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How Christians Should View the Syrian Immigration Problem?
Immigration continues to be a polarizing issue in America, first because of the Paris, and now the San Bernardino attacks. The lines are...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 20, 20155 min read
Stop! Stop!
Then, Liberty University’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., stood before 10,000 of his students, urging them to get a permit and begin...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 13, 20153 min read
What is an Evangelical and Who Cares?
I wrote in The 10 Second Rule, that some words wear out. By that I meant, that over time certain words lose their true meaning. The term...
Clare DeGraaf
Dec 6, 20153 min read
Have You Been Praying for Armadillos?
Ken Davis, a Christian comedian, tells a humorous story of a Christian who gets on an empty city bus, walks to the rear, and sits down....
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 29, 20154 min read
Parents Behaving Badly
I’m one of the local leaders of the New Canaan Society in Grand Rapids, a mentoring ministry to men. A few weeks ago, we had a dozen...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 22, 20153 min read
Is Your Friend’s God Yellow?
If you have a family member or friend in some kind of 12 Step Program and they’ve not yet found freedom from their addiction, you may...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 15, 20152 min read
A Guest Blog: When Your Apology Falls Flat
By Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas In our years of counseling couples and families, we have encountered this challenging scenario many...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 8, 20154 min read
Why Just Having a Doctrinal Statement For Your Church, May Not Be Enough
When I was a kid, my parents made me memorize the Heidelberg Catechism, 129 questions and answers. Memorize the whole thing! You couldn’t...
Clare DeGraaf
Nov 1, 20153 min read
Who Trains the Elders and Deacons in your Church – Anyone!
The night I was elected elder in my church, I began serving. Within a week I was voting on decisions that I was totally unprepared to...
Clare DeGraaf
Oct 25, 20153 min read
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