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“…the sacrificial spirit of the early church…”
But the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. Every day I meet young…
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The View From Here
We’re flying home today after spending the past 10 days with family in the Seattle area. We’ve gone on a few hikes (that’s Maggie on the descent from the Little Si trail yesterday) and enjoyed the green and relatively warm weather. Assuming the snow cooperates we’ll return to some rather different weather in Chicago this…
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5 Favorite books of 2013
Once again, in a completely haphazard manner, I’ve collected my five favorite books of the past year. These books were not necessarily published in 2013 – though three of them were – but they were among the books I most enjoyed during the year. I read about thirty books in 2013 and I don’t hesitate…
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Birmingham Revolution
Fifty years ago Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama, scratching out a modern epistle in the margins of a newspaper. The Letter from a Birmingham Jail was a direct response to a letter published in the local newspaper written by a group of Birmingham clergy who were critical of the civil rights…
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A Sermon: Hope That Sustains
Last Sunday I preached from the lectionary passages for the second Sunday of Advent. A couple of days before preaching our church learned of a tragic car crash in Malawi that claimed the lives of three people. These three had become incredibly close with members of a youth group and leaders that we sent to…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 