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Failure

I may spur a contentious theological debate with this statement, but I believe a Sunday afternoon nap is biblically mandated. (Exodus 20:8-11) Okay, I may stretching the hermaneutics with that a little, but it's a proven fact…

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Bo's Cafe

It's no secret that I like food. Like many people, resisting eating too much food is a temptation I struggle with. But, thank God, I also have a taste for spiritual food. Two weeks ago, I wrote…

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It's September Survey Time!

As a listener of Kinship Christian Radio, your opinion of the ministry is always valuable, but in September, you are encouraged to share it more than ever! All of the surveys have already been mailed out, so if you…

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The Sovereignty of God and the Couch

Through a series of seeming "coincidences" which have God's fingerprints all over them, I recently found myself in a discussion with about a dozen pastors about our free will and the sovereignty of God. The topic first…

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MANCAMP

I have just returned from MANCAMP. No, that's not an acronym. It's MANCAMP, where they were not afraid to type the name of the event in all caps. We were issued MANCAMP dog tags at check-in. There…

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Doing It Wrong

I have a tendency to do it wrong. We all do. Lately, I've been reading "The Reason for God" by Timothy Keller and he makes an astoundingly correct observation in that huge portions of what Jesus said in the four…