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Reflections on a Kiwi Wedding
One week ago, my daughter Abbie married a wonderful New Zealander (Kiwi) named Hamish McKoy. It was such a joy to be a part of their lovely wedding at a…
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What Is That in Your Hand?
If you had just 20 minutes to prepare a sermon, what would your topic be? That was my uncomfortable predicament while visiting friends in Auckland, New Zealand recently. My friend…
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Recovering Your Lost Dreams
This weekend my precious daughter Abbie is getting married to a wonderful New Zealander named Hamish McKoy. As we prepare for the festivities on the outskirts of Wellington, I find…
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Recovering from Spiritual Amnesia
The Perils of Forgetting Who You Are There’s a lot of amnesia going around lately, and I wonder if you might be a victim. To my surprise, I’ve discovered that…
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When God Tells You to Shut Up
Would a loving God ever tell His people to “shut up and listen”? Well, that’s basically the meaning of a word that occurs 74 times in the Bible. Although scholars…
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Debunking 8 Myths About the Christian Life
While studying the origins of the Church at Philippi, I was startled to discover how the story contradicts many of our common misconceptions about the nature of the Christian life.…