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Chuck DeGroat

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It’s Always Been About Love

When you’re young, it’s easy to confuse strength with dominance; when you’re older, you realize the feat of character it takes to be meek. I

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When Our Heroes Fail Us

Years ago, I heard Henri Nouwen on an old recording tell the story of his path from teaching in the Ivy League to living in

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Stewarding the Death of the Church, Part 2: A People of Spiritual Integrity

“The falseness of your heart may undo you.” Richard Baxter, The Saints Everlasting Rest So, forgive my ironically narcissistic self-promotion. I have a new book being released in early 2020 - When Narcissism Comes to Church (IVP). If my previous book Wholeheartedness was aspirational, a vision of who we could be, then this one is, well, not that. Somewhere in-between Wholeheartedness and When Narcissism Comes to Church is a common thread related to our spiritual integrity. Those who demonstrate spiritual
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God is Secure

“I’d like to chat with you about your sermon,” she said. We walked together to a quiet place and I sat down next to her,

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Grace and the Warm Embrace

When I started my first “official” pastoral role in the late 1990’s, I immediately hung a painting of Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son on

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