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Tragedy and joy all mix in our world
There isn’t a time with only joy. There isn’t a time with only sorrow. And I’m grateful. This weekend has been full of sorrow, or should be, in our nation. But there is joy in the mix as well.
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The American Christian Industrial Complex
In the past two weeks we’ve witnessed yet another key influencer in the evangelical movement “give up” and move on. This one is Joshua Harris of I Kissed Dating Goodby fame (or infamy, as you will). There are two key discussions worth your listen.
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Reason #18 why I’m glad I’ve become Anglican
In this journey along the Canterbury Trail I’ve thought of so many reasons why the Lord has led me to this place.
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A generational reset
I have some blocks of time to type up my notes for a work I hope to call “Living in Babylon.” A couple of observations.
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Soul wrenching
We finished a long three week trip as we visited family. It was a great trip filled with friends, family, and conversation. There was one last stop I needed to make before we made it home.
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Prayers for the Church
My current work in “Living in Babylon” and now a “devotional” read through Isaiah leave me drained in my heart. (It’s not a “devotional read”. It’s more of a prayerful read. Right now, it’s a lot of heavy prayer.) So, I pray for the Church. And the prayers OF the Church guide me, for which I am grateful!
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All can be “well” and we can STILL be blind
One of the common mistakes we make in diagnosing current times is “how things are going.” If things are going reasonable “well” for us, we can’t see what might wrong beneath the surface, or care to explore that beneath the surface. In the U.S., we can say, “Hey, the economy is humming along (for us saying it, of course), so…
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The way forward is repentance not just policy changes
Willow Creek has had scandal hit it in the last several months. The way forward is repentance, which does not seem to be happening very well.
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The foolishness of lacking compassion
The things I don’t get list just got a new number hit.
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Prayers for the day
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth;…
