Kevin Shrum

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  Jan 21, 2014

  6 Questions Runaway Prophet Jonah Compels Us to Ask About Our Soul's Health

  This brings us to the life of Jonah, that reluctant, prejudice prophet who cared little for the eternal condition of the inhabitants of pagan Nineveh. When the word of the Lord came to Jonah the first time (1:1) he ran from the call of God and the God who was calling him (1:3). Though Jonah was on the run and his life was headed in a downward spiral (1:3-17), we learn much about God's mercy and grace from the entire scope of Jonah's life. We know:

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  Jan 4, 2014

  The Only Time Jesus Ever Failed

  How does one communicate to the world the truth and nature of biblical marriage in a way that would cause them to re-think their views on marriage without sounding archaic in tone or uninformed in scope? Biblical marriage is the bonding of one man and one woman in a committed, covenant, loving, union for the mutual fulfillment and completeness of both persons, for the procreation and raising of children, and for the stabilization and sustenance of a civil society (Gen. 1:26-31).

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  Dec 25, 2013

  A Christmas Meditation: The Resurrection of the Son of God at Christmas

  Christmas is about the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I can already hear your response to that declarative statement: "Don't you have your holidays mixed up? Don't you know that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus and Easter is about his death and resurrection?" Maybe I'm not as wrong as you think I am.

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  Oct 27, 2011

  Are Christians Trouble-Makers

  In both subtle and blatant ways, Christianity is slowly being isolated and marginalized in the public square. Where it once was welcomed, the Christianity is now an increasingly unwelcome voice, a world-view now viewed as strange and obstructive.

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  Aug 24, 2011

  On Mission for Jesus

  Question: Are you on mission for Jesus? Or, are you a mission of Jesus? Too many Christians are willing to receive ministry, but all too few are willing to give themselves away in ministry.

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  May 29, 2011

  Exploding the 'Myth of Culture'

  The "myth of culture" needs to be exploded if the gospel is to penetrate the culture. Scratch the surface of what we call "culture" and you will find beneath the surface that all people everywhere desire the same things

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  May 13, 2011

  Is the Church Un-Prepared for Opportunity?

  It appears that the church has been surprised by the sinfulness of sin, the increasing secularization of society, and the continual de-Christianizing of the Christian West.

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  Apr 19, 2011

  Recovering the God-Centeredness of God

  Most believers are more me-centered than we care to admit, even when it comes to the necessity of God’s God-centeredness.

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  Mar 7, 2011

  Universalism: For Whom the Bell Tolls? – It Tolls for Thee

  "Rob, if Love Wins in the way you are reported to say that it does, why be a Christian at all? I don\'t get it."

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  Feb 5, 2011

  Reclaiming Jesus as the 'Only Way'

  Let me be elementary in restating just a few reasons why Christians can confidently claim that Jesus is the exclusive way to know and experience God in a saving way.