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From the Lofty Heights

I've just returned from a two-week trip to Israel and my wife says I'm somewhat "emotional" about it. That is an understatement. The trip reduced me to a blubbering, sobbing ball of tears on more than…

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National Day of Prayer

In my little Bible study group, I have (at times) been known as "the love guy." Its because the more we study our Bibles, the more I find that it really all does come down to love. I see it an almost every verse…

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Just as He Said

He is Risen indeed! If you are a regular listener to Kinship Christian Radio, I'm sure you heard that phrase sometime last weekend. It's a common reply among Christians at Easter time, and it…

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Victory!

One of the things I was taught in big-time professional writer's school was that including things like smells in one's writing makes it more real and "alive" to the reader. That came back to me recently as I was reading…

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But God

The Kinship Christian Radio Women's Conference was last Saturday with over 700 women in attendance listening to featured speaker Liz Curtis Higgs, attending various mini-sessions, worshiping with Jillian Jones, enjoying delicious food, and…

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The Amazing, Astounding ... GOD!

(The Amazing Gary and Lame-O the Gring-O.) While on a recent mission trip to Guatemala, one of the things I most enjoyed was a Saturday afternoon of fun, games, entertainment, and some Bible teaching for the young ladies at Prince of Peace…