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Continue ReadingThe Preacher’s Dilemma — Finding Time for Study
Looking back on forty years of pastoral work, there is one vexing problem I […]
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On one of the first Sundays of my first pastorate in 1977, I announced […]
Continue ReadingA Working Philosophy for LIfe that Really Works
An Investigation into the Biblical Book of Ecclesiastes If the Bible were a university […]
Continue ReadingThe Israel Museum
The Israel Museum, located on the west side of Jerusalem near the Knesset, serves […]
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