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Kent Fry

Kent Fry is a retired pastor and visiting research fellow at the Van Raalte Institute in Holland, Michigan. He and his wife, Joyce, are active members of Second Reformed Church in Zeeland, Michigan. Kent is an active cyclist, and he and Joyce enjoy time with their children and grandchildren.
Devotionals

New Eyes

Read: Romans 1:1-7, 16-17; John 14:25-27 It is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Rom. 1:16) I

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Mystery and Doxology

Read: Romans 11:25-36 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery. (Rom. 11:25) As I ended my high school

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Olive Trees and Boasting

Read: Romans 11:11-24; Isaiah 5:1-7 You, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Read: Romans 11:1-10; 1 Kings 19:13-14 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! (Rom. 11:1) Today’s key verse is not only a key question for the

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Acceptance and Rejection

Read: Romans 10:14-21; Luke 15:25-32 They have not all obeyed the gospel. (Rom. 10:16) My daughter planned to serve as a student teacher in England—but her visa to work in

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Farsighted Stumbling

Read: Romans 9:30-10:13; Deuteronomy 30:11-14 The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. (Rom. 10:8) When I first got graduated lenses for my glasses, my distance

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No Matter the Size

Read: Romans 9:25-29; Exodus 2:1-10 Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved. (Rom. 9:27)

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Throwing Pots

Read: Romans 9:14-24; Jeremiah 18:1-6 Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” (Rom. 9:20) When I first met my wife, she told

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Recalculating

Read: Romans 9:6-13; Matthew 20:1-15 It is not as though the word of God has failed. (Rom. 9:6) When I use directions from the map on my phone when I’m

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