Feb
08
It could very well be the most memorable line in recent movie history: “Run Forrest, run”! It was spoken by a little girl encouraging her friend Forrest Gump to run from a bunch of bullies. You remember the scene, right? As Forrest ran, his leg braces came off and he ran faster and faster and …
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Feb
04
If you are a parent, you’ve either thought or said these words: “This is going to hurt me more than it is going to hurt you”. Though they sound silly, they really are true. Sometimes we have to make decisions for our kids that we know ahead of time will be painful for them…but it …
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Feb
02
So maybe I think I’m doing pretty well when it comes to responding to the reflection I see in God’s Word (see my last post). That may have been what the people of Israel may have thought as they heard Amos’ words directed at Judah. “Whew, I’m glad he wasn’t talking to us!”, they may …
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Feb
01
Perhaps even more than most prophets, Amos must have been surprised that he was chosen as God’s spokesman. He was a shepherd and arborist without any formal “training” to be a prophet of God. But God saw his character and chose him to speak a difficult message to the people of his day. As is …
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Jan
29
Feeling defeated? Worn out? Depressed or repressed? A million miles from God? There are many reasons for all these feelings, but let me suggest a powerful one that spoke to me from yesterday’s Band of Brothers gathering. "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing …
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