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I Love That God Listens…

Psalm 116 verse 1 is my starting place for today. “I Love that God listens to my voice”. Did Easter make any difference to us after all? This seems a good time to examine what we are now to do … Continue reading

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“Lord, keep us safe”

In 1919 Norman Angell, a British commentator, published The Great Illusion. He recognized even back then that national economies were so interdependent that war among the leading economic powers would be unimaginably destructive. To engage in warfare, he argued, would … Continue reading

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Stories of Easter

Maybe it’s a man thing. Susan will ask me to bring her something and I’ll go and look where she has told me I’d find it and then holler back – “I can’t find it.” And you can guess the … Continue reading

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The Last Straw

There is no mistaking the fact that the raising of Lazarus was the moment that the religious leaders decided that Jesus had to die. Was Jesus searching his own heart to know whether he loved Lazarus enough to lay down … Continue reading

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Ken Tuinstr’s message “What Can I Know About God From Nature”

Ken Tuinstra was asked to prepare and share a message for Meeting for Worship on March 13.  “What Can I Know About God From Nature” follows.   

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Transfiguration – Malachi to 2nd Peter

…from the third chapter of Malachi we have this fascinating note where the Lord of hosts says: “the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight is here, here already…”. This messenger, who Matthew argues to be Jesus was already … Continue reading

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Transfiguration – Malachi to 2nd Peter

…from the third chapter of Malachi we have this fascinating note where the Lord of hosts says: “the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight is here, here already…”. This messenger, who Matthew argues to be Jesus was already … Continue reading

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Caught Between Two Principles

Listen to all the hype we get from the marketers, both commercial and political. They pay good money for advertisements meant to shape your decisions, not for your good and often in direct contradiction to what is best for you. … Continue reading

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Caught Between Two Principles

Listen to all the hype we get from the marketers, both commercial and political. They pay good money for advertisements meant to shape your decisions, not for your good and often in direct contradiction to what is best for you. … Continue reading

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THE XXI COMMANDMENTS (of Leviticus 19:1-18)

…had (this passage of scripture) been handed down in the normal way some people might say, “This part doesn’t really apply to me; God was instructing somebody else.” By addressing the people as a whole, the message, in fact, became … Continue reading

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