Wright:
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Kingdom resources in the time of coronovirus
My regular daily office reading has me in the Gospel of Matthew currently and today was Matthew 25. It is still hard for me to read this passage and not have my upbringing in Bible reading flood my thoughts. In the past I was sure Matthew 24 and 25 were about the “end times” as in: “Are you rapture ready?”…
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A call to prayer and repentance in the time of coronavirus
Being part of the Anglican Church in North America (which is part of a larger worldwide body known as GAFCON), there is a call for prayer and repentance on March 22. Why not take this as a call to all of us?
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Divine opportunities in the time of coronavirus
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.” — Thomas Merton
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Social distancing in the time of coronavirus
This is an excellent piece on Francis Collins. He lays out the numbers on infectious disease. Online most social media “experts” sitting in their living rooms, Collins is the scientist who worked on cracking the human genome. You might want to pay attention.
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Losing giants of the faith
I grew up Pentecostal. When I was just starting into ministry I was introduced to the work of Edith Blumhofer and enjoyed her work on Assemblies of God history. Years later I was able to meet Vinson Synan a couple of times. He was another great historian and was a bridge from eyewitnesses of the Azusa Street Revival to the…
