Monthly Archives: April 2013

Of Images and Angels 4

Where could they go? One of the few night trains slowed, and then stopped just a few minutes after they climbed the platform. The cars were nearly empty. Yet because of the bicycle, they took jump seats on the foyer … Continue reading

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Not Many Miracles

He can’t do many miracles because of our unbelief. This isn’t simply psyching yourself up to believe. It’s far more subtle. After many years studying philosophy and the difficult questions of epistemology, I’m just beginning to understand the depth of … Continue reading

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Of Images and Angels 3

Her name was Anja. Preston reflected a moment. “That’s rather like Angie in America.” “Yes,” she agreed. “You can call me Angie; I like that.” Angie it was. By the time they arrived back in Gouda, he realized she had … Continue reading

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Of Images and Angels 2

It was her again. The first time Preston ran across her was in Katwijk. He had been trying to capture the ancient cathedral near the beach with some sails in the background. At one point he was lying on the … Continue reading

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Of Images and Angels 1

(New fiction series!) No Pulitzers here, but maybe something that would keep him from going hungry. Preston was reviewing the images from the last three days of whizzing around The Hague. He did his best to avoid the touristy stuff … Continue reading

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No Bible Study This Week

The title says it all. Here’s why: 1. I’m deep into a story that simply must be told. 2. I’ve run the full circle of the whole Bible and I’m not sure what to do next. 3. Tomorrow in our … Continue reading

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Mass Produced Creativity

Think about it. We are passing through a rare economic shift, says Charles Hugh Smith. He summarizes Peter Drucker’s Post-Capitalist Society. Taking his thesis, you suddenly realize that we no longer need mass capital to advance technology and production of … Continue reading

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Ezekiel 28 and the US

Hear the burden of the Lord. America is doomed. You knew that, of course. Maybe you’d be surprised by how many, and who, are convinced that it can be turned around. Even among the most cynical, it can still be … Continue reading

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Don't Rest

We are not wired for sedentary living. Rome fell long before the Danube River froze over and the German hordes sacked the city. Whatever she might have been in the past was long gone before Christ was born. That’s because … Continue reading

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Organic Life of a Church

Churches aren’t built; they grow. organic — having properties characteristic of living organisms; constitutional in the structure of something, the nature of the thing One of the most evil trends in modern church life has been convincing churches that they … Continue reading

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