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Jesus-Life Under Communism
How do you live a Jesus-life under Communism? I’ve read two books about believers living under challenging circumstances in China and in Romania. (This idea is the subject of countless books–including...
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Jonah and the Ninevites (Post-Whale)
Jonah finally met the Ninevites after a long and lengthy journey. He’d set off from Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, headed to Tarshish. Along the way, 2500 miles from Nineveh, he spent...
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Who was Huldah the Prophetess?
Huldah the prophetess–have you ever heard of her? She was female, not one of those towering Charlton Heston-type prophets. As a contemporary of King Josiah and Jeremiah, she lived in Jerusalem 2700...
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Oxford: Movie and Book Surprises
Surprised by Oxford, one of my favorite memoirs, is now a movie. Written by literature professor Carolyn Weber, the memoir describes her conversion to Christ. But, it also features her romance with...
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What happened between Malachi and Matthew?
What happened between the end of Malachi and the beginning of Matthew’s gospel? As in, did the world really go silent for 400 years? Of course not. But the prophets disappeared in Israel. Which caused...
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What is Blasphemy? Are you a Blasphemer?
Blasphemy is an old fashioned word, perhaps, and not a popular concept in 21st-century America. But what is blasphemy? Have you, without thinking, been a blasphemer? (One who speaks blasphemously...
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Is it a Sin, Transgression, or Iniquity?
Is there a difference between sin, transgression, and iniquity? Aren’t they the same thing? The words seemingly are used interchangeably in the Bible. But when you dig, particularly into the Hebrew...
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Jesus Spit, Spitters, and a Strange Gospel Story.
Do you remember when Jesus spit into a man’s eyes? It’s a strange Gospel story that appears twice in the Gospel of Mark at 8:22-26 and in 7:31-37. Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida He[Jesus] took...
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God’s Point of View or Yours? Whose to Use?
Do you see God’s point of view as you walk through life? Or is your own more important? My question comes out of the Bible’s Judges 17:6: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what...
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A Wonderful Life: Have You Got One?
I first saw the classic movie It’s a Wonderful Life my freshman year of college. I remember watching the black and white movie late one night at Christmas time. In those long ago years, we only saw a...
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