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What Goes Around

Jerusalem is loaded with curious stories linking stunning archaeological finds with utterly obscure people who are then associated with intriguing currents of politics, culture or religion. Sometime in 1880, a kid living in Jerusalem named

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Cover Your Ears!

Amos 3:1-11 High Summer! We’re all in the full swing of travel, barbecues, sunscreen, sports, family and friends! I guess because I often go to Israel in the summers, which puts me in a mode

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Violence in the Old Testament-Part 1

This video installment of Asbury Seminary’s “Seven Minute Seminary” the first of at least 3 parts addressing the issue of violence in the Old Testament. The topic is one close to my heart, and one

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What I Wish Paula Deen Had Said

You’ve heard it on the news. You might have seen the interview Paula Deen gave on the Today Show. I found it hard viewing. She was a classical, older southerner and Matt Lauer clearly clueless

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Sanity in an Insane World-Part 3

So, walking into the room filled with gas fumes that was the upset king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, we’ve noticed Daniel could confront the fear and insanity of the moment because Daniel found a way to

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Sanity in an Insane World-Part 2

I think there is much we can learn from Daniel in general, and particularly from the story of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity in Daniel 4, about how believers can live and work in a violent, dangerous, frightened,

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Sanity in an Insane World

I was given a last minute assignment to preach in the Asbury Seminary chapel on Tuesday April 16. With no particular idea prominent on my mind, I simply selected Old Testament text from the Daily

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