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Being different is hard. Even in an individualist culture like America’s, we still can find it requires a real amount of courage to stand out in a group or hold a counter-cultural opinion or belief. Often, we find ourselves struggling to balance our need to “come out and be separate” (2 Corinthians 6:17) with the… View Article
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The Altar of Intents
In my opinion, there are few things more frustrating than grammatical errors. The correct usage of the forms of “your” and “their” seem to be declining faster than wintertime temperatures. I am sure that at first glance at the title of this article, all of the biblically educated cringed at the seemingly atrocious mistake…. View Article
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You Are a Missionary
If you were to have asked me ten years ago if I was called to the mission field I would have said no in the few languages I knew. My vocabulary and knowledge of vernaculars have grown but until recently my initial response would probably still have been no. Now if you were to… View Article
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2019 Youth Day
David Brown, Pastor of The Refuge Church in Illinois, preached a stirring gospel message titled, “After His Passion,” that took us back to Calvary. He reminded us that the sufferings of Christ make up the foundation of our faith and something we ought to not forget. The word of the Lord came to Bro… View Article
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Joy in the Mourning
The English language has so many really strange rules. There are, however, some really cool things I can get on board with. For instance, I love homophones. It’s so interesting to me that two words can sound exactly the same but be spelled differently and have a different meaning. One Saturday over oatmeal the Lord… View Article
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