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“Are You Still Going to Buy the Watch?”
Growing up, my grandparents owned a jewelry store in my home town. Some of my favorite memories of summer were working for them in their store. I polished silver, I wrapped gifts, I shredded documents,...
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Batman and Baptism: Superheros and Alter-Egos
Water, water, everywhere (at least in a lot of religions) Water is an element of nature that has become a part of rites and rituals in many of the world’s great religions. This comes as no surprise, as...
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Watch Your Step: Meaningful Membership
34 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life...
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100 Miles: Resistance, Riposte, Revelation
Jerusalem to Tyre – approximately 100 miles. That is a long distance to walk to get away from it all. 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want...
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“The End is Near”: Family, Faith, and Footwashing
John 13:3-17 | Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet 3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4got up from the table, took...
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“Terrific Table:” The Parable of the Dinner Party, Bean Day, and Attractive...
Luke 14:15-24 The Parable of the Great Dinner 15 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’ 16Then Jesus said to him,...
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“Revisiting Revitalizing:” Loaves, Fish, and the Church
Matthew 14:15-20 Feeding the Five Thousand 15When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into...
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Arm in Arm: “We’ll Fall Together”
II: Cor. II:3-5 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, 4who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console...
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“Consumerist Christian”: The Cost of Cheap Grace in American Christianity
“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. Communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the...
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“Generated Grief:” The Facebook ‘Year in Review’, the Psalmist, and the...
1 I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me. 2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. 3 I think...
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