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05 Jan
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LOAVES AND FISHES AND WHAT IS REALLY REAL

By James Wilson My friend, Rick, told me of his colleague who recently passed away. The man was a much loved character in the city Rick and I call home – a founder of our local semi-pro baseball team and ...

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01 Jan
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OBAMA PARTING SHOT — ISRAEL BETRAYED ONE LAST TIME

By James Wilson Never in American history has an outgoing administration moved to aggressively undermine an incoming one…until now. Knowing the pro-life stance of Donald Trump, a majority of America’s voters and Congress, and more and more state legislatures, Barack ...

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27 Dec
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A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS

By James Wilson I attended multiple Christmas services this year – as worshipper rather than worship leader. The sermons presented were solid declarations of the great good news of our Savior’s birth – His advent into our world as the ...

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20 Dec
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DEAR SANTA…LET ME EXPLAIN

By James Wilson I often get a kick out of message t-shirts and I saw one at a shopping mall in Canberra – Aussies just call them the shops – that gave me the laugh of the day. Amid all ...

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14 Dec
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JARROD HAYNE AND THE GOD COMPLEX

JARRYD HAYNE AND THE GOD COMPLEX By James Wilson (Ed. Note: Christmas approaches. My next few posts will focus on preparing our hearts not just to celebrate but to emulate.) Israel’s King David was a less than solid citizen. He ...

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10 Dec
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HANUKKAH — FEAST OF LIGHT

By James Wilson (Ed. Note: Christmas approaches. My next few posts will focus on preparing our hearts not just to celebrate but to emulate.) Hanukkah is to Passover for Jews as Christmas is to Easter for Christians with a bit ...

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06 Dec
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HACKSAW RIDGE — A MOVIE FOR THIS MAVERICK SEASON

By James Wilson (Ed. Note: Christmas approaches. My next few posts will focus on preparing our hearts not just to celebrate but to emulate.) Mel Gibson’s compelling film, Hacksaw Ridge, is the story of Desmond Doss. A Christian of the ...

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01 Dec
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LOVING JUSTICE AND WALKING HUMBLY

By James Wilson (Ed. Note: Christmas approaches. My next few posts will focus on preparing our hearts not just to celebrate but to emulate.) Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is under fire for alleged bigotry because he reported – factually ...

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27 Nov
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WHAT NOW AMERICA REDUX: IGNORING THE MEDIA BEHIND THE SCREEN

By James Wilson Should Americans take my advice and seek authentic reconciliation between our hateful factions in the wake of Donald Trump’s electoral victory we will have to dodge the media in order to do it. Having milked his previous ...

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22 Nov
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A EUCHARISTIC HEART CHANGES WORLDVIEW

By James Wilson My friend explained she had been diagnosed – biopsied and malignant tissue proved it – in late stage thyroid cancer. The docs were planning surgery in ten days and the prognosis was poor. A team gathered around ...

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