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12/16/2022 0 Comments

Grief

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Grief is a day shrouded in fog and icy rain fed by a howling wind. It is spoiled fruit no longer fit to be savored. Grief makes its exhausted bed in a hidden cave on a barren mountain ridge called Sorrow.  It rests in rare moments of silence and grows weary amidst mindless laughter. Its tears leave furrows unfilled by platitudes. When its memories are roused, new rivers flow, and expectation is uprooted, torn, and damaged. ​

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8/26/2022 1 Comment

Give Us a King!

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​The old prophet Samuel’s sons were wicked, and the elders of Israel were not about to have them lead the nation. So, they visited Samuel at his home in Ramah and demanded he appoint a king to be their judge and leader, just like all the surrounding nations (1 Samuel 8:4,5). 

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2/17/2022 0 Comments

Life

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Satan shrewdly deceived Eve in the garden. Just eat the forbidden fruit and you will be like God and know the difference between good and evil (Genesis 3:5). The deeper implication behind his temptation was that Eve was somehow deprived.  At this point in her existence, she had no knowledge of evil. What Satan did not tell Eve was that it was her relationship with God that was most important. Having her eyes opened would make her like him—a fallen creature out of God’s favor. His intent was to sever Adam and Eve’s relationship with their Creator by cunningly convincing them to disobey His command. ​

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7/29/2021 1 Comment

Nebulous

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I have a theory for which I would love to get your feedback. Earth’s inhabitants all spoke the same language when they were created.  That ability to easily communicate fed their pride and they decided not to spread over the earth in obedience to God’s command (Genesis 1:28). They preferred to build a prodigious city with a colossal tower where they could make a name for themselves or, in essence, do whatever they felt like doing (Gen. 11:1-4). Because of their pride and idolatrous hearts God came down to their city, called Babylon, and decisively acted.

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3/22/2021 0 Comments

Baal

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The Israelites were living in mountain hideouts, caves and strongholds to escape the Midianites, Amalekites and Qedemites who frequently attacked them (Judges 6:2,3). Before God would use a young man named Gideon to deliver Israel from these aggressive raiders, He needed to wrest the weakest house in the tribe of Manasseh from their allegiance to Baal. Gideon’s own father and family members were engaged in idol worship.  So an angel of the LORD appeared to him and gave him a mission.

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12/19/2020 0 Comments

Unity

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​Imagine with me a ship called Argy-Bargy.  Captain Accord is given a mission to sail the ship to an island called Habitué.  He tells Lieutenant Divagate to set a course of 340 degrees but the officer is distracted and misunderstands the course as 314 degrees. When he repeats the course back to the Captain, his southern accent does not help and he is given confirmation that is 26 degrees off course. ​Petty Officer 3rd Class Makebate got in a fight with Petty Officer 2nd Class Invidious and, though he was the instigator, he was furious when Ensign Feckless threw him in the brig for three days. When he got out he managed to convince Petty Officer Mugwump and Seaman Apprentice Fulminate that the officers on board Argy-Bargy were corrupt and out to get them. They hatched a plan to sabotage as many officers as they could on social media by spreading malicious lies. What they didn’t realize is that Lieutenant Commander Popinjay overheard them talking and reported them to Master Chief Petty Officer Sot who just happened to be from Makebate’s home town and was a friend of the family. Sot, after a few beers to think about the whole thing, chose not to say anything to the Skipper. Instead he casually shared with the XO, Commander Garboil, that a misunderstanding had occurred among some of the junior enlisted men but that he had handled it.  What do you think of the state of unity on this ship? Will it reach Habitué? ​


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10/26/2020 1 Comment

Don't Be Exploited

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Alicia listened with rapt attention as Brother Berrie* encouraged his listeners to send as large a gift as possible to his ministry.  She was amazed at the number of people healed by Berrie’s touch and their stirring testimonies.  He was a magnificent speaker and she was certain he carried the blessing of heaven. Berrie told his listeners that by giving to him they would ensure themselves health—no sickness would overcome them. He said that God personally told him that the larger the gift his donors sent him guaranteed them a higher rewarded position in the afterlife because of the impact of his ministry.  Though she was barely managing to keep her home together as a single mom, Alicia eagerly went online and gave $150 hard-earned dollars.

