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Misunderstood Bible Character: Achan the Provider
I've been leading my church's Bible Study in the book of Joshua lately. And unless you've also been reading it, you might miss a guy named Achan in the middle of Joshua 7—a man who tried to provide for himself.
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Misunderstood Bible Character: Esau the Hunter
Recently, my family was in need of a good laugh. So—as many do—we went looking for a fun movie on Amazon Prime. We selected a movie starring a major Hollywood comedian, and pressed play, eager for some good entertainment.
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Waiting On His Promise? Start Living His Character
I do a lot of scrolling through my feeds and through the news, and let me tell you, the diagnosis doesn’t look good. The world is in shambles. I think we can all say that we’re surrounded by suffering. Suffering because of disease, or suffering because of hatred. The air is thick with tension these days. I also hear a lot of people say these days “God told me” or “God promised me”. Sometimes it doesn’t pan out when they expected it. And when that happens, I hear a lot of hurt. I hear a lot of pain. “I really counted on God this time,” they say. “He really let…
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Writing and Christianity: Drawing Parallels
When it comes right down to it, I feel uncomfortable with calling myself a “writer”. I had always imagined writers as people who hunch over their typewriters (now computers), writing over 1,000 words a day without fail. Write an epic novel in half a year? No problem! But while writing is something that comes fairly naturally to me, the routine of it seems to elude me. Getting into a daily (or weekly) habit happens to be just beyond my grasp, and when I do happen to, for a moment, just touch it, my attention is diverted and I’m pulled back to where I began. When I don’t write for a while, I…
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