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The “born again” experience

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(10) The Measure of Life

Martha, Mary and Lazarus were close friends of Jesus. Lazarus got sick “so the sisters sent word to Jesus, ‘Lord, the one You love is sick’” (John 11:3). While Jesus…

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The story of “Amazing Grace”

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(07) The Medicine of Life

In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his…

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The Maker’s Dream

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(02) The Maker of Life

I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables expresses the experience of many of us. Watch the video and then ponder the rest of this post... I dreamed a dream in…

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It all depends whose hands it’s in

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(05) The Means of Life

A ROD IN MY HANDS WILL KEEP AWAY A WILD ANIMAL. A ROD IN MOSES’ HANDS WILL PART THE MIGHTY SEA. IT ALL DEPENDS WHOSE HANDS IT’S IN A SLING…

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Faith on Fridays—Faith and facts

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(01) The Manual of Life/(06) The Mechanics of Life

Faith in Jesus makes up the Mechanics of Life. Abraham went on hoping in faith, relying on the promise of God that he would become “the father of many nations.”…

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Tom Kaastra did his graduate work at Calvin Seminary and Michigan State University, and taught “The Basics” of the Bible for 38 years as Pastor of Immanuel Church in the Metro Detroit area.

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