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A Faithful, Messy Purity
BY: Denis Haack
There is a difference between keeping ourselves pure, and keeping ourselves aloof from a broken reality. It’s a huge difference. The first is courageous; the second, arrogant.
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A Merer Christianity
BY: Preston Jones
For a long time I found it perplexing that some of the most politically chaotic regions of the world are also places either where Christianity has been strong for some time or is now growing rapidly.
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A Stick Becomes the Staff of God: Reflections on Faithfulness in the Ordinary & the Routine
BY: Denis Haack
The seven sons of Sceva, we're told in Acts 19, attempted an exorcism only to be cast out themselves. Impressed with the Holy Spirit's empowering of the apostles, they tried to get in on some of the action.
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A Tale of Two Parties: The 300th Birthday of Jonathan Edwards
BY: James W. Roland
In recent decades, Jonathan Edwards has enjoyed a revival among Christians and non-Christians; many have come to recognize him as one of the most significant figures in American religious and intellectual history.
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At Peace, Always Troubled
BY: Denis Haack
We live in a deeply troubled world. Following Christ means walking into that trouble, and that is always troubling. Always troubling, that is, except for a quiet confidence that the safest, most ultimately fulfilling, shalom-infused place to be in this troubled world is to be in Christ.
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Reading Oswald Chambers, yesterday, he writes, "Spiritual muddle is only made plain by obedience. Immediately we obey, we discern." Seems awfully close to Ransom's credo, "developing discernment, deepening discipleship." Sometimes I put it this way: moral commitment precedes epistemological insight. We always do live out of our hearts: we see and hear and feel out of our hearts.
Steven Garber
Ransom Board Member
(for Denis & Margie)
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