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To a Long-Loved Love

ByMichael Metzger November 21, 2016July 20, 2020

The pilgrims understood life is a long journey. It’s true for my wife Kathy and I. We’ve been married thirty-five years. Our journey has yielded a long-loved love.

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"Religious Nones" as a Prophetic Voice

ByMichael Metzger November 14, 2016July 20, 2020

The detective said, “Just give me the facts.” Yet the facts are not enough. The facts are only meaningful within a frame.

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Ships Passing in the Night

ByMichael Metzger November 7, 2016July 20, 2020

Few Christians have a close friend who is a religious “none.” Few Nones have a close friend who is a Christian. Nones and Christians are ships passing in the night.

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Flourishing Free Markets

ByMichael Metzger October 31, 2016January 27, 2021

The fourth annual enrollment season for ObamaCare begins tomorrow. Officials expect few to sign up, leaving The Affordable Healthcare Act ailing. The deeper problem is that neither political party understands free markets.

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A Holy Kiss

ByMichael Metzger October 24, 2016July 20, 2020

A letter that Peter DeMarco wrote has gone viral. First reported in The New York Times, he wrote it to the hospital staff who cared for his wife as she lay dying. One of their last moments together touches on the gospel. Do you see it?

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Inside the Intuitive Mind

ByMichael Metzger October 17, 2016July 20, 2020

Temple Grandin has saved the cattle industry billions of dollars. But she initially knew nothing about the business. Grandin has what we call an intuitive mind.

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Tough Reference Check

ByMichael Metzger October 10, 2016July 20, 2020

On Sept. 4th, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa. She was recognized as a saint. The process took over ten years and included a reference check most are unfamiliar with.

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Circular Thinking

ByMichael Metzger October 3, 2016July 20, 2020

Circular reasoning gets a bad rap in the Western world. Aristotle originated the idea, but I think he overlooked a healthy kind of circular reasoning.

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Naked… Yet Unashamed

ByMichael Metzger September 26, 2016July 20, 2020

In Hans Christian Anderson’s famous fable, the Emperor is naked yet unashamed. Not good. But this happens when the prophetic voice is dismissed.

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Paying for Things of Value

ByMichael Metzger September 19, 2016July 20, 2020

The gospel ought to comfort the afflicted but afflict the comfortable. Good news—except that Jesus predicted we’d value one far more than the other. Not good news.

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