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Reading John | Together Through the New Testament 2010 | Week 4

Still reading? We are 3 weeks into this and I am sure that keeping up has become a challenge for some of us. Here is my confession...I only made it halfway through Luke. If you got a little behind (like me), can I make a few suggestions? 1. Don't try to read 20 pages this afternoon to "catch up", ...

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A Word Straight

Most of us, I suspect, can hear Johnny Cash’s deep and weathered voice singing at least one phrase of his 1956 hit, “I’ll walk the line.” (Actually, I’m not sure if the voice in my head isn’t that of our own Terry Dahlgren – he does it quite well!) But, ...

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Reading Luke | Together Through the New Testament 2010 | Week 3

The Gospel of Luke begins with these words: "Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having ...

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A Word about Visible Joy

How would you portray joyous faith? Here’s my take. On a lake near Donner Pass, I “clicked” one of our grandsons having the time-of-his-life; it was a ball! “Again,” was all Isaac would say as his dad landed him from his launch and flight. “Again,” ...

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Another Word about Praying

Do you wonder what God was thinking or doing when the 7.3- earthquake literally tossed and turned the capital of Haiti this week? Forty-thousand lives have been snuffed out and countless buildings destroyed. Was He really thinking, as one notable evangelical insinuated, “Just giving them ...

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