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Risk and Vulnerability

“It is one thing to confess that you’re a sinner; it is another thing altogether to confess your sins…People love it when preachers or Christian leaders say they are fallen just like the rest of us, until that preacher or … Continue reading

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Forever Friend, Randy Winton; Appeal; Peace in the Valley

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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And It Came To Pass

I was not, as a kid, a particularly gifted athlete. I enjoyed sports, however, and so my hours were determined by the seasons: football, basketball, baseball. I realized early on that my gifts were limited, while my desire to compete … Continue reading

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Days of the Dead 9/12

September 11, 2001, was, in many respects, a rather ordinary day. I began the day working at my desk, writing. But my plans quickly changed. Many of us spent hours staring not at our computer screens but at our television … Continue reading

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Forever Friend, Jeff Hixson; Curating Movies, Cary Grant; Why Unbelievers Hate Us

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What are the biggest changes you’ve seen in your lifetime?

My maternal grandparents were both born within a year of each other, 1903 and 1904. As a schoolboy, when I learned this was just around the time the Wright brothers took flight and that Henry Ford began producing Model A’s … Continue reading

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And It Came To Pass

I was not, as a kid, a particularly gifted athlete. I enjoyed sports, however, and so my hours were determined by the seasons: football, basketball, baseball. I realized early on that my gifts were limited, while my desire to compete … Continue reading

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Y is for YHWH, I Am that I Am

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Sniffing Out the Truth

Opinions are like noses, they say, everyone has one. One very common nose is that this bit of received wisdom means that we can never really know the truth. Which, of course, is a truth claim, and so contradicts itself. … Continue reading

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More Pious Than God; The Church and the Sexually Unrepentant

That accusation, “You’re more pious than God,” when rightly used isn’t an argument against piety, but against impiety. That is, when our scruples line up with the law of God we are not being anything other than faithful, as we … Continue reading

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