Duane White

Back to Acts . . . Are You Sure? A semiotic look at what the church in Acts actually prayed, and why.

When first things become disordered, authority becomes disordered too… maybe we’ve been looking at principalities and powers from the wrong lens
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There is an old phrase my grandma loved to use when life was chaotic (or when people were acting, shall we say, chaotically). She would say, “They’re just running around like a chicken with its head cut off.” ….disoriented, reactive, panicked, frenzied… moving but not truly alive. Animated, yet somehow disconnected from their center.
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We’ve given him a nickname he never asked for.
Doubting Thomas.
It sticks, the way labels tend to. One moment, one sentence, one hesitation, and suddenly it becomes the headline over a life.
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Have we been fair to Thomas?

Doubting Thomas… or Honest Thomas? (maybe we’ve missed the difference)

There are moments in Scripture that feel less like stories and more like mirrors. Not because they’re unclear, but because they’re too clear. You don’t just read them… you find yourself inside them.
Luke 24 is one of those moments.…
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There are some passages in Scripture that feel less like a closing line, and more like an open door.
2 Corinthians 13:14 is one of those.
Paul isn’t just signing off a letter. He’s not saying goodbye. He’s speaking a kind of apostolic blessing… a triune invitation… a lived theology in a single sentence….
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