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Read more about the article WHAT SHAME IS NOT!

WHAT SHAME IS NOT!

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:01/31/2021
  • Post category:(07) The Medicine of Life

  There is true shame and false shame! Childhood abuse is the most powerful example of false shame.   "If you were a victim of childhood abuse or neglect, you…

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Read more about the article Wits’ End Corner

Wits’ End Corner

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:11/28/2020
  • Post category:(07) The Medicine of Life/Uncategorized

Are you standing at “Wits’ End Corner,”     Christian, with troubled brow?  Are you thinking of what is before you,     And all you are bearing now? Does all the…

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The medicine of love

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:11/27/2020
  • Post category:(07) The Medicine of Life

“The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world the healing medicine of love…

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Snapshots of the Cross in the Old Testament—the curtain

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

Whereas the whole earth was given to humankind to inhabit and rule (Genesis 1:28), the Garden of Eden was specifically designed as a Meeting Place for God and man. “The…

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Snapshots of the Cross in the Old Testament—Yom Kippur … the scapegoat

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

Aaron shall take the two goats to the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence. The goat chosen for Azazel shall be presented alive to the Lord. Aaron shall put both…

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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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