Category : Daniel’s Den

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Dark Valleys

Psalm 23 may begin with green pastures and quiet waters, but it’s no walk in the park. By the time we get to verse 4, we’ve left the bright fields for darkness. Most of us are likely familiar with the King James Version: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.”

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Extraordinary Faithfulness in an Ordinary Way

I recently began a novel titled Les Miserables. On the first page, the author introduces a character with the name of Monseigneur Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel, who was the Bishop of Digne (Wow! What a mouthful) and spends much time describing him as charitable and faithful. One story recounts the Bishop’s brave determination to journey into a

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Incarnation, Resurrection, and Christmas

What’s your favorite Christmas song?  A few weeks ago, I mentioned in one of my sermons that many of the hymns we sing around Christmastime depict the night Christ was born as a quiet, serene, peaceful night. Consider “Silent Night”: Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright ‘Round yon Virgin Mother and

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The Blessing of Repentance

While preparing for our midweek Bible Study on the book of Acts several weeks ago, Acts 3:26 struck me. After healing a lame man, Peter delivers a sermon and finishes with these words:  “God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your

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