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Our Broken World…and Our Longing for Another
The deep darkness of the world has come home to us in recent days. It’s a combination of things, really. The shooting of innocent young black men, the shooting of police, our nation’s finest, and then two political conventions with two candidates that, more than any election I can recall, define the idea of voting for… Continue reading
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When Facing an Enemy, Remember This…
When I worked at Enterprise Rent-A-Car almost 25 years ago, one day someone in the office took lunch orders for sub sandwiches and made a run for the whole gang. When I saw the bag full of subs, I grabbed mine and took a bite. Except it wasn’t mine. It was the sub marked for… Continue reading
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One Glorious Hour in Maximum Security – Part 3
Part 1 of my tale of preaching chapel at Waupun Correctional Institution is here and part 2 is here. I would guess the Walls chapel has a capacity of 200, but for crowd control, only 80 “offenders” – as their nametags declare them to be – are allowed in. Chaplain Francis brought me a jug… Continue reading
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One Glorious Hour in Maximum Security – Part 2
My story of preaching at Waupun Correctional Institution Chapel this past Saturday begins here Chapel at the prison is electrifying. That’s the word for it. Reminds me of Johnny Cash’s classic live album, “At Folsom Prison,” except with Jesus. There’s a saying that goes, “You may never know that Jesus is all you need, until Jesus… Continue reading
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One Glorious Hour in Maximum Security
I went to prison on Saturday, but thankfully, only for an hour or so. Waupun, population ~12,000, is home to not one, not two, but three prisons – two maximum security and one minimum. I’ve been leading a Bible Study at the maximum security Waupun Correctional Institution for about 7 years. It’s an architecturally beautiful… Continue reading
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Keeping Yesterday From Ruining Today
I once heard John Piper say that when he wakes up, “Satan is sitting on my face”, and I can relate. If I had to pick a “worst time of the day” in my life, it would be the time of awakening; it’s at this point that failures of the previous day come back to… Continue reading
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Praying for Josh in the Philippines
Our eldest Josh is flying out of O’Hare Wednesday bound for a six month internship with an organization that does relational ministry among the urban poor in the Philippines. Anyway, for my part, I would like to recruit some folks to pray for what will surely be an extremely challenging half year. Would you consider being a part? He wrote… Continue reading
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Why Cohabitation is Counterproductive (Tim Keller)
From Tim Keller’s message on Matthew 5:27-30… The biblical view of sex is vastly different from culture, but it is one of the most attractive things about Christianity. Jesus starts by saying, “You have heard it said, no adultery,” and He is accepting the Old Testament ethic. What Jesus is saying is, “No sex outside… Continue reading
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Are the Promises of Safety in the Bible True?
I have long wondered what we are to do with verses like this… He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty… A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes… Continue reading
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