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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.
Devotionals

If You Want to Be Complete

Read: Matthew 19:16-26 If you want to be complete . . . (v. 21 NASB) The Irish playwright Oscar Wilde said, “There are two tragedies in life: one is not

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I Am Gentle and Humble

Read: Matthew 11:25-30 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (v. 29

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But I Say to You

Read: Matthew 5:13-20 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. (v. 17)

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Do You Want to Get Well?

Read: John 5:1-15 When Jesus saw him lying there . . . he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” (v. 6) In the midst of terrible circumstances,

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Where Did Jesus Come From?

Read: John 8:46-59 Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. (v. 58) Today people are fascinated by their origins. Who were my ancestors? Where did they

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I Am the Messiah

Read: John 4:13-26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” (v. 26) Have you ever started an “ordinary” conversation with someone you didn’t know, only to

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Who Does Jesus Think He Is?

Read: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. (v. 16) “Just who do

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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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