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Repairing the world
The God in whom we believe is the creator of the world, and he will one day put this world to rights… That solid belief is the bedrock of all Christian faith. God is not going to abolish the universe of space, time, and matter; he is going to renew it, to restore it, to fill it with new joy…
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The call of discipleship
There’s a war on. God is at work in our world; so are the forces of evil; and there really is no time or space for self-indulgent spiritualities that shirk the slightest personal cost, or even resist it on the grounds that all the desires and hopes one finds within one’s heart must be God-given and so must be realized……
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Heroes and saints
Years ago I was pastoring a small church in the Twin Cities. One time the nicest lady began coming to our services and she jumped right in to help. She loved missions and learned we did, too. She had been praying for a specific missionary for years while attending another church and then learned we supported that missionary. She was…
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Back to Egypt
Our Old Testament text for Sunday will be Numbers 11. Numbers 11:1-6 remind me of the old Keith Green song, “So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt.” So… enjoy.
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Facing the apocalypse
Anxiety is up. Frustration is high. Anger boils over. AI will take over the world. “I, Robot” was right all along.
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The fundamentalist mind
Fundamentalism isn’t consigned to the conservative/evangelical wing of American Christianity. But, there are issues without doubt. David French writes:
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The horrors we ignore
Back in the 90s and early 2000’s there were a couple of movies set in Africa where a line was said in both that summed up the world’s attitude: “This is Africa. Nobody cares about Africa.” Sure, rock stars and then Christian artists got together a couple of times and sang some songs and raised some money… and then?
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God needs people
Dallas Willard has a chapter in Renewing the Christian Mind that is refreshing in examining “leadership.” There are some great thoughts that stood out:
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My search for beautiful things
Politics is heating up. Rhetoric is heating up. My mind is spinning from the lies spewing out about … shocker … immigrants. People seeking refuge from chaos, corruption, and real danger have come to the United States to find … chaos, corruption, and real danger. What are we doing?
