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Not so long ago I decided to hit the brakes pretty hard on my use of social media. Twitter in particular seems to be a place to find so,...
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kallen840
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Day of Fasting
Fasting is an intentional act of going without food for a spiritual purpose, sometimes more than one. It is an act of worship, it is...
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kallen840
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Kill The Greater Conspiracy
Who killed J.R. Ewing? If you're as old as I am or older you likely remember this climactic episode in 1980 from the daytime drama...
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kallen840
- Sep 23, 2022
- 4 min
Day of Rest?
As Americans, perhaps even as Westerners or just as citizens of the world, life can become incessantly busy. So many things like career,...
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kallen840
- Jul 14, 2022
- 4 min
Naked & Not Ashamed
The phrase in our view today comes from a passage that was quoted by Jesus as well as the apostle Paul. It comes fro a larger passage...
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kallen840
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Kingdom of Christ
Isaiah 46:8 “Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, 9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and...
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kallen840
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Intimate Discipleship
The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 59:20 In our busy world it is so...
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kallen840
- Apr 21, 2022
- 4 min
Throne of Grace
Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried...
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kallen840
- Apr 6, 2022
- 3 min
Church Growth for Dummies
In the world of church planting there are so many approaches available from which to choose. So many strategies exist that promise that...
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kallen840
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
Anybody Got a Light?
Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a...
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kallen840
- Feb 24, 2022
- 3 min
Now Introducing...
Previously we discussed the time when Jesus said that a new kind of decentralized worship change would come that would enable worshippers...
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kallen840
- Feb 3, 2022
- 3 min
Don't (only) Blow Your Own Snow
Two of my neighbors came over today in the midst of the snowstorm and volunteered to help dig us out. The constantly growing drifts of...
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kallen840
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Suffering Good News
Ain’t it funny how when life is grand everyone tends to be happy? But when things turn sour, get sideways or flip completely upside down...
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kallen840
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min
Bend it like Jesus
Forgiveness is one of the most difficult things to practice. There is nothing in our natural state of being that makes us want to take a...
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kallen840
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
New Year, New Location, Same Job!
On January 2nd my wife and I said so long to EastPointe Bible Church in Peru, our church home of the past twenty plus years. At our...
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kallen840
- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
A Barren Christmas?
What in your life have you anticipated most? Is it an event? A trip perhaps? Was it seeing a person for the very first time or the first...
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kallen840
- Dec 17, 2021
- 3 min
Gospel Alive-ness
When I was younger (much younger) my friends and I would often use the term “dead meat”, either in that negative variety of endearment or...
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kallen840
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
Worship Wars?
Tom Rainier published an article in 2013 listing three “signs that the worship wars may be ending”. His summary is that all of the...
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kallen840
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Ever Thankful
The apostle Paul gives thanks no less than 34 times in the New Testament. Nearly all of the letters he wrote are explicit concerning...
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kallen840
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Unfinished Task
“We go to all the world, With kingdom hope unfurled, No other name has power to save, But Jesus Christ The Lord.” These lyrics may seem...
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