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John the Feral

I recently participated in a Bible study of the first eight verses of the Book of Mark. (We will eventually study the entire book.) Mark begins his Gospel, not with the birth or the genealogy of Jesus, not with the creation…

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8,700 Pounds of Grace and Mercy

Once upon a time (last Saturday, to be specific) after the latest, great, howling blizzard had dumped a foot of fresh snow on my half-mile driveway and the afternoon temperature was a balmy six degrees Fahrenheit, I managed to…

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“I Don’t Feel Like I’m Saved.”

I was listening to In the Market with Janet Parshall on Kinship Radio last week when a lady called in and said, "I don't feel like I'm saved." And I'm certain that everyone listening knew she was in tears when she…

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When a Plan Comes Together

The living nature of the Bible can be absolutely astounding at times. Many of us have shared stories about how something we've seen in God's Word suddenly leaps off the page and shouts to us. A song or teaching or…

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Behold, I Make All Things New!

Isaiah 43:19: "Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." (ESV) So, one of the things I like to do, that I try to do when writing…

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Musings of an Old Kid at Christmas Time

There's a Christmas song on Kinship Radio by Toby Mac I'm sure you've heard if you've been listening at all. It's called "Christmas This Year," and in it Mac evokes that image of being ten years old and rushing to the Christmas tree on…