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Andrew Comiskey

Apr 1, 20106 min read

Receiving the Fullness of His Love

Maundy Thursday makes one thing perfectly clear. It is God’s faithfulness that makes us faithful. On this night of foot-washing and...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 31, 20105 min read

Suffering for What is Right

In His mercy, Jesus redeems our suffering. Some of the sorrow we submit to Him is not of particularly noble origins—it may be, as we have...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 30, 20104 min read

Discovering the Cross in Our Wounds

During Holy Week, we pause to consider Jesus’ cross and the smaller one He asks us to carry. The goal? To know Him more. Perhaps He will...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 29, 20102 min read

Discovering the Cross in our Sin

A tendency of most Christians is to want to enter into relationship with Christ through His cross but to want to avoid that same cross in...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 28, 20104 min read

Holy Week of the Merciful Cross: Knowing Him More

On Palm Sunday, Lent becomes Holy Week—the seven days leading to the cross. Perhaps the parallel between Jesus’ 40-days in the desert and...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 27, 20104 min read

Merciful Children

Through our four children, mercy breaks like waves upon Annette and me. They delight us. All in their twenties now, each possess unique...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 26, 20103 min read

Merciful Dad

At the core of my same-sex attraction was the struggle to find a father, and so discover my own masculine power and purpose. I had a...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 25, 20103 min read

The Mercy of Marriage

Since our transition to Kansas City, God has provided two men who have stood with me in prayerful friendship: Mike and Morgan. I am not...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 24, 20103 min read

Mercy for the Bride, from the Bride

While en route to a Living Waters Leadership gathering in Europe, I was moved deeply by God’s heart for His European bride. The church...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 23, 20103 min read

Mercy for the Whole Image

After Massachusetts adopted ‘gay marriage’, we as a ministry sought to understand and pray for what was at stake for a nation that...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 21, 20103 min read

Mercy From Rome

While doing a conference in Denver many years ago, a vigorous young man introduced himself to me as Christopher West; he was then the...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 20, 20103 min read

Dying to Release Mercy

‘Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.’ (John 12:23)...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 19, 20103 min read

Dunking the River Goddess

I hate idolatry. The worship of false gods turns humans into animals. While worship of the one true God humbles and exalts what is best...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 18, 20103 min read

Mercy for the Sinner

I met Benjie Cruz at the onset of our first trip to the Philippines. Virmi, our gracious host, had arranged for him to be our liaison as...

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Andrew Comiskey

Oct 6, 20082 min read

Rebuilding Boundaries, Restoring Trust

A good marriage is supreme among human relationships; a troubled marriage wrecks havoc. The most basic and powerful building block on...

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Andrew Comiskey

Oct 4, 20082 min read

Marriage and Sexual Wholeness

Man for woman, woman for man, committed to permanence and fidelity. Nothing better for the civilizing of sexuality. And its enhancement....

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Andrew Comiskey

Oct 2, 20082 min read

Why Women Need Men

Femininity needs masculinity. Woman needs man. Her softness and depth not only invites intimacy; woman possesses a marvelous capacity to...

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Andrew Comiskey

Oct 1, 20082 min read

Why Man Needs Woman

Masculinity needs femininity; man needs woman. His angular focused essence requires the more diffused and rounded contours of woman. Most...

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Andrew Comiskey

Sep 2, 20081 min read

Why Marriage?

Marriage is the most powerful and civilizing institution in the world. At its best, marriage possesses a unique authority to teach...

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