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Pete’s Story and Irrelevant Social Clubs With No Meaning

From his Birmingham jail cell in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King wrote: “If today’s Church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early Church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an … Continue reading

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What We Don’t Know or Do Know

When I first met Frank I didn’t know anything about him other than he was poor and homeless. I didn’t know his story. I didn’t know how he got into this mess. Did he drink himself homeless? Did he waste … Continue reading

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“God’s Story, Our Story”: A Review of Prodigal Christianity’s Fifth Signpost: Scripture

This post is the fifth stop on a blog tour reviewing Prodigal Christianity, by David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw. Check out the first four reviews here, here, here and here. Then please, read this book. I first met Pete when we turned our church building … Continue reading

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My Anti-Psalm & Psalm 131

Psalm 131 is a psalm of ascent. It is a psalm of confession. It invites the worshipper to see the folly of pride and self-sufficiency, and see the peace and freedom in wholly submitting  to the Sovereign God of grace. … Continue reading

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Holy Week – Saturday: Somewhere In the In-Between

A great tragedy happened Friday. Rabbi Jesus was crucified. Now it is Saturday and the disciples are overwhelmed with a grief words cannot express. Everything they possessed, everything they knew, everything they were, they put on the line to follow … Continue reading

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