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Beauty. I’ve heard it said that the human soul longs for at least three things: goodness, truth and beauty. Every soul longs for beauty in some way and to some degree. Maybe it has something to do with the first two. We want beauty because it reminds us of goodness and truth. Even deeper, we…
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But God offers something that turns brokenness around: reconciliation, restoration and relationship. He is the Healer. And for that, we can give great thanks. One idea of God that this world doesn’t “get” is the idea of God as a restorer of broken things. Jesus came to walk this earth, preaching, “the kingdom of God…
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I’ve been amazed over reading about the story of Richard Holloway, former leader of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, who suddenly (it seemed at the time) resigned his position and became an outspoken skeptic of the Church and of Christians. He released his autobiography, “Leaving Alexandria,” recently and I’ve been reading the reviews in order
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Last Thursday I saw this headline and it gave me pause: “Michelle Obama cites Jesus as model for citizenship.” The first pause deals with any celebrity “citing Jesus” in public. It makes me cringe because I’ve found that three out of four times what is cited is not exactly what the Bible says about Jesus.
J.C. Newton 