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Profound Change

January 12, 2020

Eph 2 is a wonderful parallel text to the first half of Romans 8. Christ fit both the old and the new together. He is the cornerstone of the kingdom of Heaven. Everything hinges on Him. He fulfilled

Where is Your Heart

March 10, 2019

There are times in your life when you spend time thinking about what your priorities are and what you want out of life. Sometimes those times come unexpectedly and other times they come after an

The Battle of Humanity

March 26, 2013

1. Memories of his father with his face hidden behind a camera. The present and the real are distorted by the preparation for the future. Time is distorted by time. Memories of memories. The reality

The Rules

August 22, 2010

“The game is played, not to protect the rules; rather, the rules are made to protect the game.” – Ravi Zacharias in Recapture the Wonder Often when people are confronted with rules, especially

Lost Generation

March 4, 2009

by Jon Reed

What Lies Beneath

February 20, 2008

Things have not changed here. Everyone is hoping that the peace talks will succeed. Hoping and praying for a miracle. No one is sorry for what has taken place so far. The same people that have been

A goat for a slap

February 18, 2008

Sun 17 Feb 2008, 11:55 GMTNAIROBI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Kenyan elders have demanded a goat from President Mwai Kibaki as compensation for an alleged assault by First Lady Lucy Kibaki, local media said

Quiet in Kenya

February 2, 2008

For the last several days, things have been generally quiet here in Nakuru. But there is no reason to believe that things are peaceful. Everyone is on edge, scared, wondering what the next disaster

Unrest in Kisumu

February 2, 2008

Here is a riveting account by a missionary in Kisumu, Kenya on January 31, 2008.Dear all,I feel indebted to all of you who have shown interest and concern to at least brief you on some of the details

War in Kenya

January 29, 2008

What happened in Kenya is that the elections were flawed and there are currently two men who claim to be the rightfully elected President of Kenya. The incumbent (Kibaki) is from the largest tribe in

Kenya elections

December 29, 2007

There was a lot of fear coming up to the elections that the situation would become very volatile and that there would be a lot of violence. But I am writing this on the morning of the second day

Bhutto killed in suicide bombing

December 27, 2007

Bhutto Killed… (paywall) BBC story Wow, looks like the extremists are not above killing their own countrymen in this perverse way. Of course, I knew that they do stupid stuff like that but it

World view of Pres. Bush

March 10, 2007

The world thinks that Bush is a gun slingin’ cowboy that wants to have his own way. The witch doctors in Guatemala are planning to purify the ancient site that he is planning to visit, because of the