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Patience With God
When the Jewish exiles arrived in Babylon their hope was for an immediate return to Jerusalem. But the prophet Jeremiah told them the exile would la…
11 years, 10 months ago
All The Saints
All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and All Saints Day are further examples of Christians re-appropriating pagan holidays for Christian purposes. Like was d…
11 years, 10 months ago
The End of Beastly Empire
As followers of Jesus who are also citizens of the nation with the world’s largest economy and most powerful military, we face the same kinds of cha…
11 years, 10 months ago
The Daily Office and the Lion's Den
Daniel held onto his Jewish identity in the midst of pagan empire through the practice of daily formative prayer. But prayer is no guarantee of succ…
11 years, 10 months ago
A Turn To the Contemplative
Perhaps the greatest need for the modern Western church is to turn away from the reactive and turn toward the contemplative. We are reactive when we…
11 years, 10 months ago
Where You Do Not Want To Go
What if God does not use us despite our weaknesses and failures, but because of weaknesses and failures?
11 years, 10 months ago
The Handwriting's on the Wall
At the end of the Babylonian Empire, King Belshazzar had succeeded Nebuchadnezzar and he followed in the same arrogant ways of his predecessor. Duri…
11 years, 11 months ago
Way And Truth And Life
When things are hazy, one thing is clear: Jesus is the way. When things get crazy, one thing is certain: Jesus is the truth. When things begin to wi…
11 years, 11 months ago
The Insanity of Empire
In chapter 4 of Daniel we find the story of the king who went crazy -- the emperor who went insane. King Nebuchadnezzar is the personification of em…
11 years, 11 months ago
Love Alone Is Credible
"If I have not love, I am nothing." -The Apostle Paul
"Love alone is credible; nothing else can be believed, and nothing else ought to be believed." …
11 years, 11 months ago