christianity
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Too Easy
I had a really cool retirement party a month ago. People wrote letters, sent videos, dug up pictures of baptisms and weddings I’d been part of. It felt like being at your own memorial service, where people only say the best things about you. I think we all need that once — to be blessed…
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MLB’s PRIDE Hats: A Christian Perspective
Thank you Major League Baseball. You gave me a new insight into Deuteronomy this morning. I’m referring, of course, to the current MLB controversy when players were required to wear PRIDE hats and some wrote Bible verses on them. The passage was Deuteronomy 10:12–11:25. Here’s the Verse for the Week: “What does the Lord your…
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Refuge
Deuteronomy 4:41 (NLT) 41 Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River. From 1998 to 2005 I pastored Elim Chapel in Winnipeg Canada. Elim means “an oasis,” or “a place of refuge.” A refuge is “a safe haven, sanctuary… a place of safety or protection.” When the Israelites entered the Promised…
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Moses and the Promise: Lessons from a Bizarre Bible Story
The Bible is full of bizarre stories; this may be a new one for you. When the Israelites left Egypt, Moses was 80. By the time they were about to enter the Promised Land, he was 120. He had led these people through arguing with Pharaoh, the red sea, grumbling Israelites, the ten commandments, and…
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