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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

Where We’re Going

Read: Romans 9:1-5; Genesis 12:1-2 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. (Rom. 9:5) I once told a tennis pro to

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Beachhead Secure

Read: Romans 13:11-14 The hour has come for you to wake from sleep. (v. 11) A great illustration of the biblical hope in God’s future is drawn from the World

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Going with the Flow

Read: Romans 13:8-14; Luke 10:25-37 Owe no one anything, except to love each other. (Rom. 13:8) Most English translations of the Bible place a heading before Romans 13:8. Headings can

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Taxes as a Spiritual Blessing

Read: Romans 13:1-7; Galatians 1:13-14 For because of this you also pay taxes. (Rom. 13:6) I have a colleague who says that April 15th is more important to him than

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So Far as It Depends on You

Read: Romans 12:14-21; Matthew 5:38-42 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. (Rom. 12:18) When I have had a broken relationship and have been

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No Nonsense

Read: Romans 12:9-13; 1 Peter 1:22 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. (Rom. 12:9) Just before what promised to be a challenging

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A Cure for Superman

Read: Romans 12:3-8; Matthew 5:5 . . . not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. (Rom. 12:3) When I grew up, the most important superhero

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Who?

Read: Romans 12:1-2; 1 Peter 1:13-16 Be transformed by the renewal of your mind. (Rom. 12:2) Japanese is often spoken assuming the subject of the sentence: “Take lunch?” Japanese may

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Turn Now to Prayer

Read: Romans 15:30-33; 16:25-27 May the God of peace be with you all. Amen. (15:33) Some of my most powerful times in Christian community have been experiencing “the God of

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