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We Are Not of Those Who Shrink Back and Are Destroyed
In the light of a new day, facing more headlines, another body count, more cries for war and tears for peace, we will be tempted to lose heart. And we would, in fact, lose heart, if not for Jesus Christ. For in these times when we grieve, we lament, we keenly feel our mortality, our …[ read more ]
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We Don’t All Get the Miracle (for my friend who is facing death)
We don’t all get the miracle. We know this. We know, because we’ve lived on this planet, that not every prayer is answered the way we want, that not every Christian lives a rosy existence this side of glory, that some of us die young despite every intercession. It doesn’t sit well, though, does it? …[ read more ]
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More Powerful than We Imagine
This is a time to weep. More violence. More questions. More injured. More dead. I don’t have answers. I wish I did, but I suspect that if I did, they wouldn’t comfort the way we think they would. Even if I had the exact answers to the questions raised when innocent people die, it wouldn’t …[ read more ]
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Knock, Knock. Who’s There? Oldest Joke or Oldest Clue in the Universe?
Today I realized that the answer to one of my oldest questions may be locked inside one of the oldest jokes in the universe. My oldest question? Why would God give Adam and Eve a choice about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? He knew the consequences for all humans if they …[ read more ]