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Here’s an astute observation Kay places on the lips of Shen Li-Mei, a woman-made-princess on her way to a political marriage in foreign lands (in Under Heaven). You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery. Her father had taught her that, a long time ago.

Let’s continue our look at the MPS Papers. Just a reminder, the stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not to layout the PAOC’s official position on these matters. The second paper was written by respected pentecostal scholar, Roger Stronstad (author of The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke and co-editor of [...]

Following Jesus © 1994 Eerdmans 114 pages I bought this book from Amazon.com under the mistaken impression that it was published in 2009. There’s still nothing to indicate different on the website. Just to be clear, this collection of sermons which was loosely transformed into a book was first published in 1994. The Eerdmans paperback [...]

Here’s the start of a truth-inspired poem (“Proving” in Not Yet but Still): Truth speaks all things into being. No word more, but not one left unspoken. Truth carves, incises, to the bone, and between bone and marrow. No wonder we want none of him.