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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Before we can experience and enjoy the peace of God, we must first be at peace with God. Man once walked with God in perfect fellowship and friendship. But because of sin, man entered into an enemy relationship with God.
DEVOTIONAL: THE FLAVOR CALLED “PEACE”Before we can experience and enjoy the peace of God, we must first be at peace with God. Man once walked with God in perfect fellowship and friendship. But because of sin, man entered into an enemy relationship with God.
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DEVOTIONAL: THE FLAVOR CALLED “JOY”This delicious flavor, craved by any who have ever tasted sadness, hopelessness or sorrow, is often disguised and served up as ‘happiness,’ These two flavors, while similar in appearance, can be worlds apart.
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DEVOTIONAL: THE FLAVOR OF "LOVE"By DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | June 20, 2020
All you need is Love, so say The Beatles, and every other love song, in their own way! Love is spoken of so often, and misunderstood and ignored so badly.
INTRO TO DEVOTIONAL SERIES: THE NINE-FLAVORED FRUITBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | June 20, 2020
One of the great misunderstandings concerning the Christian life is, if we are ‘good,’ then we will be ‘spiritual’ people and will please the God who seems never to be happy with us!
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DEVOTIONAL: IT'S ABOUT TIMEBy DAVID M. KOWALKE, JR. | December 27, 2019
In consideration of Time and our place in it, here are some questions we might ask: What in the past should I release that holds me back? What lessons have I learned from the past? What in the present ought I be doing that I have wrongly avoided?
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