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Hospice Chaplain on Dying, Grief, and Biblical Faith

 
 
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Monthly Archives: December 2020

I Feel Like An Orphan

Steve Durkac Posted on December 8, 2020 by Steve DurkacApril 23, 2024

With the October 21, 2020 passing of my mother, I am beginning to feel what I’ve heard expressed so many times by adult children following the death of their last living parent. I am feeling the sentiment expressed by surviving children who say, “I feel like an orphan.” For me, it’s been over six-weeks of “I feel like an orphan” … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations | Tagged Adoption, adult adoptee, I feel like an orphan, John 14:18, orphan

NIV, ESV, and Translations

Steve Durkac Posted on December 4, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

If you follow my Today’s Daily Promise devotionals you have likely noticed that I have recently been using the New International Version, having recently switched from using the English Standard Version. In this post I want to explain why I have been using the NIV again. This story has to begin in 1980 when I became a born again believer … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry Notes | Tagged Bible translation, Bible Versions, CrossHope Chapel, daily devotional, English Standard Version, ESV, KJV, New International Version, NIV, Today's Daily Promise, translations
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