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Having the Devil of a Time….
Shel – At Mercy Church we just finished a 3-part sermon on Sharing Jesus – Entering the Warzone. Just came across this article from renowned Biblical scholar Ben Witherington III. Having the Devil of...
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Free-will View of Evil/Soveriegnty
Shel: Bolding/underscoring is mostly mine! This is a GREAT Biblical and Philosophically (in that order) piece on open future, God’s infinite Intelligence and God’s essential nature and reason for...
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Spiritual Warfare Series Overview
shel boese – a few months ago I shared a short introduction to spiritual warfare in the Sharing Jesus in a Winsome Way (not being a jerk) Series. Check this out: Spiritual Warfare Series Overview...
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Love America – But Don’t Worship It – Speak the Truth of Jesus to It
Shel Boese / Shelby Boese – I have spoken often saying: “I love America (The U.S.) – but I love Jesus more” at Mercy Church. I am always concerned with the Civil Religion version of Jesus in America....
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Remember – But Don’t Be Paralyzed!
If you “remember” without asking what positive change did you make – you’re giving the past too much power. How have you grown and learned from the evil of 9/11? Did you become like that which you...
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Ballots, bombs, bullets, borders, bullying, and BS…Why I am not voting for a...
Shel – just about every election season, being one of only a handful Anabaptist leaning churches in town, I make the point to say that for some of you sitting out an election would be good for your...
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The Signs of Political Idolatry by Tim Keller
shel / shelby Boese - In case you thought it was just us Kingdom-of-God -Jesus-crazy spirit-filled anabaptists at Mercy were speaking out against the political idolatry in the US and in the church.....
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Mental Health Care is the Real Issue – Gun Control is a Partisan Distraction
My thoughts on the “Gun Control for citizens only” meme run thus: I believe in gun control and that centralization of more power in larger entities is also a recipe of bigger evil. I am a little...
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From Stand Firm: The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/30165 The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking THIRTEEN years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task of documenting...
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Mental Illness – Comfort With these Words
The pastor who was my main ministry mentor and I served on his staff team for years lost his son to suicide some years ago. He writes from a place of experience and also a free-will view of creation....
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Kingdom Perspectives on Syria
Shel: I invite you join in prayer Wednesday from 7-7:25pm at Mercy Church for the Syria crisis. You can get your thoughts flowing on this by reading Boyd’s article which I have reposted below. Note...
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