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Thoughts on churches opening despite executive orders

A few thoughts regarding the debate on whether churches should oppose and go against a governor’s executive order that says churches should close: Church members should do their best to follow and support their pastors and other leaders who have been entrusted with this type of decision making. Churches and church members shouldn’t fight against […]

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Faith

Missing the main point

I was thinking recently and reflecting about a passage in John 6 that I hadn’t really paid much attention to before and how it can relate to us today. Our pastor is a very thorough expositor of the Bible, so I often notice things I had missed before. We know the story of the feeding […]

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Economics Faith

Outreach and separation

Reading the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, it is very evident that God chose His people to be separated. Jesus refers to His people as a city set upon a hill (Matthew 5:14), so it’s obvious that He wants His people to be known and to be examples to those around Him. In John 17, […]

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Employment Faith

The wisdom of Ike’s mother

Dwight Eisenhower is often regarded as one of the most respected generals and presidents in history. But when he was 10 years old, he seemed to have a temper problem. Or at least he had a temper the night before Halloween, when his mother told him he was not allowed to go trick-or-treating. He was […]

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Faith Politics

The priesthood of the believer and the dignity of work

I am a Christian who believes in the priesthood of all believers. By trade, I work in the employment business, and I place many people in what are often considered thankless and mundane jobs. So labor and work are matters that are of interest to me. So I was especially interested as I recently was […]