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On going to Thailand
(Here are excerpts from a letter I have written concerning my upcoming trip to Thailand, for which I leave October 14.) For many months, almost a year now, I’ve had the building sense of change and transition. I sensed that God was asking me to dream big, reach far, risk much, and set my sights Continue reading
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The Way of the Cross
“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains Continue reading
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casting out: part 2
“For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (IJohn 5:4-5). We overcome the world by our faith. But our faith need not Continue reading
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Our Greatest Knowing
The following column is my most recent for HM Magazine. It’s a reflection of some things I have been pondering as of late. There will be more to follow, as I dig deeper into this idea of “knowing” and “seeing” in a new and different way… “I know that you can do all things, and Continue reading
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The resurrected life, pt. II: The inspiration to live
“For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory … And (having) put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Continue reading
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casting out: part 1
…And when [Jesus] had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number Continue reading
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The Resurrected Life, Part 1…
Go here to read my latest column for HM Magazine. Here’s a sneak peek… …Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me … Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you …” John 14 is a beautiful passage that tells of some of the final moments Jesus Continue reading
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darkness is as light
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall Continue reading
surely we do not mean only.”
a kingdom built of seeds 