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Mission Reloaded

"In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit." Ephesians 2:21-22 Sometimes things happen that remind me of the importance and scope of the mission God has called us to embrace. One of those things happened recently. My friend, Karl Eastlack, who has spent the last 22 years pastoring Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church in Clarence, NY, has sensed that God is leading him to take the role of CEO of World Hope…

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You, Me, and Elijah

"The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops." James 5:16b-18 First, to both people that probably read this blog (like my Mom...and maybe one friend that my Mom has badgered to death with the "you would really enjoy some of my son's writings" spiel), I want to apologize for being the least caring and least conscientious…

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National Day of Prayer

"No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also." 1 John 2:23 You may be guessing, by the title of this post, that I am going to rant about how unfair it is that there is a debate about whether or not we can have aNational Day of Prayer, and how the stupid federal court system is actually entertaining the idea that this day is unconstitutional, and how thePresidentcancelled theannual Presidential prayer service this year,or how Franklin Graham got disinvited to the Pentagon because of his…

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