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clamoring for the spotlight

On 1 August, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Spotlights change everything.

It’s not that they are designed to pull ego out, it’s that more often than not they do.

You can explore the trend with young pop-artists, politicians and movie stars, but you can also dive right in with Christianity.

Nicholas Kristof wrote an op-ed for the Times this weekend called,

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1 billion ways to show love

On 21 April, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Earth Day and Good Friday occupy the same space tomorrow – and as a follower of Jesus that should be nothing short of normal.

If we really believe the central message of Scripture is the restoration of all things, then our action should lead us to intercede in our world. To take up the cause [...]

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400 years

On 29 March, 2011 · 2 Comments

If you turn the page in your Bible from Malachi to Matthew too quickly it’s easy to forget you’re passing roughly 400 years of history.

There is a long pause between the final words of the Hebrew Scripture and the beginning of the Christian New Testament. Most scholars mark this pause as a time when [...]

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