Are you for it or against it?
‘I’d rather be known for what I’m for rather than for what I’m against.’ This is a sentiment I expressed to a colleague one day as we were discussing some Christians who always seem to be attacking...
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Oh boy, they’re gonna get it now!
The man writing an article for The National Review, I do not know. Carl Trueman, well, I only know via his writings and podcast. Both of these men are going to catch it from the Wildly leftist, er,...
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The End of 32 Years…And the Beginning of 33!
Tomorrow marks the 33rd anniversary when this glorious woman said, ‘I will’ and ‘I do’ to me, before witnesses and before our gracious God. I am more blessed than I deserve. While we were on vacation...
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Nothing Says I Love You…
Do you, Joe Dufus, take Aimee Airhead, to be your wedded wife… Will you love her… …comfort her… …honor her… …keep her… I, Joe Dufus, do take Aimee Airhead to be my wedded wife… …to have and to hold…...
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Blessed Are the Balanced – a review
About the Book – A handbook to help seminarians grow in love for God as they study Theological education can cool your love for the Lord. It’s sad but true. Learning that is not fully integrated into...
View Article‘I’m just so-o-o busy!’
Yes, I know you are. And so am I. We’re all busy…too busy. We’re frazzled because our schedules are so full. ‘Just trying to keep my head above water.’ Sometimes, it’s almost as if we’re trying to ‘one...
View ArticleAnniversaries Quietly Unobserved
in August, 1985, Ann & I moved into a small house in Polk City, Iowa to begin a one-year internship at the Evangelical Free Church of Polk City. Twenty-nine years laters, I’m still pastoring. On...
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No Exit Strategy
Hesed is a Hebrew word that has a full meaning. It can mean ‘mercy’. It can be translated as ‘kindness’. ‘Steadfast love’ is another possibility. Or simply ‘love’. while studying the book of Ruth, I’m...
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I’m Not Bailing Out On You
Love with no exit strategy. I’m convinced we don’t know much of this type of love today. How ti breaks my heart when a couple come to me, professing faith in Christ, wanting to be married, but announce...
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Thankful Thursday
In just one week from today, we, here in America, will observe a day set aside to give thanks. I think that I’m a grateful person, but my own heart can not be the judge of this. It has deceived me far...
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