Terrorism & Other Ideas.

Posted: October 31, 2014 at 4:51 pm

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  I thought about this today as the news announced more airstrikes and destruction in the Arab World. A beautiful and tough place where I used to live, and where two of my three sons were born.   I thought about this because mixed in among the news about airstrikes and I.S. terror, I was […]

Author: Matt Perry

The Key to Overcoming Worry in Thailand and New Zealand.

Posted: October 24, 2014 at 2:53 pm

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  Last week I introduced you to Mail, an FEBC listener in Thailand. She has really good reasons to worry, and I used her as a nice example for Jesus’ teaching from the Sermon on the Mount. She believes that God is real and that Jesus is the Truth, but expressing this publically and living […]

Author: Matt Perry

Stop it.

Posted: October 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm

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  I’ve been pondering Jesus’ profound advice for those who worry. It’s profound in its brevity and simplicity. He says… don’t.   This seems like one of those perfect places to respond with “Well that’s easier said than done.” And I’d be right to say that. But the truth is – everything is easier said […]

Author: Matt Perry

What kind of car are you?

Posted: October 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm

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  Every now and then a Facebook post appears that promises to tell me what kind of animal I would be, or what creature in the Lord of the Rings I would be, or who in Star Wars I am! To be honest I haven’t done one yet.  Another one promised to give me a […]

Author: Matt Perry

God says “Just ask me – really”

Posted: October 3, 2014 at 3:00 pm

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  Jesus’ invitation to make requests of God for good things is truly amazing. He urges us to approach God and receive goodness, in the most emphatic terms. He really means it.   The encouragement to pursue God  is backed up with some equally amazing promises – you WILL receive, you WILL find, the door […]

Author: Matt Perry