I am encouraged, comforted, and emboldened by the many faces of Peter. In Peter, we see impulsive and reckless behavior spawned by his desire to protect Jesus (John 18:10). In Peter, we see a dramatic reversal of his bold assertion that he was ready to die with Jesus (Matthew 26:35), as he sheepishly succumbed to…

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© 2018 Jon Tyson. All Rights Reserved. UnsplashUsed by permission. I no longer do so, but there was a time when I served in full-time ministry, and the majority of that work was done in the context of the university campus, initially as the Director of the Louisiana Tech University Christian Student Center, and subsequent…

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When I was very young, my mother gave me my first Bible. It was a small, white, leather-bound King James Bible. Given my youth, and the archaic language in that particular revision of the King James Version, the text was incomprehensible to me. But I knew it was a special book, I cherished it, and…

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Today, we are honored to have a guest post from my friend, my sister in Christ, speaker and blogger, Sheila Qualls. She blogs at Sheila Qualls – Where Real Life Meets Real Faith. Particularly for you sisters in Christ, this would be a good blog to bookmark. At age 2, my daughter – dynamic, delightful child…

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