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In God We Trust

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Joe Chambers

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We … Continue reading →

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Surprising Prayer

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Joe Chambers

While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him. Acts 12:5 I wonder if you really believe that you have the ear of the God of the universe when you talk to him. Does God … Continue reading →

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Trust

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Joe Chambers

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it (love) grows perhaps the greater.”  … Continue reading →

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Narrow Spaciousness

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Joe Chambers

There are hard things in this book (Bible), hard things to hear, hard things to obey. ~ Eugene Peterson My brother used  to let me stuff him into a hideaway couch and put the cushions on it. I’d sit on … Continue reading →

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Killing Giants

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Joe Chambers

 “Sometimes fear does not subside, and we must choose to do it afraid.”  ~Elisabeth Elliot When have you been most afraid? I could tell you about breaking my leg in the wilderness and lying on the ground for two days … Continue reading →

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Fierce Spirituality

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Joe Chambers

When I was a twenty-eight-year-old pastor I thought it would be a good idea to preach through the book of Romans verse-by-verse. I was out of my depth. If you have ever spent much time in the book you might … Continue reading →

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The Proof

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Joe Chambers

Unless I see in His hands… St. Thomas “If life doesn’t break your heart at least once a day, that shows a real lack of imagination.” ~ Garrison Keillor Back in the summer of 2013 my church in the Pacific … Continue reading →

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Overcoming a Joyless Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Let every heart Prepare Him room ~ Isaac Watts I love to laugh, tease others, and delight in life—but as a rule I run a low-grade melancholic fever.  I suppose it’s part of my temperament. Or it might be the … Continue reading →

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The Loss

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Joe Chambers

And he was there in the prison.  But the Lord was with Joseph …  Genesis 39:20-21 There is nothing we would like to avoid more if we could than a crisis. But what if we could? Imagine that you had a child, and when that … Continue reading →

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The Sacrifice

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Then God said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah…” Genesis 22:2 The Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy The Road, describes the journey south taken by a young boy and his … Continue reading →

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