An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. – Proverbs 31:10 Twenty years ago. Wow. It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since Jennefer Shannon Lang and I, with family and friends gathered together, exchanged vows before the Lord to be united as husband and wife. In 2016, […]
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During a health break this summer I spent time studying through Leviticus. I’ve joked for a long time that Leviticus is the quicksand for those who try to read the Bible in a year. They cruise through Genesis and Exodus only to get swallowed up by the myriad of ritual regulations from a culture, covenant,
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I recently led my preaching cohort through an insightful conference talk on preaching by my friend Justin Anderson. One of the things he mentioned was how he thinks about connecting with different listeners. He talked about four archetypes he preps for in preaching. Justin’s four were: The Mechanic – “I picture a fifty-year old dude
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