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A Gentle Answer
Can you imagine apologizing for your Christian faith or behavior? I don’t mean saying “I’m sorry” when you speak or act as a Christian should. I mean did you ever have a chance to defend or explain your lifestyle as a Christian or your way of thinking? Defending or...
Begin Anew
January lends itself to self-examination: out with the old, in with the new. If you haven’t noticed, we serve a God who does “new” very well. The Israelites had been 400 years in slavery in Egypt and he sent Moses to do a new thing among...
Growing in Grace
Grace is NOT a Blue-eyed Blonde is the title of a book by a Christian counselor. But we knew that already. Indeed, many of us have heard grace defined as either God’s unmerited favor or, using the acronym GRACE, as “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.” “Grace” is a...
Glory of God in a Wee Babe
I have family members who are not members of God’s family (yet). One of them, knowing my faith, reminds me upon occasion that she does not need “a white male to save her.” I forget that the culture in the USA usually shows Jesus as a white male. ...
The Prophet Who (Almost) Couldn’t Believe
Habakkuk (hu-BACK-uk) didn’t know whether to curse or cry when he saw sin of every kind around him. Injustice, immorality, greed, violence, and fake religion were just part of his nation’s sin. But God’s answer to all this seemed as bad as the sin. God was sending the...
WHEN IT ISN’T ALL TINSEL AND JINGLE BELLS
It is tinsel time. And jingle bells. However, not every person is jolly this time of year. As the tinsel goes up, for some, the soul drops into despair. I have a very short word of hope for this: God. He is the first and the last...