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Happy New Year!

By samuel | Published: January 1, 2008
This morn­ing I woke up and thought: “A new year… new mercy, new grace.” But no, the same mercy, the same grace from my Father in Heaven! New years are a time of new begin­nings and fresh starts. For me it marks the end of a year of incred­i­ble change: From know­ing about God and His son, [...]
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In light of the season

By samuel | Published: December 25, 2007
I just wanted to share my med­i­ta­tion the last week or so, from Philip­pi­ans 2:1–11: So if there is any encour­age­ment in Christ, any com­fort from love, any par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Spirit, any affec­tion and sym­pa­thy, com­plete my joy by being of the same mind, hav­ing the same love, being in full accord and of one [...]
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This is precious!

By samuel | Published: December 14, 2007
The most recent Voice of the Mar­tyrs News spoke of Iraqi Chris­tians, and their plight (and many’s flight) from Bagh­dad. Although a hor­ri­ble time (one pas­tor said most of the men of his parish have been killed), I think Jesus smiles at what is hap­pen­ing amidst his con­gre­ga­tion, as the VOC con­tacts report: “We are still [...]
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What’s new under the sun?

By samuel | Published: October 27, 2007
When­ever I get com­fort­able, He always reminds me of the following: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the king­dom of God. “Blessed are you who are hun­gry now, for you shall be sat­is­fied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. “Blessed are you when peo­ple hate you and when they exclude you and [...]
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Solidarity

By samuel | Published: October 22, 2007
The writer of Hebrews reminds us: “Remem­ber those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mis­treated, since you also are in the body.” (Hebrews 13:3) Now I don’t know of any resource for martrys, pris­on­ers, and other per­se­cuted Chris­tians in the US (any­one?), but good places to find infor­ma­tion [...]
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