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The One Question Every Christian Should Ask Themselves
This will be one of my shortest blogs ever, but hopefully one of the most profound for every Christian. For decades, I’ve met with people...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 29, 20212 min read
This Thanksgiving, You May Be Thanking God for Something He May Not Want You to Have
More than 30 years ago, the editor of the denominational magazine I use to be a member of ruined Thanksgiving for many of us. His...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 22, 20214 min read
The Bible in Ten Minutes
When I first came to faith 40 years ago, almost all the non-Christians I met knew something about the Bible and the gospel. Most had...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 15, 20212 min read
Christians Ought to be in the Salvation Business
I was having a discussion at dinner a few weeks ago with a group of young Christian leaders who were a bit shocked to hear me say, “Every...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 8, 20214 min read
Choosing the Leaders of your Church by Casting Lots
Last week Sunday, our church gathered to choose elders for the next year. I was not chosen. Why is unknown, but in our church God has...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 1, 20215 min read
Do People Need to Believe in “The Fall” to be Born Again?
“I don’t see why God would hold me responsible for a sin Adam and Eve committed, 6,000+ years ago. That feels unfair.” These comments...
Clare DeGraaf
Oct 25, 20213 min read
Restoring a Christian Who Has Sinned
Last week’s blog was about church discipline – what should churches do when someone is found to be engaged in a serious sin? The...
Clare DeGraaf
Oct 18, 20214 min read
Second Guessing God
“Does your church ever ask anyone to leave the church?” The person asking the question was thinking of joining our church. Another elder...
Clare DeGraaf
Oct 11, 20214 min read
Family Patriarchs
What does a modern-day Christian patriarch look like? That was the question my accountability group chose to tackle on one of our...
Clare DeGraaf
Oct 4, 20215 min read
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