• I recently read a powerful quote! Perhaps we need to reverse the question. The first question that the priest …and the Levite asked was: “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But the Good Samaritan … reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will

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  • I recently began reading K.P. Yohannan’s book No Longer a Slumdog. God has already used this book greatly to stir my soul. The ministry Gospel for Asia is giving the book away for free.  You can click here to get the book for free. Chapter one of the book begins with this great quote from Daniel Berrigan: “Sometime in

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  • Valeria and I took our children out to play in the snow. Tom Wallace park in Jefferson Memorial Forest (The lake in the background was frozen over. We were able to walk out on it.) located right here in Fairdale is an awesome place to go sledding. As these videos show, They loved it!  

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  • Sunday I preached our 2nd sermon in the series through Exodus. You can listen to that sermon here. It was on the blessing of God in oppression. Here is a fantastic quote from Douglas Stuart that I referenced in the sermon: “In a fallen world, the blessings of God are often so in conflict with

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  • A few months back, I was interviewed about what advice I would give to a new younger pastor who is beginning to lead at an older established church. (I enjoyed this assignment because it deals with real life.) They specifically asked me to give 5 steps that I would take. (For the record, this situation

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  • One of our college student’s at FBC Fairdale, Drew Dillman, is spending his Christmas in Belgium, Europe competing in Cyclocross. He was asked by www.cyclingnews.com to write a blog post about his experience with this trip over the holidays. Click this link to read Drew’s encouraging article. You can also follow Drew on twitter at

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