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New Study Begins Tonight- The Parables, Lost Sheep and Coin

Last week we finished Truth You Can Count On. Tonight we begin a new study exploring the parables of Jesus. Tonight is our introduction, and a look at the lost sheep and lost coin. We serve dinner at 6:15, and … Continue reading

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What is Wisdom? Better Still, Who Is Wisdom?

I’ve written before on the difference between knowledge and wisdom. The two are deeply related, but they are nonetheless distinct. You can have knowledge without wisdom, but not wisdom without knowledge. James tells us “You believe that there is one … Continue reading

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Motive Power: Doing Right, For All the Right Reasons

God, from a certain perspective, isn’t terribly particular with respect to our motives. Inside the church there are those who argue that the right and heroic thing to do is the right and heroic thing because it is right and … Continue reading

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The First Casualty: All That We Don’t Know About Iran

What I remember most about the first days of the COVID crisis was the sense that I had no idea whom to believe. I was skeptical of claims made the government because, well, they were claims made by the government. … Continue reading

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Sacred Marriage; Tipping Tips; Brother Daniel; Gifts & Giver

All new, all fresh, all together splendiferous. Check out this week’s podcast. Share it with your friends. Heck, share it with your enemies. We are supposed to love them after all. This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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On Being Bar-Barnabas, The Sons of the Son of Encouragement

The Holy Spirit is called by Jesus the paraclete, or Comforter. While I would never want to diminish the value of the comfort the Spirit gives, we might do well to look more deeply at the root meaning of comfort. … Continue reading

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Study Tonight, Truth You Can Count On: Final Word

We conclude our Truth You Can Count On study. Tonight, 7:00, we explore the name of Jesus, the Word of God. We stream our study on Facebook Live (at the account Lisa and I share, RC-Lisa) for those who attend … Continue reading

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Why do we have such a hard time grasping grace?

Because we need it. I mean that in two ways. First, we have a hard time grasping grace because we are sinners, and sin begins with pride. All of us, from the most pious saint to the most egregious sinner … Continue reading

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But As the Captain of the Lord’s Hosts I Have Come

Though I didn’t think such was possible, my esteem for both my father and the Bible took a rather sudden spike. I was blessed to be sitting in a seminary class, while he stood, teaching. He mentioned, almost in passing, … Continue reading

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One Constant Through All the Years, Ray, Has Been Baseball

I don’t know who bought, I mean won, last year’s World Series. Over the course of the past 47 years the only World Series stories I recall are the Red Sox winning one, the Astros cheating and the earthquake in … Continue reading

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