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Stuck in Quarantine? Find Comfort in God’s Words
April 27th, 2020

Stuck in Quarantine? Find Comfort in God’s Words

Davina McDonald

You may be seated in a small and sparsely furnished room, staring at the single painting, waiting to learn when you can go back to work. Maybe you are the nail-biter pacing outside the hospital, longing for a word of hope that your loved one will pull through after ...

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Allow an Encounter with God to Speak to Your Questions
April 20th, 2020

Allow an Encounter with God to Speak to Your Questions

Christina Miller

Questions in a time of pandemic We all want answers. Many times they are easily given: What time is dinner? When is my trip home? Who will join me? Answers bring clarity and structure to our lives. They help us know what to expect, giving us concrete handles ...

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Peace Be with You!
April 13th, 2020

Peace Be with You!

Gary Wiley

He Is Risen! It was late that [Easter] Sunday evening, and the [believers] were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the [COVID-19]. Then Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you, ” he said. ‘Tis true. The preceding paragraph ...

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Palm Sunday Intrigue
April 6th, 2020

Palm Sunday Intrigue

Gary Wiley

Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! This past weekend we celebrated Palm Sunday. We looked on at the celebration from the outside, as we still cannot gather publicly for worship. Ironically, that may have been a fitting reality this time—seeing this from ...

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Prayer for Restoration in Our Suffering
March 30th, 2020

Prayer for Restoration in Our Suffering

Gary Wiley

Dear readers, we find ourselves in a challenging time as a nation. Our lives have been turned upside down by the COVID-19 outbreak. Some of us are unable to leave our homes, some have lost employment, some are sick, and some of our loved ones have died. We can’t ...

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Only 9 Months ’til Christmas
March 23rd, 2020

Only 9 Months ’til Christmas

Gary Wiley

It’s too early to think about Christmas! If you are observing the season of Lent, you know that we are in the fourth week of Lent with less than three weeks until the great celebration of Easter. Celebrating Christmas is probably not on your radar at all. And ...

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Our Wisdom Is Foolishness to God
March 16th, 2020

Our Wisdom Is Foolishness to God

Gary Wiley

Boy, we don’t like to hear that! All of our accumulated wisdom from over 7 billion people multiplied over millennia adds up to a bunch of foolishness. The apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 3:18-19a, “Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, ...

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Memorization: Getting God’s Word Inside You
March 9th, 2020

Memorization: Getting God’s Word Inside You

Peter Edman

Memorization has been on my mind and on my task list recently, including preparing a list of the top 10 Bible passages everyone should memorize. One candidate for that top-ten list of memory verses is Paul’s reminder in Philippians 4:8 to “fill your mind with those things that are ...

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