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Of Swarms and Crawling Things
I purchased a new personal Bible on Saturday. It’s the CSB translation, but I’m not really a translation purist, especially for my own devotional time. What I really liked was that it had spaces on the sides for me to… Continue reading
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Independence Day
Independence Day The Life of Faith and the Death of 90s America Revelation 21:1-6 (NRSVUE) 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea… Continue reading
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Ash Wednesday
Genesis 2: 4-25 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no… Continue reading
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We Cannot Fail
Paul, President Carter, and the Logic of Grace 10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered. 11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of… Continue reading
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Believing Well, Part 2: For the People of God
Trouble in Paradise For three of my four college summers, I worked as a camp counselor at a small Christian camp an hour away from my parents’ house. And I loved pretty much everything about it. I loved the environment–being… Continue reading
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Author’s Note: This Post comes from a pair of sermons delivered on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday, 2022 and 2023, respectively. Together, they form a single exploration of the Gospel narrative, and the story of Jesus Christ.. Part 1 Scripture:… Continue reading
Gladness and Hunger 