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The quiet moments before Sunday wakes up
Whether or not I am preaching, I get up as early as I can on Sunday mornings. It’s a time to prepare for worship. I make coffee and then sit down. Some Sundays I complete that day’s Bible reading. Sometimes, there just isn’t enough time before my family wakes up. What I do, though, is…
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First snow!
This is a terrible photo but this post is literally just here because it’s the first snow of the year.
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Christian Optimism
As I write this, I’ve finished up my own sermons from our series in 1 Peter. We’ve got one left in the series but that will be taken by another one of our preachers. After repeated readings of the letter, I have found myself much more optimistic about the trajectory of the church of God.…
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Psalm 2
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds…
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David Mitchell on football
I’ve often thought that, when a great club wins everything, it should be closed down. Its players and resources could split among other teams. Having achieved its destiny, its greatest triumph, it should be allowed to ascend to sporting heaven rather than continue to scratch around on earth in the hope, at best, of repeating…