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A scary thing.

By On February 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

About seven years ago I was sitting in a classroom and my professor reflected how it’s a scary thing to say to God, “I’ll go wherever you want me to go and do whatever you want me to do.” And that perhaps the only thing more frightening is to get to the end of your [...]

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I will not delay.

By On April 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the story of Abraham and Isaac. Before I always felt a bit like, “Of course he obeyed God, who wouldn’t?” But now I see it differently.

Abraham loved his son. And God asked Abraham to kill his son.

There was a moment when Isaac laid on the alter [...]

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