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In a recent article for the church newsletter I wrote that when I speak or write about suffering, I sometimes feel like Bill Gates speaking about the hardships of poverty, or Britney Spears discussing the joys of modesty. I just…
In our faith studies, we’ve been considering different aspects of the fall into sin. One biblical way of thinking about sin is summed up in the word bondage. In the Bible (see Romans 8, for example) sin brings bondage.
…Once again, many of the church’s children (and adults!) came together to give us another great Children’s Bible Camp! This year the children put on three original plays that were drawn from three of Jesus’ parables. The overall title of…
In our last entry in this category — “The Story” — we looked at some of Martin Luther’s colorful sayings. That was June 3, if you wanted to revisit that post. Today we’ll enjoy some more Luther…
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You‘re probably somewhat familiar with the idea behind the yin and the yang symbol. Part of the idea is that good and evil necessarily coexist. They always have coexisted, still do coexist, and always will coexist.
The Bible…
The prophet Jeremiah tells us that it’s the work of a false prophet to proclaim an easy and painless message of “Peace, peace!” when there is no peace (see Jeremiah 6.14; 8.11). Peace is not easy. Nor is it painless.…
The prophet Isaiah declares, “Share your food with the hungry and provide the poor wanderer with shelter… then your light will break forth like the dawn…”
This is a “theme verse” of sorts for the Grace and Peace…