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by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Today I find my thoughts captivated by Joel 2:12: “Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and …
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by Kevin Burton There has been some shuffling and backpeddling, some twisting, prancing and jiving over the years about Christians and dancing. You could maybe add waltzing and tap dancing. Just so you know, I hate dancing, at least formal dancing. So to those who want to condemn it outright, I may …
by Kevin Burton What can I say about the morning that poets through the centuries haven’t already said, much better than I can? And what could I tell you about the morning that you don’t already hold in your innermost heart? Answer to both: nothing. With our heads, we know that …
by Kevin Burton One of the few Steely Dan tunes I don’t really like took on more juice recently when I read that the song is an attack on John Lennon’s “Imagine.” I had no idea the song “Only A Fool Would Say That,” from the 1972 album “Can’t Buy A Thrill” casts Lennon as …
by Kevin Burton There is a right way and a wrong way to bring our concerns to God, according to a Christian social worker. Laura Kuehn, LCSW, writing on the website cornerstonesforparents.com, points to the book of Joel in drawing a distinction between grumbling and complaining. This is a passage from Joel …
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by Kevin Burton Last Sunday was Easter, a glorious day for Christians, a celebration of Jesus’ rising from the dead and sealing of salvation for those who trust in Him. It should be by far the biggest day on the Christian calendar. It isn’t and never will be because the big American marketing …
by Kevin Burton You pays your money, you takes your chances. If we’re being honest, is that not a suitable tagline for the post-national United States? Isn’t that phrase a lot more indicative of the American experience than say “land of the free, home of the brave?” Now that phrase is …
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Spent this week thinking on Philippians 2:7 and Jesus’ approach to reputation: “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made …
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by Kevin Burton A Little theological math today on Page 7. It’s faith and fun with fractions actually. One of my Sunday School teachers liked to put the fraction one over infinity on the chalkboard to illustrate where the bulk of our focus should be going. The denominator infinity of course illustrates …
by Kevin Burton Church attendance is down, way down, in the USA, reports the British newspaper The Guardian, citing two main reasons. The worldwide Covid pandemic is the first, understandable reason. For a while there, few people were going anywhere. The second reason is more troubling: Americans are giving up on Christianity. …
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