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  • I think He's speaking...

    It's interesting when a theme starts to come up in conversation threads between friends, friends from other cities, sermons, bible studies, etc. When that happens, I distinctly get the sense that God is speaking...and t…

  • It's Going to Hurt

    "The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. ...Teach us to number our days ari…

  • When I was a missions deacon, I was asked why we do short term missions at all. What's the purpose? Why spend so much money sending people overseas to run a VBS? Aren't there locals there who can do that? Do the people e…

  • Humanity's Purpose

    More to share from Dr. Stackhouse's message last week....relating to our purpose, first as humans, and then as Christians -- because before we were Christians, we are humans. And humanity's first purpose, as God first de…

  • The question of why...

    Yesterday I attended the CCBPA Spring Gala and we had a privilege of hearing Dr. John Stackhouse share the message with us on "Why? The Question Business and Professional People Forget to Ask." And it's a question about …

  • Here and now...

    "...And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" ~Esther 4:14"From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for th…

  • Meaning...

    "Everything is meaningless" says the Teacher. Is it?Should it be?When is it not? A speaker touched on this topic once....he said that we are creatures that naturally try to assign meaning and purpose in things and event…

  • More quotes

    " There may be another question that needs to be asked beyond 'What is God doing?' and that is this: 'What is God dreaming?' Is there something that God wants initiated and He's waiting for someone to volunteer? In Isaia…

  • Processing...II

    Sometimes I wonder why God would use this kind of test on my faith. But then I remembered that years ago, when I was a student at UBC, I had felt the only thing that would shake me deeply is if anything happened to my fa…

  • "Live Strong. Finish Strong."

    Yesterday I attended the memorial service of a young man I did not get to know very well. I knew him as the older brother of a sweet girl I taught a number of Sunday School classes to. He was diagnosed with cancer 11 mon…

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