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Tell the Truth, Part 4

I lived most of my youth believing that God did bad things, but it was okay because it was for ...
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Tell the Truth, Part 3

I have experienced them ever since I was a kid - mean people in church. I have also experienced lots ...
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Tell the Truth, Part 2

We all have different definitions about what it means to be kind. For some, it is being nice and polite. ...
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Tell the Truth, Part 1

I was told this story a couple of years after I began my ministry at Calvary, and if you've heard ...
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Cancel Christmas?!?!

When America was decimating Iraq and Afghanistan, nobody ever told anyone they needed to not celebrate Christmas or Easter. I ...
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Protest

In response to the devastation in Gaza, people throughout the world have been protesting. Their demands range from calling for ...
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The Politics of Jesus

I had an interesting online conversation yesterday about whether or not churches should be taxed, and part of the argument ...
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Attack on Progress

Many people believe that the move towards right-wing religion is something new to our country, when, in fact, it is ...
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I Have Palestinian Friends Too

On October 7th the world watched in horror as Israel was the victim of a well-executed terror attack that killed ...
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Christian Dis-Unity, Part 2

I was in a meeting with a couple of other pastors who serve in the city of Reading, and I ...
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