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"The Hound of Heaven," A Biblical View of God
This famous ode of the late-Victorian era was composed by one of the unlikeliest poets of British literature. And yet, as a brilliant...

cjoywarner
Feb 11, 2025


"Days of Elijah," an Irish Poem
One Sunday morning recently, this song came to mind as I opened my kitchen blinds to the glorious sun and realized that some of my...

cjoywarner
Feb 10, 2025


Walk Away
In the famously misinterpreted Matthew 7 passage against judging (7:1), Jesus tells us not to give that which is holy unto the dogs and...

cjoywarner
Feb 4, 2025


The Good Fight
A few years ago, I inadvertently stirred up a hornet’s nest in a private Christian school classroom because I answered a student’s...

cjoywarner
Feb 4, 2025


Put On
“Put on—” Without any hesitation at all, most of us could finish this sentence with, “The whole armor of God,” and most of us could name...

cjoywarner
Jan 21, 2025


Let Go
“Let go”—just two little words with so much meaning. But what do they really mean? Like Janus, the Roman god with two faces—one facing...

cjoywarner
Jan 15, 2025


Hold Fast
It struck me recently—and with some chagrin—that I have now lived three generations. Deciding there was nothing I could do about this, I...

cjoywarner
Jan 3, 2025
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