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Introduction The older I get the more I pick up random bits of trivia that I have no real use for, but just take up residence in my head—all these little random facts piled in one corner of my mind like a drawer full of single socks you always get from the dryer. For instance—did you know that our Sun…

Introduction The older I get the more I pick up random bits of trivia that I have no real use for, but just take up residence in my head—all these little random facts piled in one corner of my mind like a drawer full of single socks you always get from the dryer. For instance—did you know that our Sun…

Introduction On November 15th, 2018, a 26-year old missionary, John Allen Chau, paddled his collapsible kayak onto the beach of North Sentinel Island, a tiny 20-square mile island on the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal. It was the end of a long and complicated journey driven by his single-minded purpose:…

Introduction On November 15th, 2018, a 26-year old missionary, John Allen Chau, paddled his collapsible kayak onto the beach of North Sentinel Island, a tiny 20-square mile island on the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal. It was the end of a long and complicated journey driven by his single-minded purpose:…

Introduction Of all the holidays that Americans decorate for, Christmas is far and away decorated with some kind of lights . And we use a lot of lights—according to one industry website, Pennsylvanians are estimated to use as much as 67 million megawatts of electricity for Christmas lights in the 45-day…

Celebrate Christmas like a Christian--grounded in the truth of Christ's incarnation

Celebrate Christmas like a Christian--grounded in the truth of Christ's incarnation

Introduction A couple of weeks ago I finally came to the end of my training for my new position at the University. The administration spent several weeks giving us all kinds of policies and resources and systems access and authorizations for sensitive information—all the tools that we would need to do…

Introduction This past April 19th saw the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American War for Independence, when “the shot heard round the world” was fired at Battle of Concord. British troops, acting on intelligence they had received about a supply of arms and ammunition, were met at the Old…

Introduction Over the past several weeks, we have been studying through the Apostle Paul’s instructions for a Christian household. We have been calling this series in Ephesians “God’s Blueprint for Living”—God’s instructions for what it means to live in the household He is building with Jesus Christ…