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Call the Plumber
“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” – Jeremiah 2:13 I can think of two reasons for a modern… Continue reading
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Best of Today: Welcome Tables, Barriers, and the Signals We Send
Some days a theme emerges across several pieces of writing and reflection. Today the theme has been welcome. More specifically, the subtle signals communities, organizations, churches, and businesses send that tell people whether they belong—or whether they should keep their… Continue reading
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Help in Hard Times
“Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.” – Psalm 107:6 It gets pretty rough for folks sometimes. There is an old spiritual that expresses the twin emotions of helplessness and… Continue reading
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Back to Bethel
“And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.”— Genesis 35:15 There are moments in life that become spiritual landmarks. Places where something changed.Where clarity appeared.Where we sensed that God was speaking into our lives.… Continue reading
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I Will Now Arise
“Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them.” – Psalm 12:5 God saw the oppression of the weak and heard the groaning of the… Continue reading
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Legacy of Faith
Guercino Abramo ripudia Agar “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” – John 3:8 “For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham… Continue reading
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By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them
False Prophets and Christian Leadership Discernment Matthew 7:15–29 There are many voices asking for allegiance. Some are theological.Some are political.Some are cultural. Jesus anticipated this. In Matthew 7:15–29, He gives explicit criteria for identifying false prophets and discerning true spiritual… Continue reading
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A God Like Y0u – Micah 7:18-20
Many are searching for God. Jesus said that those who seek, find (cf. Gospel of Matthew 7:7). But sometimes what we are seeking is not truly God at all. Sometimes we are searching for a projection — a deity shaped… Continue reading
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Actual Border-Control Issues
“And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.” – Nehemiah 12:30 It is hard to comprehend the importance of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem without understanding the times in which… Continue reading
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The Narrow Way Is Not What You Think
Matthew 7:1–14 In preparing this week’s sermon on Matthew 7, I found myself wrestling with one phrase that has unsettled readers for centuries: “Enter through the narrow gate… for the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads… Continue reading
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