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Sit down with me as we think through some tough topics in a reflective way and examine some of the difficult issues that can trouble followers of Christ. My hope is that you'll always come away with more to think about…

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Archive for December 1st, 2007

• A Shuffled Deck | Posted by Mart De Haan on Dec 01 2007

  Life is like a game of cards. We have to work with what we’re dealt.
  But what happens if we make up the rules as we go along? What if we assume that there is no real order or purpose to the shuffled deck of circumstance?
  Questions like these were raised in 1990, when American educator and [...]