Works of Love Bear Fruit
"On the path to communion with God, it is humanity's vocation not merely to accept - but rather to bless, elevate, and transfigure - this world, so that its intrinsic…
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If you go back to the beginning…
“But if you go back to the beginning, to the origin of the story of you, of the world, of all humanity, you realize that the Fall is not the…
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With Burning Hearts
I am a Henry Nouwen fan. He speaks to me as a Christian, a pastor, and a teacher. The first time I read his book, With Burning Hearts, he reaffirmed…
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Rugged Faith
In Suffering is Never for Nothing, Elisabeth Elliot writes: “If your faith rests in your idea of how God is supposed to answer your prayers . . . then that kind of…
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Justice, Righteousness, and Christian Response
Much is being said in the realm of social justice right now, and much of what is being said is worth the discussion. As I have contemplated some of my…
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What you do in the present – by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring for the needy, loving your neighbor as yourself – will last into God’s future…. They are part of what we may call building for God’s kingdom.
N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope
Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 16:20 ESV
Justice Is
Justice is rooted in the character of God and flows from the heart of God. Justice is woven into the fabric of God’s creation, part of the Image of…
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The Seed or the Soil? A Look at Mark 4.
The link below takes you to a sermon I preached in November 2017. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j1EfkFYLxbV637EbfEEQhgwKyVMwV0jw/view?usp=sharing
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Two Statements
A year later, and two statements are still stuck in my mind. I would think that, at this point, time would soften the blow. If time didn’t accomplish that for…
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