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Prayer—an inventor’s perspective

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(04) The Mentor of Life

So let us step boldly to the throne of grace, where we can find mercy and grace to help when we need it most.  Hebrews 4:15 On December 2, 2015,…

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C.S. Lewis on authority

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

“Don’t be scared by the word authority. Believing things on authority only means believing them because you’ve been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the…

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New Year’s choices

  • Post author:Tom Kaastra
  • Post published:07/28/2019
  • Post category:(08) The Maintenance of Life

My friends, I don’t feel that I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. (Philippians 3:12-14) We’re fast approaching the pivot…

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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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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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