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Month: March 2021

Posted on March 31, 2021March 22, 2021

Affirmation

Sam Crabtree's Practicing Affirmation is excellent. He argues that the normal drift of our lives pushes us toward correction and criticism and away from encouragement…

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Posted on March 30, 2021March 22, 2021

Winsome debate

When I was a wrestler, we were required to shake hands with our opponents before and after every match. I'm praying for a hearty remnant…

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Posted on March 29, 2021March 23, 2021

Palm Sunday

Yesterday Christians celebrated Palm Sunday. This is beginning of our annual Holy Week. We spend this week contemplating the Life of Christ the week he…

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Posted on March 27, 2021March 22, 2021

Wedding

Today I have the profound privilege of joining a bride and groom in Holy Matrimony. When I took this pastoral role in this college town--it…

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Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

Past, present, future

"When I was called to be president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I had never served as a professor, a dean, or a vice…

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Posted on March 25, 2021March 11, 2021

Anticlimax

anticlimax noun a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events Saturday nights are special at our house. We upgrade the meal, pull out the table cloth and…

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Posted on March 24, 2021March 11, 2021

“Don’t be hasty”

My children love Treebeard from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He's an ancient tree who walks and talks. When he rescues two hobbits,…

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Posted on March 23, 2021March 11, 2021

Adoration

"The life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration."J.I. Packer My kids laugh at my jokes. Nobody's told them, yet, that…

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Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

No TV

My grandparents owned a television. It was too small. The picture was usually fuzzy--a problem no contorting of the rabbit ears could completely resolve. It…

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Posted on March 20, 2021March 11, 2021

Grand highway

I wrote here about my surprising journey into Church History. That post also relays C.S. Lewis's thoughts on the importance of reading the past in…

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