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Psalm 22

You may say I’m a week late–I say I’m 51 weeks early–to discuss how the 22nd Psalm, which was written hundreds of years before the time of Jesus, prophesies His crucifixion. If I’m going to posit that the prophecies of the Bible point to its veracity, as I certainly did in last week’s message, then I should highlight more…

A recent letter to the editor of the Whitman Hanson Express

Dear Editor – Psychologist Gary Wenk wrote in Psychology Today that “people who are heavy users of marijuana for a prolonged period of time were characterized as suffering from apathy, dullness, lethargy, and impairment of judgment, i.e. the classic amotivational syndrome.”(1) Dr. Ruth Potee, MD of Greenfield MA, recently told an audience in Shrewsbury that…

“Publish Glad Tidings” Part 2

While we were waiting for our meal to arrive, Amos showed me photographs of the trip he had taken last year to one of these forgotten villages. It was as if they were lifted from a slideshow from Mercy Ships. Grotesque faces obscured by massive tumors that had never received care. But there was also…

How the Church is like my Chainsaw

I love this chainsaw. When a tree fell across our driveway during the big nor’easter last month, this chainsaw – along with the help of members and friends – was instrumental in transforming the obstruction into firewood. But that’s only half the reason I love this saw. If you look closely – and if you…