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If you’re jet lagged, Hawaii is the place to get over it!
We’re here! Our flight was delayed, but we finally arrived in Honolulu at 3:30 P.M. Hawaii time (which is 9:30 Eastern, we are severly jet-lagged). After a good nights sleep we awoke and had breakfast at a restaurant on Wakiki…
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Warm drink and an even warmer conversation
They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts feel strangely warm as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 (NLT) “How can I hear God speak? When I read the Bible it…
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Some problems are good
"We’ve got a problem." Said my daughter-in-law, Nicole, as we sat down at the dinner table. "Yeah? What is it?" I asked. "Well, you know how we gave out free water and helped students move in at Barton?" She said.…
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Loving one another a test of spiritual paternity
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. (1 John 5:1 NLT) How can we know we belong to God? How can we know He…
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Jonathan starts at Southeastern
It’s hard to believe, but my son, Jonathan has started his first semester at Southeastern, the seminary I graduated from only 13 years ago. This past week I drove over to Wake Forest to attend chapel with Jonathan. He had…
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The future is so bright I have to wear…
…shades! It’s September 1st and we just had the coolest evening that Wilson has seen in a while. We even had dinner outside on the deck. And except for the occasional mosquito bite (life’s never perfect) it was a great…
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Preaching the Real Jesus
Wow! I’ve really enjoyed preparing and speaking about the seven miraculous signs of Jesus that the apostle John recorded in his gospel. Our Sunday school image of Jesus always gets challenged by a fresh reading and study of Him in…
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Thanks for the great evening C3!
It’s great having ministry friends! And Pastor Matt Fry, lead pastor at Cleveland Community Church (C3), is one of our friends. Last night he and his wife Martha, invited me and a small groups of lead pastors to a private…
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I’ve always wanted to take Robin to Hawaii…
… But it always seemed too expensive on a church planter’s salary. But guess what? Robin and I are going to Hawaii in September!!! God really takes care of us when we put Him first. Sometimes, He even provides the…
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On Tent Making and Puppies?
I’m not exactly sure how we got into being hobby breeders of collies (OK, I sort of know, but it’s a really long story). We were just trying to do what the apostle Paul did as a church planter. You…