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When our twin girls, Doren and Cariza, were first born, people would come up to us and more often than not ask the same question: "How do you cope with raising two at once?" At first, our pat answer was "We don't know." Now we say, "Only by the grace of God."
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about…
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Several years ago, a politician coined the term "compassionate conservatism." Many hundreds of years earlier, a missionary might have coined the phrase "loving holiness" when he penned the words we now know as 1 Corinthians 13. We know them well. We've heard them hundreds of times. The chapter is a…
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In John 1:48, Jesus meets Nathanael who is initially very skeptical of Jesus despite Philip’s endorsement. In their conversation, Jesus says to Nathanael, “I saw you while you were under the fig tree.” Even though we don’t know what Nathanael was actually doing or thinking under fig tree, Jesus…
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"Ships that pass in the night/ only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness," Longfellow wrote in his epic poem, Emma and Eginhard. He speaks of the minimal signals given to vessels on the ocean which pass each other in the blackness of night with "only a look and a voice/ then darkness…
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"Ships that pass in the night/ only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness," Longfellow wrote in his epic poem, Emma and Eginhard. He speaks of the minimal signals given to vessels on the ocean which pass each other in the blackness of night with "only a look and a voice/ then darkness…
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Holiness and active participation in meeting the needs of others have always gone hand in hand. In the Old Testament, God called His people to be a source of healing and light to the nations: not just in doctrinal purity, but in service to those who were in need.
In the Levitical law, for…
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I was overcome with shock, grief, and uncertainty as I listened to our pastor of 17 years announce that he had accepted a call to another church. As I stole the occasional glance around the sanctuary, it looked as though the rest of the congregation had a similar reaction. After the service,…
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A good friend of mine is a sailor. By sailor, I don't mean someone who pilots motor-powered boats. He is a purist who prefers the song of the winds filling the sails to the din and throb of a motor in his boat.
Once while sailing in Florida's Tampa Bay, he somehow sailed outside the currents and…
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"Are you sure that's what you want?" The voice within my mind was firm but gentle.
"Oh yes Lord," I replied, "I want more than anything to be consumed by you, by the fire of your presence."
"You do understand fire, don't you?" the Lord replied.
"Of course I understand fire," I replied…
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Kitty Voges has spent 22 years as personal secretary to the Africa Regional Director, and also manages the Africa Regional Office. She is married to Peet Voges, the World Mission Communications coordinator for that region. The Voges have three grown sons.
Q. Where were you born and raised?
A.…