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God Just Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone
The apostle Paul stretched out, waterlogged, on an unfamiliar beach blinking in the white sun surrounded by pieces of ship and others not fortunate enough to open their eyes again on this shore. Peter caught by Paul, red-faced and ashamed, facing correction for spurning the Gentile Christians around the Jewish Christians who might judge him, facing something worse now – the …[ read more ]
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Discomfort Ye My People – Or Why Guitar Players Make Effective Christians
My development as a guitar player is seriously arrested. I am a guitar player. I own one. In fact, I own two – a six-string acoustic and a twelve-string. I’ve played on church music teams. I can pick it up, finger some basic chords, and strum. By sixth grade, I could play simple worship songs …[ read more ]
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Can the Western Church Learn to Sweat?
New karate students are aware of their limits. They have a humility that keeps them safe. Then, they learn a couple of things. Pick up a few moves. Land a kick they’ve worked to understand. That’s when they get stupid. I’ve seen it. An underbelt (a student who hasn’t yet achieved black belt) gears up …[ read more ]