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Crocodiles Can’t Hurt You (Not Really)
He stood on the bank of a river in western Ethiopia whose color was that of chocolate. His friends stood beside him, and many implored him not to do it. They told him that the river was full of...
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The End Of Us All
“It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.” (Ecclesiastes 7:2, NET) That old man you know wasn’t always elderly....
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Walking At A Child’s Pace
Throughout the summer, my wife and I enjoy taking our kids outside to the local state parks. We hike and kayak. The girls climb trees and catch frogs. They look for fish in the water, and though...
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Thoughts For The First Sunday Advent: Hope
In the days and years and centuries prior to the coming of the Christ, the Jews waited eagerly for their Messiah. We wait eagerly for his return. Our hope is long on expectation, but it is not without...
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Peace Be With You (The 2nd Sunday of Advent)
During Advent we remember the coming of the Prince of Peace, the King to whom all authority has been given. We look forward to his coming again, and we pray that our hearts are ready to receive him...
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A Little Spurgeon On New Year’s Day
Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with...
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Where’s Our Grief?
Given the Lenten season, it is appropriate for us to examine ourselves, to come to terms with our own sinfulness, to repent of it, to be reminded of God’s grace and forgiveness through Jesus Christ,...
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Leaving The Far Country
John 12:20–36 (ESV) 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”...
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God is Hesed (And that’s good for you and me)
I don’t know if this happens to you, but sometimes I’m reading scripture, and a phrase or a word seems to leap off the page. This happened to me this morning as I was reading Psalm 5. Psalm 5:7 (ESV) …...
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When The Middle Of Nowhere Is Somewhere
I’m just coming off one of the best weekend backpacking trips I’ve ever had. We put together a group of nine guys and headed off for the Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia. The Sods is one of those...
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