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Covenant Renewal

The language of ‘covenant’ has a much wider history in the church than merely those churches and congregations that self-identify as ‘covenantal’. Some include it merely as a reflection of the contractual dimension they see in how Christians relate to…

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How Can I Forgive that Man?

“I know what the Bible says, but how can I forgive that man, after everything he has done? And he isn’t even sorry.”       It is a familiar question or comment, and perhaps the second most common and difficult that…

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Wedding Day Counsel

I will officiate at a wedding ceremony today.  My wedding sermons aren’t really sermons but meditations. They are short but calculated. I view the wedding meditation as the last effort on the heels of pre-marital counseling to sink the arrow…

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‘No longer Orphans’

Jesus is simultaneously the master theologian and the perfect pastor. He sets the deepest of truths before his people, but in a way that pastorally meets their deepest needs. This should give pause for thought for thought on different fronts.…