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Longing for a better place
My thoughts have been on Heaven lately. My summer reading included God Is the Gospel by John Piper and Heaven On Earth by Stephen Nichols. Both books address suffering, death, and life in Heaven. Add to that the chaos, suffering, and evil in the world today, and you have a nice “I-can’t-wait-for-Heaven” cocktail for the…
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Great Impropriety
Wow. When I read this, I think more than anything else I’d want you to sit down, get a back rub, take a hot shower, drink some hot chocolate, and thank God that he is gracious. Then read Psalm 51 and draw arrows on which way the action goes. From us to God, or from…
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Happy Birthday, Abbey!
Our “Precious Sweetie Pie” is three today. It’s cliched, but it is hard to believe. I can barely remember yesterday, but I can remember all of our children’s birthdays. Abbey was born on a Sunday evening. I was sitting in church when I noticed the first contractions. I smiled thinking today might be the day.…
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Loving the LORD With All My Mind
I read this quote in A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith the other day: God is not simply a great sight, the object of speculative curiosity. The revelation of His glory and the whole theological process which legitimately follows from it is holy ground. We cannot stand as superiors over God or His…
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I’m Exhausted
We finished our first week of school and I’m worn slap out! (For those of you readers who are not familiar with phrases of a purely southern flavor, that means I’m really, really tired.) I’m tired in every way I can be–physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. When school is in session, it seems I’m on…
Leslie Wiggins 