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How the Lord Shepherded Me Through My Wife’s Battle With Ovarian Cancer (Reposted – 10 Year Anniversary)
In celebration of my wife’s tenth full year of being cancer free, I am posting again the article I wrote about how God saw us through that difficult trial. Of course,…
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Biblical Reflections Before Brain Surgery by Brian Borgman
Below is a sermon entitled “Biblical Reflections Before Brain Surgery.” It is a message preached by Brain Borgman, a pastor at Grace Community Church in Minden, Nevada, as he anticipates…
Trials
God Bless Little Anton
Anton Delgado is amazing! He is one of the most precious people my wife, Letha, and I know. We had the privilege of staying with his adopted parents, Jason and…
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Toward a Biblical Perspective on Depression: James 1:2-17
In my last post on this subject I wrote about how we can become more capable of ministering to others in their trials when we have first been comforted by God…
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Toward a Biblical Perspective on Depression: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
In my last post I wrote about how we may be encouraged through trials – even such trials as depression – that God’s purposes in our lives are being accomplished…
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Toward a Biblical Perspective on Depression: Romans 5:1-5
So far this series has considered seven case studies from Scripture, from which we have endeavored to draw lessons about some of the possible causes and cures for depression. Then…
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Jesus’ Model Prayer: The Sixth Petition
In this post I am continuing a series on the Lord’s Prayer. What follows are my teaching notes on the text in Matthew. I hope the blog’s readers will find…