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19 September 2018 by romanin
It is now still the early parts of Sunday morning. If you haven’t read the previous post, the following is …
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Category: COM, Discipleship, Faith, ministry
| Tags: Backpacking, Christian, Christianity, Copperhead, Discipleship, Ephesians, Father, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Numbers, Philippians, Proverbs, purpose, quiet, Revelation, strength, Truth, Water, Wilderness
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14 September 2018 by romanin
In two parts, read how God worked wonderfully in the life of this Chinese student during a 2 day hike in the Indiana wilderness!
Category: COM, Discipleship, Everyday Life, Faith, ministry
| Tags: Backpacking, Christ, Christianity, Colossians, Discipleship, God, Gospel, Hoosier National Forest, Jesus, Mature, Proverbs, Purdue, Truth, Upright, Wilderness
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16 August 2017 by romanin
A few months back, I attended the Honor and Shame conference. A gathering of wonderful minds focused on understanding and …
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Category: COM, Discipleship, Faith, Honor and Shame, ministry, New Testament, Theology
| Tags: Adam and Eve, Ashamed, Atonement, bible, Christ, Christianity, Cross, Culture, Death, Father, Genesis, God, Gospel, Honor and Shame, Honored, Perspective, Redemption, resurrection, Theology, Truth, Worldview
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14 December 2016 by romanin
I’ve heard it said that the longest distance is from the head to the heart. I don’t know who first …
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Category: COM, Discipleship, Faith, ministry
| Tags: bible, campus, Christianity, Convicted, Discipleship, faith, Forgiveness, God, God can, God Will, Heal, Intimate, Love, ministry, Open, Safe, Vulnerable
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21 March 2016 by romanin
Welcome to the first story in the “Story Series“. Meet Gabriel, a 20 something who sports the color black and …
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Category: COM, Everyday Life, Faith
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20 March 2016 by romanin
What is your life story? No doubt you have one full of ups and downs, smiles and frowns, all of …
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Category: COM, Faith
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17 July 2015 by romanin
The Prayer of Relinquishment
What things in your life are you holding back from God? Remember: God’s perfect will is better for you than your own, and Jesus himself understands; he relinquished his own will for the father’s too!
Category: COM, Faith, Literature, New Testament, Theology
| Tags: bible, Christ, Christianity, Control, faith, Fear, God, God's will, Helm, Jesus, Love, Matthew, Not my will, Prayer, Relinquishment, richard Foster, Richard J Foster, Risk, Sovereign, Trust, Your will be done
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29 May 2015 by romanin
Each time I exit the highway and drive down Roosevelt Road headed toward Wheaton College, my memory takes me back …
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Category: COM, Faith
| Tags: ACMI, China, English professor, ministry, missionary, nostalgia, the bug, Wheaton College
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10 May 2015 by romanin
No matter how hard a captain would try, a sailing ship will not move without the wind. A sailing vessel …
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| Tags: Action, Anger, Better, bible, Christianity, Contentment, Corinthians, Cross, Enough, Ephesians, faith, Freedom, God, Grace, Greed, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Justice, Love, Lust, Matthew, Paul, Peace, Promise, Proverbs, Reaction, Revenge, Romans, Sermon on the Mount, Sit, Stand, Trust, Vengeance, Walk, Watchman Nee
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22 April 2015 by romanin
Psalm 19:1-7 says: The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork. Day after day it speaks …
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Category: COM, Everyday Life, Literature
| Tags: author, bible, Christianity, Creation, Creator, faith, glory, God, handiwork, Jesus, poem, Poet, Psalm, Psalm 19, Relationship, Romans, Romans 1, worship