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Thoughts and Questions for a New Year

Written by John Eldredge Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:28

Dearest Friends,

Well…here it is. The new year.

We finally got the last of the Christmas decorations packed up and put away. I’m pretty much done with egg nog for awhile. And I’ll be just fine if I don’t hear “Rockin around the Christmas Tree” for another ten months. Please.

This is that time of year we start thinking about making changes – “new year, new you” and all that.

Now, let me be quick to say I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions. They usually only set us up for a fall. (How many resolutions have you made over...

On This Rock - What Did the Word Church Mean to Jesus?

Written by Dwight A. Pryor Saturday, 14 January 2012 00:00

Shalom. Welcome friends to our continuing series, On This Rock.

We’re exploring the historical origins and the Hebraic dimensions of the radical church, the root church, the first church.

We’ve seen that near the end of his earthly ministry rav Yeshua, rabbi Jesus, calls his apostles aside. He’s at the place where the Jordan River issues forth like springs of life and begins its...

Advent

Written by John Eldredge Sunday, 25 December 2011 00:00

Dearest Friends,

This month we celebrate Advent, and Christmas, and all the wonderful things that come with it. Having this in mind, I wanted to share something a friend of mine wrote to me in a very late-night email. He is a Catholic layman, living in Eastern Europe. I had sent him a copy of Beautiful Outlaw, and it is in that context he wrote me during the wee hours: