David m. Kowalke, Jr. |
advisor, contributorDavid’s father was sent by Kodak to Manila where he met David’s mother, who was there with her parents, her father serving with the Pentagon in post-war Manila. They were married in Singapore. David was born in Hong Kong in 1954, lived there for nine years, then three in Japan, two in Sweden, three in Rochester, New York, then London, where he graduated from The American School in London.
David trusted Christ as his Savior in London. He attended Florida Bible College in Hollywood, where he met his wife, Cindy, graduating with a B.A in Christian Education, and then with a M.A in Missions from Grace Theological Seminary in Indiana. David ministered as youth worker in London, church-planter in England and the US, pastor in Richmond, Virginia, and retired in 2017 from teaching Systematic Theology to Sophomores at North Raleigh Christian Academy. David and Cindy are richly blessed with four amazing married children and 9+ exceptional grandchildren! |
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MAPPING THE CHRISTIAN LIFEWhere are we spiritually? This is a whole other story. For the Christian, it is very easy to feel confused.
WHAT'S LAW GOT TO DO WITH IT?By DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | May 26, 2020
The formula for fullness in the Christian life is this: Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust, passion, and empty striving of the flesh.
tHE uLTIMATE pANDEMIC: sIN IS mORE tHAN A dIRTY wORDBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | April 20, 2020
“Sin” is too strident a word for most secular sensibilities. [...] The typical person, initially, considers their own poor or negative actions as “mistakes” at best, or anti-social at worst. Certainly not the dirty word, “sin.”
WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT FRIDAY? (THE 7 SAYINGS OF THE SAVIOR)By DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | April 10, 2020
Many call the day Christ died “Good Friday," but what exactly is so good about it?! As the crossroads of Time and Eternity intersected on that awful hill, on that place of pain and judgment, Jesus uttered His last words.
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THE MOST OVERLOOKED DAY IN HISTORYBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | March 20, 2020
Are you ready to have your faith validated? Are you ready to see the promise of God perfectly fulfilled? Are you ready to see Palm Sunday as you have never seen it before? If so, please focus and concentrate on the Scripture, details, facts, and mathematics to come!
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part III: The Building of Real RelationshipsBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | February 14, 2020
The practice of displaying love to one another is all-important. If we say that we are followers of Christ and do not ‘live love’ for one another, the world has the right to judge whether we are His disciples, or not!
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Part II: The Building of Real RelationshipsBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | November 29, 2019
The goal of people wanting to live real relationships with one another ought not to be a search for uniformity but unity! Our goal is not to become like each other but to become like Christ, which unites us.
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SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW With David m. kowalke, jr.By DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | November 24, 2019
There is a difference between Personality, Ability, Passion and Spiritual Gifts. It is important to know the differences and similarities between them. I am a relational person, and that is evident in my personality, abilities, and passion, both pro and con!
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Part I: The Building of Real RElationshipsBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | November 19, 2019
There is a glaring lack of authenticity in the relationships that we see around us, among us, and in us. Image has transcended identity. The motto on the North Carolina Flag is, “Esse Quam Videri,” which means, “To be, rather than to seem [to be].”
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SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?By DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | October 25, 2019
As Halloween is upon us once again, culturally we slip into the assumption that it is an innocuous ‘holiday’, designed for children, but adopted, more and more, by adults. Is that so? Is it innocent of evil reference? Is it evil period? Why is it so popular?
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