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An intercession for the American Church
O God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Savior, the Prince of Peace: Give us grace to take to heart the grave dangers we are in through our many divisions. Deliver your Church from all enmity and prejudice, and everything that hinders us from godly union. As there is one Body and one Spirit, one hope of…
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Missing the Kingdom of God
Last Sunday our gospel text was Mark 3:23-35. The story here is the pressure Jesus is getting from his family and then the religious leaders. Neither one is happy with him. For his family, Jesus was avoiding them and his ministry was attracting so many people that his own family couldn’t get into their own home to eat. This put…
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I have no desire to be church homeless
From my former denomination having churches host out and out political rallies (and ranting about nationalism, not to mention hearing from a convicted felon and insurrectionist) to my current denomination trying to make a move to silence women … I am stirred. While I am confident my current denomination will try to hold a “third way” in the Anglican tradition…
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The tests
Daniel 3 is the test of allegiance. It is not about being delivered from the fire. It is about the willingness to go through the fire. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were all tested. (I won’t use the Babylonian names forced on them.) They had survived in Babylon by learning the culture (rather than be summarily executed) and contributing to the…
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The confidence
My last post reflected on Daniel 2 and the expectation he had that God would speak. The expectation Daniel carried keeps me in thought and prayer. This isn’t something meant for a just a “chosen few.” As believers, we can live in the power of expectation.
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The expectation
My walk in prayer and meditation lately has been a challenge regarding intercession. The challenge isn’t just intercession, but being ready, having the fire of the Spirit and the work of the Cross being effective in my life. Intercession takes me to Daniel. As I am reading Daniel 2, which is the story of Nebuchadnezzar having a dream and refusing…
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The wilderness
For the past several weeks my study has taken me through some character studies as I look at what the Lord is asking of me in the way of prayer and intercession. My meanderings have pointed me in the direction of Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Daniel, and Paul. It’s all just at the beginning. My challenge is to follow through. It’s…
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The struggles we don’t talk about
Nathan Beacom has an article in Comment Magazine titled, “Men Only Want One Thing: The moral equivalent of monkhood.” This gets into treacherous waters because it’s about men and generally the pushback is, “How hard can it be for you, a white guy?” Thus, issues are pushed deeper and go unresolved… or get ugly. Nevertheless, I want to at least…
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Great coffee
Nothing serious. Just something for fun. But the man should try Wesley Andrews Coffee for a baseline of what really great coffee tastes like. 🙂
