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The Bird and the Call
A scratching noise from the utility closet broke through the quiet dawn hours, awakening me in the adjacent bedroom. Investigating, I discovered the curious commotion…
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Uphold the Faith!
Faith is such a weighty biblical word that when we speak of it, some explanation is in order for the listener to know what we…
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Two Things Too Wonderful
With the earth’s billions all having their opinions and peculiarities, we should be grateful for agreeable people. Thank heaven for any agreement that adds to…
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Kingdom Loyalties
Dietrich Bonhoeffer begins his classic Life Together with these words: It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege…
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My Baptism Medley
Baptisms held in 1942 after an extended revival in the Alfred, ND CoG7. Ken Lawson Cottage Grove, MN For the wages of sin…
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“The Bible and the Blood”
by Calvin Burrell When Scripture speaks of Jesus’ blood, it means His atoning death for the world’s sin. Neither the rugged stake where Jesus died…
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by Amber Riggs “Frogs! Frogs! Frogs!” “Lice! Lice! Lice!” “Flies! Flies! Flies!” As we chanted the ten plagues in triplicate, my elderly grandmother confusedly looked…
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by Max Morrow Celebration of Lord’s Supper has always seemed to me to be a family event. The entire family shares the service together —…
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by Tim Youngs When I’m on a road trip with my family, it’s important to me as the driver to take breaks to refresh myself and…
Read More “Foot Washing: Empty Ritual or Full Symbol?”
by Israel Steinmetz From an outsider’s view, Christianity is full of strange rituals. Even in non-liturgical churches like ours there is plenty of strangeness. We…
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