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Speaking Truth to People Who Won’t Listen – The Jeremiah Generation
The Jeremiah Generation. Is that us? We’ve been entrusted to speak truth in our times. We are to speak of God’s boundless, reckless, lavish love. Love that brought Jesus from heaven to the cross. Love that cries out to those who deny its very existence and that waits with open arms, scanning the road for …[ read more ]
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And Now We Walk Through Fire
So much is right in my life and so much else is wrong. You, too? I know love. I enjoy health. My family enjoys one another. I have meaningful work. I am safe. My healing continues to progress. Jesus reigns. You have a list of blessings, too. But. But. Ukraine is under siege. The country, …[ read more ]
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What It Means that Events Happened So Swiftly in Our World
It’s the swiftness of what’s happened that leaves us breathless. How swiftly twenty years of investment by soldiers, missionaries, business owners, women’s advocates, Afghan citizens, and philanthropists can be undone. How swiftly a storm can build to catastrophic strength. How swiftly fire can consume everything in its path. How swiftly Christians can be so overwhelmed …[ read more ]
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Who Would Jesus Trust? (Second Dispatch from the Divided Kingdom)
This is my second dispatch from the divided kingdom. Today I awoke with gratitude and it occurred to me that I should also thank God for these divided times. There was a brief period of history when we may have been tempted to place our trust in humanity, in earthly powers, in parties, presidents, personalities, …[ read more ]
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When the Headlines Mention Crematoriums and Mass Graves
You consider yourself a fairly positive person. You don’t load every text with smiley faces or wish everyone a nice day, but you’ve made it a habit to live by faith, to open your eyes to the good that God may be working through trials, to praise God in the storm. But, when the evening …[ read more ]