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  • Watch Out

    Luke 12 starts with Jesus addressing his disciples while a crowd listens in. He warns them to avoid hypocrisy, to fear God rather than men however powerful, and to guard against the temptation to deny him when they get into trouble with the authorities. He tells them a parable about a rich fool who thinks…

  • Fear of Hell

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there,They have to take you in. Robert Frost, “The Death of the Hired Man” To me this sounds more like hell than home, but that could be because I grew up in a loving home where I almost always found comfort and security. Still, for…

  • What If God Ruled the World?

    As a child in elementary school I already had a reputation among my peers as a Christian. Other kids called me a goody two shoes. Boys would try to get me to swear. One day a boy asked me if I believed God could do absolutely anything.” “Of course,” I replied. “Can he make a…