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I have read many of the books on history and geography by Robert Kaplan who is a journalist with decades of experience in foreign policy. His latest, THE TRAGIC MIND, is the fruit of his disillusionment with recent American involvement in the Middle East. In this...
HEALTHY MASCULINITY
Aaron Renn is a writer and consultant who is Senior Fellow at American Reformer and writes a newsletter to help people to successfully adapt to the 21st century world. Today he wrote about the 10 Pillars of Healthy Masculinity which is a summary of a talk he gave at...
THE ZIMBABWE COVENANT
I have kept a copy of this quotation in my Bible for many years to inspire me and to remind me what my commitment to Jesus Christ entails. "I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit Power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The...
THE SECRET TO HUMAN FULFILLMENT AND CONTENTMENT
The Bible tells us that God goes before everything else. God is prior to all things. God is to be pre-eminent in all things. All life follows God. God is the leader, we are the followers. That is the order of creation and salvation. To attempt to reverse that order is...
MEASURING OUR DAYS
As I look forward to celebrating my eighty-third birthday this week, I am struck with the meaning of my life at this stage. This morning I read Psalm 39:4 “Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days (NIV). “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the...
VALUES, MORALITY
One of the biggest debates today is over values: which values we think most important. The debate is an international one. It is also extremely personal. What values we embrace influences our faith and our lifestyle. Books are being written and movies made to promote...
WHY SOME CHURCHES ARE GROWING AND FLOURISHING
A member of one of my former congregations was sharing with me her love of the worship of her Episcopal Church with several hundred while her son was now worshiping at a nondenominational megachurch with 8,000 members. It caused me to reflect on the reasons why...
THE FOLLY OF SECULAR, IDEALISTIC, UTOPIAN GLOBALISM
David Martin Jones taught Political Science at the University of Queensland and War Studies at King’s College, London. His last book, HISTORY’S FOOLS: The Pursuit of Idealism and the Revenge of Politics, is a survey of international and domestic events in the last...
HOW I CAME TO KNOW GOD
When Isaiah had a vision of God, he saw “the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings…and they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole...
A PRAYER FOR THE FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The ninth century hymn, Veni, Creator Spiritus (Come, Creator Spirit) is sung at ordinations but may be sung by all believers for the filling of the Holy Spirit. Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who...
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