Blog, Life in the Church
“But” Nothing or Everything Peter Beck
July 30, 2018Words are wonderful things. Words are powerful things. Words express ideas. Words encourage the downtrodden.…
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Blog, Life in the WorldThe Gospel of Forgiveness Peter Beck
July 2, 2018We are about to celebrate America’s 242nd year of independence. July 4th, Independence Day, reminds…
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Full-Time Ministry on a Part-Time Basis Peter Beck
June 21, 2018I felt called into the ministry 23 years ago. At the time I had no…
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Blog, Life in the ChurchHow Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways Peter Beck
April 19, 2018The poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning once asked, “How do I love thee?” Then she counted…
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Yours, Mine, and Ours Peter Beck
March 14, 2018Yours, Mine and Ours. That’s the name of a movie first released in 1968 and…
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Blog, Life in the Churchre·viv·al Peter Beck
February 22, 2018One of the great things about studying history is that God brings to our remembrance…
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Blog, Life in the WorldEvangelism and the Self-Disciplined Christian Peter Beck
January 10, 2018Okay, we all admit that the church isn’t doing enough to reach the lost. Sure,…
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Blog, Life in the World“God Bless Us, Every One” Peter Beck
December 22, 2017Tiny Tim – no, not the talentless twit from the 60s who sang of tiptoeing…
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Life in the ChurchA Thanksgiving Reminder Peter Beck
November 23, 2017[EDITOR’S NOTE: We published this article last Thanksgiving, but I thought it would be a…
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Blog, Life in the WorldA Thanksgiving Resolution Peter Beck
November 15, 2017“Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to…
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Blog, Life in the WorldThat’s Entertainment Peter Beck
October 23, 2017It has been said that the most influential theologians in modern America live in Hollywood.…
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“Lord, Teach Us to Pray” Peter Beck
September 20, 2017I love to listen to the prayers of others. I listen to how they pray…
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“Keep the Change” Peter Beck
July 7, 2017“Keep the change.” We’ve all said it. We’ve all offered our servers or cashiers a…
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What are you Willing to Give Up for the Sake of the Gospel? Peter Beck
June 20, 2017That question, so antithetical to self-centered Christianity, stands at the heart of the Gospel itself.…
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Blog, Life in the ChurchTheological Life Lessons Peter Beck
May 31, 2017There’s something about aging. I am officially, statistically middle-aged. Over half of my life is…
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BlogGod’s Glory Alone Peter Beck
May 24, 2017This year is the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. In honor…
