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A romantic God

“Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” (1:2) Hosea is not your typical romance, but it is a true picture of how God … Continue reading

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Okay guys, it’s Wednesday

Gentlemen, start your engines — your romantic engines, that is. It’s Wednesday, and that’s significant. It’s significant because you are going to bring your wife roses today, for no other reason than it’s Wednesday, and you are thinking about her, … Continue reading

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Ruth and Boaz

The story of Ruth is another beautiful love story of redemption from the Bible. A severe famine in the land of Israel forces Naomi, her husband and two sons to move to the land of Moab seeking food. There her … Continue reading

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Redeeming love

I hate to say it, but depending on your particular schedule, it’s pretty much down to one more week of summer. One more week for that Francine Rivers novel, because, of course, you want to read a romance — something … Continue reading

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Shiny happy people

At an event where I am speaking this week, I asked a gentleman I met about his kids. He replied with a casualness that shocked me, “My first two are alcoholics, then I have one in high school and this … Continue reading

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In the company of sinners

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8) Make no mistake about it, there is a lot of self-deception in Christianity. If we aren’t actually saying we … Continue reading

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Walking, talking and getting cleansed

We are looking into the first letter of John in the New Testament this week. John was the disciple called beloved of God. Of all the disciples, he was the closest to Jesus. But John is also different. Marti says … Continue reading

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Joy unspeakable

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen … Continue reading

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The skin I’m in

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 1 John 1:1 If you are … Continue reading

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Just as I was

Just as I am, though tossed about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. – from the hymn, “Just As I Am,” lyrics by Charlotte Elliott “Just … Continue reading

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