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The Cornerstone Defines Reality

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The stone the that the builders rejected – this One has become the cornerstone… (1 Peter 2:7). So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Himself as the cornerstone (Ephesians 2:19-20). The [...]

The Word Became Flesh

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A voice, calling through the darkness… for ages and ages it spoke, falling on the ears of both those who would listen and those who would hear. Sometimes, the soil of the heart was soft. The voice was heard. But sometimes the ground was hard. The words landed and bounced. Words rang off into the [...]

I Heard a Voice Behind Me Saying, “Turn…”

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A brief reflection on repentance: I was once walking along a road with no real direction in particular. I found myself just picking the way to go based on the friendliness of the path – was there sunshine? Were there potholes? Did one way look more inviting than the other? The way before me was [...]

The Last Tree of Tenere

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The Ténéré wastelands of northeastern Niger were once populated by a forest of trees. By the 20th century, desertification had wiped out all but one solitary acacia. The Tree of Ténéré, as it came to be called, had no companions for 400 km in every direction. Its roots reached nearly 40 m deep into the [...]

If the First Moon Landing Would Have Failed

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Two days before Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong stepped into the history books, presidential speech writer William Safire sent a memo to Nixon’s Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. The dispatch contained prepared remarks for the president in case NASA’s mission failed and the astronauts were left stranded to die on [...]

Why I’m Praying for “Reviewer” This Morning

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The Amazon product page is an interesting place for a book author. It can also be idolatrous because you can see a number there that ranks your work in relation to all the others Amazon sells. And if you’re an author, like me, who is sinful and prideful, like me, you tend to visit that [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

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Tonight is a big night for the Kelley family. Tonight we uphold the long-held tradition when a child comes of age and then bravely throws his / her pacifier in the trash in exchange for a bribe from their parents. This time, the child in question is Christian. The prize in question is a Buzz [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

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There’s a rumor going around that Burger King is beginning the testing phase of a bacon-flavored sundae: I’m not sure what to think about this. On the one hand, I think our society is probably big enough, and we don’t need bacon and ice cream together. However… I have long held the hypothesis that bacon [...]

I STILL Have a Dream.

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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of Lincoln Memorial, capping a historic March on Washington: It’s a dream that has not yet been realized. Not even close. But it’s a dream that must be, for as Paul pointed out in the book [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

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Today is Veteran’s Day. Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because [...]

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