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4/19/2019 1 Comment

Confession Liturgy

PictureSarah Tegtmeier (Dan York's daughter) with her family L-R Jadon, Luca, Leili, Mark, Simeon
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Psalm 85:15--But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth


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8/2/2018 0 Comments

Forgiveness is a Big Word

​Teta peered at us from behind the counter of the small store nested next to the Kigali Genocide Memorial.  Softly, we asked her if she had experienced the awful slaughtering that began on April 6, 1994 in Rwanda and she nodded her head yes. At the age of six her entire family was massacred. Crazed Hutus began ridding the earth of their Tutsi countrymen. Pastor David asked her if she was able to forgive the perpetrators who made her an orphan.  She somberly replied, “Forgiveness is a big word.”  Then she explained that 24 years later, she could not forget what was done to her family and to herself and, in that remembering, there was an unwillingness to forgive.  

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3/14/2017 0 Comments

Stay Awake

Jesus in the final hours before getting arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane asked eight of the disciples to sit while he prayed. Then He took Peter, James and John with him further into the garden.  Disclosing His anguish to His three closest friends, He asked them to stay awake with Him.  Then He went a little further and fell face down on the ground to pray.  When He returned to the three he found them sleeping. He confronted Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping?  Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?” (vs. 37)

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9/26/2010 0 Comments

Reported

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John 5:15—The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
 
Never underestimate the need for approval.  A man is sick for 38 years.  Jesus sees him and knows his situation.   He asks him if he would like to get well.  Instead of answering “Yes!,” the man shares a pool of woes.  You can read about it in John 5:1-7.   

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9/25/2009 0 Comments

Terrified

 ​I received an email that tore my gut in two. A friend from seminary wrote to those on his mailing list. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.  He was back in his home city with his children, no longer in the Asian country where God led him and his wife to minister.   Their work was vital in a place restricted and fraught with danger.  He knew what it meant to serve God through opposition.  But he never expected his wife to fall in love with someone she met on the internet.  She left her family—devastated.   As if confused and heartbroken was not bad enough, his mission organization requested his resignation.  Now what does he do?  Who can he trust?   His children struggle mightily to adjust to a new culture.  They wrestle with the reality their mother is living in immorality. He wonders what more could go wrong.

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11/24/2007 0 Comments

Ingratitude

​He walked into work and people were crying—not a good sign.  The warehouse manger, not his boss, called him into his office and read him a form letter announcing that he would be let go. “Dan, your job has been eliminated.” Dan put his hand on the manager’s hand and said, “Dave, don’t make this any harder on yourself than you need to. You’re my friend.”  Dave started crying.  “Somebody’s going to have to escort you out of the building.”  

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10/30/2002

World

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James 4:4--Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
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2/28/2002

Persuasion

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2 Chronicles 24:2—Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest. (NLT)

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9/11/2000 0 Comments

Follow--He Left His Wife

​Aber and I sat at the table and dipped the addicting chips in delicious hot sauce. Aber asked if we could meet.  He was spiritually hungry, eager to learn more about God.  After our usual chitchat he shared about a vivacious gal at work on his team.  She had recently moved to Oregon from Massachusetts.  He noted her athleticism and that the two of them were working out three times a week during lunch.  He was losing weight and felt great.  Not surprisingly, the chips I’d been munching lost their flavor.

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6/16/1998 0 Comments

Need

​The trail to heaven is littered with casualties—victims of misguided priorities or the worship of need-driven agendas.  These wounded souls once burned bright in their zeal to serve God.  They played clarion songs for the poor and engaged in rescuing the oppressed with fervor capable of melting granite skeptics into milky wax.  They gave sacrificially with glad hearts.  So what happened that they should be reduced to bitter herbs and poured out ashes?  

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4/11/1998 0 Comments

Darkness

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Luke 23:44-46--It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three, because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.  And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.”  Saying this, He breathed His last.

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9/18/1997 0 Comments

Crowds

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John 6:66—Because of what Jesus said, many of His disciples turned their backs on Him and stopped following Him.  (CEV)

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