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Jeff Munroe

Jeff Munroe is the editor of the Reformed Journal and, in addition to being the author of the best-selling book Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher, is also a poet, blogger, and essayist. His work has appeared in Christianity Today, The Christian Century, US Catholic, and The Reformed Journal.
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Devotionals

The Inexhaustible Well

Read: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 From childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings. (v. 15) When I was young, we had a brightly illustrated book of Bible stories sandwiched

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Devotionals

Foreshadowing

Read: Hebrews 2:10-18 . . . he, for whom and by whom all things exist . . . (v. 10) Even after four decades, I still remember when I learned

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Devotionals

Pure Grace

Read: Revelation 20:11–21:8 The home of God is among mortals. (21:3 NRSV) I started this series of devotionals saying that the event we truly await during Advent is not the

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Devotionals

Increasing and Decreasing

Read: John 3:22-30 He must increase, but I must decrease. (v. 30) There was an old-time baseball manager who once said of his team, “I managed good but boy did

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Devotionals

Getting It

Read: Luke 7:28-35 [They] rejected the purpose of God for themselves. (v. 30) How did you “get it”? How did the good news of the gospel first come together for

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Living Generously

Is giving easy for you? The Bible teaches us that giving generously is an important part of Christian life. If we study the Bible carefully we will see that Jesus’

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Devotionals

Not Slow but Patient

Read: 2 Peter 3:1-10 The Lord is . . . patient toward you. (v. 9) During Advent, and then continuing through the end of December, the Words of Hope devotional

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Devotionals

Elijah’s Loneliness

Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18 I, even I only, am left. (v. 10) It’s a safe bet that Elijah wasn’t just feeling alone but was feeling downright lonely when he hid for

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