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Psalm 119:123 is a little tricky: “My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.” Is the psalmist despairing and at the end of his hope or is he yearning intensively? The Hebrew word here (qalah) can mean either “completed” and could connote “totally focused on” or, which is how most translations…

We had a friend who used to be a major sales rep for Encyclopedia Brittanica. Alas, the invasion of the internet “shelved” the old Brittanica ways and his job — to survive Brittanica went online. Alan Hirsch, in The Forgotten Ways, contends that the church either adapts by turning loose the Spirit of God in…

At times I open letters I get from readers. Some time back I got a note from Lori with this statement in it: “Anyway, Jesus somehow put my dad, my husband, you and Oprah in a mix to help me see Jesus blast away my nearly-life-long and crippling struggle with self-worth.

Here’s a really good opportunity: we are participating in an emerging event in Seattle along with Todd Hunter, and the website is asking those who attend to suggest topics for discussion. It will be hosted by Jim Henderson and Rose Madrid-Swetman, and it will feature the Kelly Carpenter Band. The event is called “Inside the…
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