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Author: Charles Scobie

Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

Pauline E-Mail – 3

Sunday, November 24, 1996 Charles Scobie

If Paul's letters are viewed as E-mail (evangelical, ethical), then another of the E's is ecclesiastical. That's a word that sends shivers down some people's spines. It conjures up visions of the Church as an institution, often protecting its own … Read more

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Pauline E-Mail – 2

Saturday, November 23, 1996 Charles Scobie

Paul's letters can be regarded as E-mail. If his message is basically evangelical then it is equally true that it is also ethical. That term comes from the Greek ethos, meaning habits or customs, thus referring to a person's character … Read more

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Pauline E-Mail – 1

Friday, November 22, 1996 Charles Scobie

Paul's letters are among the most influential ever written even if by today's standards they were certainly snail mail. In another sense, however, they might be regarded as E-mail, for the leading themes of Paul's letters all seem to begin … Read more

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We Wish To See Jesus

Wednesday, October 30, 1996 Charles Scobie

At last I've worked my way through all 454 pages of the manuscript and the copy-editing stage is finished. I admit that I did sneak more than one look at the title page to see how it looks with my … Read more

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Hurricane Ridge

Saturday, September 28, 1996 Charles Scobie

When we landed at Port Angeles, Washington by ferry from Victoria, B.C., the clouds hung low over the town and the famed Olympic Mountains were completely invisible. The weather was so poor we really wondered whether it was worth driving … Read more

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I Have A Dream

Saturday, September 7, 1996 Charles Scobie

Despite all the blatant commercialism of the centennial Olympic Games, few could be unmoved by the spectacular opening ceremony with its multi-media variations of "the power of a dream" theme. The audio/video clip of Martin Luther King's famous 1963 "I … Read more

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1 John 4:16 – We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (NIV)5

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Deuteronomy 31:6b – Your God, the Lord himself, will be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you. (GNT)

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Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. – Richard J. Foster6

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