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“The road of ‘God is on our side, and he shall surely smite our enemies’ is a wide road. A lot of parades have gone down that road. It doesn’t take much courage to travel that road; just fall in step and follow the crowd.” Brian Zahnd --------------------------------- On a typical midwestern high school campus, …
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“Do not take a purse or bag or sandals…” (Luke 10:4) Nothing reduces a paternalistic approach to sharing the gospel like being in need ourselves. The release of the inner man’s potential is often contingent on the breaking of the outer man, which usually occurs through pain and loss. It’s my experience that the preponderance …
Those with a pure heart can “see God” because their sight isn’t impaired by trying to focus on more than one thing at the same time. The outlook of cross-eyed Christians is blurred by competing concerns. The only thing worse than spiritual blindness is thinking you can see when you can’t (Revelation 3:18). Viewing God …
I’ve been corresponding with a good friend on the topic of whether or not a Christian would be in the right to oppose pledging allegiance to the American flag. We have a mutual friend who has expressed his opposition to the pledge, and the friend with whom I’m corresponding disagrees with such a stand. Here …
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Thought I’d share my favorite books from this last year. I didn’t take the time to put them in the order of my preference or give the theme and particular value of each. But feel free to ask me about any of these. Of course, you can also go to Amazon for summaries and reviews. …
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