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In a strange confluence of events, I found myself writing a master’s thesis on the apostle Paul’s usage of the term “body” while having my
At one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the early apostolic church—an inflection point recorded in the book of Acts—we read:
Just recently, in my eighth year as a pastor, serving my fourth congregation, for the first time, I found myself in one of the most
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I recently attended a Sunday morning worship service at a non-United Methodist congregation. To my surprise, the opening hymn was Charles Wesley’s “O For a
Drilling for oil in deep-sea conditions introduces some challenges, and not only because it’s a long way down from the ocean surface to the ocean
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