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Muddy and Bloody, But Never You Mind
I find myself submitting to this word of late: You have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what is promised. Hebrews 10:36 The following poem captures the...
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Double-Take
ME: “Hey Mom, Dad, I met this girl…” THEY: “The girl you’ve been dating. We know.” ME: “No, not her. Another girl. This one I’m sure is the one. I really want you to meet her…” And so my course was...
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Patrick: a Boy, A Bagpipe and A Big Gospel Adventure
Strange that a day commemorating a courageous preacher of the Gospel of the Kingdom should be whetted down with draughts of green beer. __________________________________________________________ Until...
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A Nahum Moment
This what I learned at Jesus’ feet this morning: “He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.” Nahum 2:1 Don’t get...
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Easter Needs The Gospel
First off, go ahead and feed your kiddies all the chocolate bunnies and jelly beans their tummies can, um, stomach. Color those eggs with the wee ones. Hide them in the tall grasses. The eggs, not the...
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Curses! He’s King! (a PG-13 apologetic for the Resurrection)
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law BY BECOMING A CURSE FOR US." - Galatians 3:13 I settled a long time ago the matter of Christ’s resurrection from absolute death. I’m so convinced that King...
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Futuristic Cars and Old Clunkers: Perks and Privileges of the Kingdom
Matthew 16:18-19 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and...
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Sound Doctrine, Or Else
Another preacher fell from favor this week. This particular pastor, incidentally, married a girl I had a crush on when I was ten years old. Poor girl, her quite famous Dad, who pastored the same church...
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Oh, Miley…
This will be painfully short. Oh, Miley… Miley. Miley. Sweet girl, you’re confused, lost, tricked…and, undoubtedly very, very unhappy in your core. I can’t even be mad. But I can grieve. And my heart...
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Hope…Deferred
God has honored me by entrusting to my care a small knot of young men – my young lions – who see me as a spiritual father of sorts. Together, we are enjoying deep community and mutual life-exchange...
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God’s Job With Me
I have a disability. I am not, however, defined by it so I don’t consider myself a disabled person but, rather, a person with a disability. More to the point, my paralysis is what God is using – my...
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Good Grief
Copyright © Tayfun Eker. All rights reserved. On December 16, our only child, a son, left this earth and found his place at Jesus’ table. Graham’s passing was unexpected and sorely painful, but Sandy...
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Sleep Sweet In Jesus, Baby Boy (cont.)
Each and every evening, Sandy prayed over her baby boy – even into his young adult years – the words “Sleep sweet in Jesus…” Night was never Gra-Gra’s favorite time, alas he didn’t sleep through the...
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“Satan Wants Him Dead”
Some would argue that Satan won in the end, and they couldn’t be more wrong. Our son had other brushes with death – the earliest coming just hours after birth – and God triumphed in those times...
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Gone…But Not Homeless…
My apologies as this final entry is so long I’ve had to break it into two separate parts. It’s a lot to consume and I don’t wish to make you needlessly labor. The more I’ve written, the more I’m...
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Gone…But Not Forever…
Graham, sharing with the millennials group in 2012. He was in a recovery program in Atlanta and in a ‘good place’ It’s fitting that before I could post this, my 9th (and presumably last) installment...
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Praying Your Prodigal Home
In light of my most recent posts, I thought it might be beneficial to re-share this from not so very long ago. While there’s some age to this material, no doubt its insights and encouragement are...
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IT’S STILL WORTH IT
My wife and I are bereaved parents of a 24-year old son we buried nearly six months ago. In the wake of our beautiful ache, we both maintain the indicatives of this and my prior post. God remains good...
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The Courage of a Young Lion
Watercolor artwork by Dylan Pierce (another one of my young lions!) __________________ Over the past few years I’ve featured a “lion’s share” segment on my blog, providing a platform for the ‘young...
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