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An Inconvenient Season?

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Bob Bjerkaas

Like you, I associate many things with the Advent Season.  Theologically, I associate Advent with the doctrine of the incarnation – the Son of God being, as the hymn puts it, “garbed in flesh.”  Doctrines like the Trinity, the Covenant … Continue reading →

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The Thief on the Cross

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Bob Bjerkaas

This year’s Good Friday message focused on an anonymous but well-known participant in the crucifixion of Christ: the “thief on the cross.” After the service, I received a lot of comments from those who attended – “I had never noticed … Continue reading →

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Love at Close Quarters

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Bob Bjerkaas

Sooner or later someone will come up with a name for the relational impact that the Coronavirus has had on families across America. Perhaps they already have and I am not yet in that loop. Whatever this impact will be called, it … Continue reading →

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The Baby with Two Names

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Bob Bjerkaas

How do you think about the people with whom God has surrounded you? “And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.” Genesis 35:18 This is the bittersweet … Continue reading →

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How Can You Repay God?

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Bob Bjerkaas

Psalm 116 Is without a doubt one of my favorite psalms.  It is the fourth psalm in a collection of psalms that were brought together for use in Israel’s celebration of the Passover (Psalms 113-118).  These songs all point people … Continue reading →

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Celebrating God’s Goodness, a Gift, and Wisdom from the Mouth of Babes

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Bob Bjerkaas

I am grateful.  Many of you have joined me in prayer that God would help me through this recovery and that I would be able to return to my preaching ministry.  This past Sunday I preached my first post-surgery sermon.  … Continue reading →

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A Numb Skull and a Stiff Neck

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Bob Bjerkaas

I suspect that as my brothers read this blog post’s title, they are thinking, “Praise the Lord, he’s back to normal – recovery only took a month!” There may be a kernel of truth to that.  But one of the … Continue reading →

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Being Evangelical in a Post-Christian Culture: the Biblical Advice of J. Wilbur Chapman, Part One

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Bob Bjerkaas

Recently I read a book in which the author, after noting the failure to reach the next generation for Christ, the presence of increasing socio-economic difficulties, and the theological confusion and turmoil among Christians, said that “The need is great today, … Continue reading →

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