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THE MAN IN THE ARENA

Accept your share of suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them.[2 Timothy 2:3-4 Common English Bible] The words of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy echoed in my mind yesterday morning whenContinueContinue reading “THE MAN IN THE ARENA”

Loose Lips

Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;keep watch over the door of my lips.[Psalm 141:3] John Gruden Of all the newsworthy events in sports this past week, the one that drew perhaps the most attention was the resignation(?) of Las Vegas Raiders head coach John Gruden over a series of emails that he sentContinueContinue reading “Loose Lips”

WHAT ABOUT THE CANAANITES?

Then the LORD said, “I’ve clearly seen my people oppressed in Egypt I’ve heard their cries of injustice because of their slave masters. I know about their pain. I’ve come down to rescue them from the Egyptians in order to take them out of that land and bring them to a good and broad land,ContinueContinue reading “WHAT ABOUT THE CANAANITES?”