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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

A Symbolic and Real Offering

Read: Romans 15:25-29; Acts 19:21-22 If the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they also ought to be of service to them in material blessings. (Rom. 15:27)

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Bold Writing and Plans

Read: Romans 15:14-24; Ephesians 6:19-20 On some points I have written to you very boldly. (Rom. 15:15) In a letter, Protestant Reformer Martin Luther wrote, “Sin greatly, but believe still

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More Than Putting Up with It

Read: Romans 15:1-13; 2 Corinthians 8:9 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak. (Rom. 15:1 NRSV) As a pastor I once asked a

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Turning Toward Others

Read: Romans 14:13-23; Matthew 18:6-7 Let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. (Rom. 14:19) Tennis spectators turn their heads from one side of the court to

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We Both Belong to the Lord

Read: Romans 14:7-12; Mark 2:28 Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. (Rom. 14:8) As a pastor, when I visited church members who were nearing death,

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The Weak and the Strong

Read: Romans 14:1-6 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him. (v. 1) Whenever we read the Bible, God has something new to say to us. God’s

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Erastus, the City Treasurer

Read: Romans 16:21-23; 1 Corinthians 1:26-27 Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. (Rom. 16:23) When I’m communicating with someone, I find that I shouldn’t assume that

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Living Testimony in the Pew

Read: Romans 16:7, 13; Mark 15:21-24 Greet Andronicus and Junia . . . Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as

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House Churches, Not Cathedrals

Read: Romans 16:5; Acts 20:17-20 Greet also the church in their house. (Rom. 16:5) The great medieval Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris reopened to the public in December 2024 after a

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