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Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…

Check this out. Now our questions: What have you learned that balances your busy schedule with kids? What are the mistakes to avoid? What are the best things about the flourish of activities when the kids are on the go all the time? I have to confess: we were very busy with our kids, but…

Tim Soerens, a missional follower of Christ in Seattle, stopped by recently and we shared lunch. To my delight, he gave me a batch of Caffe Vita coffee, an exquisite coffee from Seattle. We’re drinking Organic Peru Chaupe, and this stuff is very, very good. Smooth, creamy, and makes me want to drink a second…

Chicago’s own! Does NYC have this? Does LA? Chicago does! (HT: PK-C) Blog by one of our students. Worth your reading. A story about another of our students. A very good reminder: know before you tweet. Tweet humor with Tamara.On resurrection: check out this set of reflections by Andrew Perriman.Should Christians participate in Passover seders?1/3d…

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There was a time, and not that long ago, that more than one good commentary on Acts was hard to find. There were some old ones, and FF Bruce’s two (very different) commentaries were consulted, but it ended there. But not now. There are some golden gems. I begin with FF Bruce because he was…

We finish off the sketch of how the messianic community was kow-towing to the rich and despising the shabbily-dressed. In this letter, the rich are the oppressors and the poor are the oppressed. As we will see next week, the messianists are poor and they need to learn a lesson from looking round about them…

We want more attention to be given to youth ministry, and so Chris Folmsbee joins us weekly to offer a post. Today’s post is about mentoring. We welcome, as always, your feedback and conversation. This post today deserves responses from pastors and youth workers. Sometimes I wonder how I ever even made it as a…

Here is another in our series of guest bloggers who send stuff in to us. We always welcome your ideas or your own posts. Our first wave of submissions is now about complete, so we are hoping for another batch. This one, by Travis Mamone, asks a question that seems to come up all the…

To prepare for his ordination examination, Philip Fithian (1746-1776) was asked to prepare a sermon on the “Nature of Regeneration” and an exegetical study “that shall prove by plain & full Arguments that the Torments of the Damned will be Eternal.” Fithian, well-known to American historians but completely unknown to me until I read John…
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