Posted in 12 steps, Bible, Church, God, Jesus, Lord, Savior, academia, americus, baptism, christians, civil rights, clarence jordan, communism, community, faith, family, farm, florence jordan, georgia, hell, jesus christ, kkk, mabel england, martin england, mission, missionaries, money, prayer, preachers, racism, sin, surrender, tagged 12 steps, academia, americus, baptism, christians, Church, civil rights, clarence jordan, communism, community, family, farm, florence jordan, georgia, hell, Jesus, jesus christ, kkk, Lord, mabel england, martin england, mission, missionary, prayer, preachers, racism, Savior, sin, sinner, surrender on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
When I was 7, I came down the aisle of a small Baptist church to accept Jesus into my heart. I did my ABCs. I Admitted I was a sinner. I Believed Jesus died to save me from my sin. I Confessed that Jesus was my personal Lord and Savior. I was certainly sincere [...]
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Posted in Friends, God, Harvard, Jesus, abortion, academia, adoption, birth, books, children, down syndrome, faith, family, grace, jesus christ, life, mothers, prayer, relationships, tagged abortion, academics, adoption, birth, books, children, doctors, down syndrome, expecting adam, family, Friends, God, grace, Harvard, Jesus, jesus christ, life, martha beck, mothers, prayer, professors on January 23, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Every child is a wanted child. Every child is a wanted child.
God, our Abba – our Daddy – wants every child to live and be adopted into the family of faith through Jesus Christ.
When my wife and I were considering adoption, we read a book called Expecting Adam. In it, a woman named Martha Beck was told [...]
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Prompted by a post from my friend Nick Norelli , I took a quiz to see which Christian theologian I most closely resembled. I discovered that my best match was Karl Barth (he actually tied with Jonathan Edwards, about whom I’ll write in another post).
I know very little about Karl Barth. The professor for my Systematic [...]
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