Author: Thomas
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Finding Your Way In The Dark
It was one of those December mornings that only a man of the mountains can appreciate. The temperature was hovering around 5 below and there wasn’t the smallest sliver of a moon to be seen in the vast Montana sky. There was such stillness in the air that the shattering sound of a bull elk… Read more
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Epoxy, Duct Tape And Fermentation
It was one of those days that made you wish you hadn’t gotten out of bed. The wind was blowing the snow up out of the ditch and into the cornfield and the combination of the cold and the sting of the wind just added to the misery of a poorly made decision. Even Buck… Read more
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I’m Here … Where Are You?
It’s like I’ve hit a brick wall; nothing is happening. I sit down to write and all I see is a blank page or an empty notebook. This is one of those dry periods and I am not hearing anything except the pounding of the blood going through an otherwise unoccupied brain. When I write… Read more
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Born To Serve
The wind was not blowing hard, just a steady breeze that picked up the pre-dawn chill and washed it over the whole body. No matter how many layers of wool one piled on it seemed to find its way past every seam, zipper and buttonhole. The fact that the moon was waning and the sun… Read more
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Purity – A Closer Look (Part 2)
Last time we briefly touched on the subject of purity and I wanted to follow up with a closer look at how it is involved in our leading an obedient lifestyle; one that is pleasing to God and draws us ever closer to Him. Purity comes from the Greek word hagneia and means “cleanness.” Ungers… Read more
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Purity – A Matter of Death (Part 1)
Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Oh how we want to see God but oh how we struggle with purity. We really don’t understand exactly what it is other than in relation to God; who is pure holiness. We all want it in our lives but we’re often… Read more
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Where Is Matthias?
We often tend to look back at the trials and tribulations of Abraham and Sarah and bemoan the fact that if it weren’t for their impatience there might not have been an Ishmael, and maybe things would be different in the Middle East today. Clearly, even though they possessed the Word of God (His solemn… Read more
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Do We Have A Choice?
I’ve been doing some teaching out of the book of Hebrews for the past couple of months and it has reminded me once again just how important — critical — that message is for us today. There is so much richness concerning the transition from legalism to grace in the author’s message to his audience… Read more