Blog Archive
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“As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there…
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Review: A Million Miles In A Thousand Years
When I first began working at the Trinity Bookstore in 2004, Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz had been out for a few months and was just beginning to catch on via the best advertising of all, positive word-of-mouth. I grabbed…
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Day of atonement prayer request
The holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, begins at sundown tonight. (You can read God’s prescribed order for the day here.) On the tenth day of the seventh month, the high priest would disappear behind the curtain leading…
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What am I missing?
What makes the Church dangerous? In no particular order:1. Love2. Rabid intentionality about reflecting the risen Christ in deed and word, in that order3. Signs and wonders4. Communion5. Meaningful spiritual friendships6. Learning put into practice7. Prayer8. Its children and teens9.…
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Two reviews from the top of the stack…
Philip Yancey’s introspective, wise writing has been both a mirror and a pair of binoculars in my life. The reflective nature of his work has forced me to take a good look at myself in Disappointment With God; the binocular…
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In just five days…
This coming Tuesday, September 22 is the official release date of a beautiful new Bible. HOLY BIBLE: MOSAIC is unlike any Bible you’ve ever seen… Gorgeous, incredible artwork from the 3rd to 21st centuries from every continent across the globe.…