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They Are Not Here; You Are

Last Saturday, we hosted a Celebration of Life for Corinne Palmer. What a life lived for God’s glory! Corrine and her husband Tom worked for decades among the Hamtai people in Papua New Guinea, teaching literacy, and translating God’s Word…

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4 Tips for Understanding the Gospels

by Kathy | Jun 10, 2025 | Bible study Lessons, Quiet Time, Resources | 1 comment Sometime around the end of the 1st century, the church formally began to use the word “gospel” to identify the written accounts of Jesus’ life. The Gospels became a new and…

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The Relationship We Never Lost

Reflections on God, belonging, and suffering Author’s note: The ideas and reflections in this piece grew from my own questions and explorations. I used ChatGPT to help develop and shape them into this written reflection. I wonder whether much of…

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Holiness

Only God Can Make Something Holy God tells us, “Be holy, for I am holy” 1 Peter 1:16. But how do we become holy? Scripture tells us that it is God who sanctifies us. Leviticus 20:8 “I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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