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Fred Van Dyke

Fred Van Dyke is a conservation biologist dedicated to the care for God’s creation. In this role Fred has served government agencies, private consulting firms, and academic institutions doing research, management, and teaching in conservation science. He is also the author of two books on faith and environmental stewardship.
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Devotionals

Faith’s Foundation

Read: Luke 24:1-9 Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. (vv. 5-6) Have you ever doubted the gospel stories of miracles? Start

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The Foreshadowing Miracle

Read: John 11:17-44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind

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Grief to Joy—Life from Death!

Read: Luke 7:11-17 He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” (v. 14) What is it like to lose the person you most depended on? Your grief may be exceeded

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A Miracle of Transfiguration

Read: Matthew 17:1-9 Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead. (v. 9) When people think of the miracles of Jesus, they don’t usually

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No Sign but Jonah

Read: Matthew 12:38-42 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. (v. 39) When I

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Miraculous Compassion

Read: Matthew 14:13-21 They all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. (v. 20) What is less fun than balancing a

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Claimed by Jesus

Read: Mark 5:25-34 She said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” (v. 28) Have you ever felt like the woman in today’s reading? Or do you

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Believing Is Seeing

Read: Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” (v. 41) We sometimes believe we must

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Healing Follows Forgiveness

Read: Matthew 9:1-8 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . (v. 6) There are times in my life when I’ve had

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