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The Essence of Abiding: Living in Union with Christ
“Abide in me, and I in you.” With these few words in John 15 the Lord gathers up the whole Christian life into one image. He does not invite us to admire him from a distance, nor to copy him as one copies a sketch. He joins his life to ours as a vine joins…
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Charlie Kirk (1993-2025)
Before the words, the fact: Charlie Kirk was shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on today, September 10, 2025, and later died of his wounds. Authorities say a single round was fired from a nearby building while he was speaking about gun violence; a person of interest is in…
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It has happened yet again. How long must we endure this nonsense?
One might have imagined, in a more grounded age, that sport was the arena in which young people were taught the virtues of discipline, fair play, and the noble art of striving within the rules. But we live now in a time when the rules are no longer fixed, the boundaries no longer observed, and…
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Revival Starts Within: A Study of 2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 Commentary on 2 Chronicles 7:14 — A Voice from the Throne There is…
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Justice and Mentorship: Batman and Lessons from the Bible
Batman vs. Biblical Justice: A Comparative Analysis Batman, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, is a superhero known for his relentless pursuit of justice in the crime-ridden Gotham City. This essay will compare and contrast Batman’s fight against crime with Biblical ideas of justice, explore how his rogues’ gallery, including the Joker, Two-Face, the…
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Paris 2024
Only narcissists would create a display with the intent of being offensive to a distinct group of people and then gaslight them into believing that they are over-reacting when said group reveals that they are indeed offended. I find it even more egregious when members of the group attacked come against their own in the…
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Justification vs. Sanctification
I have been a Christian for over 25 years and am just now starting to discover what that means. There was a time not too long ago that I believed that if I did the best I could, if I did the ‘right’ things, if I provided for my family, if I told my family…
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Sitting at the Foot of the Cross
It’s not so much that we are sitting, as much as it is WHERE we are sitting. Sitting is good. Sitting is necessary (particularly at the mall when you wife is shopping). Sitting is restful. One can contemplate and observe when one sits. One might see some things that others who are not sitting may…
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Reflection on and Redemption from Roe v. Wade
On this day in history, Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade — claiming that the restrictive state regulation of abortion (in Texas) was unconstitutional. 50 years. 50 years of horror and darkness and death in America. More than 63 million abortions are estimated to have taken place…
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On Education
As a high school art teacher, I always encouraged my students to think “outside the box,” to find new ways of doing things, to explore new options, to experiment. That is the essence of learning: to try, fail, and to try again, sometimes to fail again, but ultimately to succeed. Never did I attempt to…
Seeking Truth in Today's Troubled World 