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Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
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Mark D. Roberts
Seek the Lord READ Psalm 105:1-45 Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him. Psalm 105:4 Psalm 105 calls God’s people to give him thanks and praise in response to his “wonders” (105:5). The bulk of the Psalm highlights God’s special work with the Israelites, beginning with the covenant with Abraham and…
Live Blogging Lent: Fasting from Fast? (Section 2)
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 4 of series: Live Blogging Lent Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Yesterday I began a Lenten review of the book Faster by James Gleick. Today I want to respond a bit more to the book, adding an apt illustration from my own life. The basic thesis of Faster, prodigiously illustrated,…
Live Blogging Lent: Fasting from Fast?
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 3 of series: Live Blogging Lent Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series I recently finished reading a book by James Gleick, Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything. Published in 2000, Faster argues that our lives are running after faster speeds in more ways than we usually realize. Though many of…
Live Blogging Lent: Lent is Odd
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Mark D. Roberts
Part 2 of series: Live Blogging Lent Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Lent is odd. There are several reasons for this. One has to do with the length of Lent. If you were to ask people how long Lent is, you’d probably hear “forty days.” This period of time is usually…
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