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Dying Words and Feeding Sheep

by andrewkooman on September 8, 2010

Have you ever had someone share with you their dying words?  I have.  Such words leave a mark. Both of my grandmothers shared words with me before they died that I remember clearly.  Oma, on her hospital bed, in and out of consciousness, spoke privately with each of her children and grandchildren who were present.  [...]

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Hollywood Wisdom and the Prophet Jeremiah Agree

by andrewkooman on March 3, 2010

This morning as I read a passage from the prophet Jeremiah, the following verse stood out: How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us,” when, in fact, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie? The wise shall be put to shame, they [...]

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Feeling Pagan? Maybe It’s Your Time of Breakthrough Too!

by andrewkooman on February 16, 2010

My brother Dan encouraged me to read Isaiah 45 today.  As the French say, it’s incroyable! I’m starting to whisper under my breath, and soon you might find me shouting the old classic song, “Jesus is a Waymaker.”  It’s true. Say those very words out loud and you might expect to see people’s eyes roll [...]

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