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  • Do you want my shirt?

    "Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none..." (Luke 3:11) Tonight my New Testament professor taught us that the people who were being preached at in this passage lived in such poverty that they …
  • "Adoption is the highest privilege that the Gospel offers." - J.I. Packer

    Adoption is different from being born into a family. It's different because the one who was alone, abandoned, abused, neglected and unwanted gets to be swept up in a whirlwind of love, acceptance, affection, closeness, …
  • All that God dreamed up

    Sometimes we hear things or see things or read things that we can't forget. Sometimes we wish desperately that we could forget them. Sometimes we're willing to give every ounce of all we are to keep on remembering. So…
  • Let them drink.

    We're in the Bay for the next few days, and I'm getting a chance to show Sam around where I used to live in that special season in my life (which I always reflect back upon with a smile). We're staying with our good fri…
  • tc&s

    Last week, my mom wanted me to accompany her to LA to make some purchases. I wasn't sure where we were going when I got into the car with her but soon found myself one of many walking around an 'alley' of open air marke…
  • Journal thoughts of my meditations the last few days...Mark 1:40-45 Keyword: compassion Compassion is different from pity. Pity is feeling sorry for someone at a distance; compassion means emotional involvement th…
  • Mark 1:35-39. Keyword: LOOK

    The disciples went to look for Jesus. "Everyone" was looking for Him, they said. Am I looking for Him?Instead of grabbing my Bible to find out 'what happened', I need to engage my heart and look for Him.Those who look …
  • "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." Prov 29:7On Saturday morning, I was thinking about this verse and praying over it, asking God to give me more concern for social just…
  • God really cares about justice. In fact, He is passionate about it. I want to care about justice and fight against the injustices, which rob people of the freedoms they ought to have in Christ -- in life. I want to be…

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