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Dave Latham

Dave’s camp career began early, when he served on Men Staff and later worked year-round at camp. Here he met his wife, Rebecca, and later served as our Main Camp minister while he was an RUF pastor at Christopher Newport University. Dave and Rebecca now live in Charlotte with their two children, and he serves as the Director of Admissions and Recruitment at Reformed Theological Seminary.

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Being Content

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“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 When I was in junior high I wanted to play on the school basketball team. Ho...

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Stop Staring at the Fence

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“The thief comes in only to kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have in abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lay...

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Hope When Things Are Dark

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“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city,...

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Diary of a Wimpy Christian

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“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong…” 1 Corinthians 1:27 Unless y...

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Serving Others

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“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and truth.” 1 John 3:18 When I was in college I remember a particularly frustrating me...

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Mindful of You

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“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him,...

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Where Are Your Roots?

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“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight i...

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Hope When Things Are Hard

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“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with us in our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet...

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Shining for Jesus

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“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved gen...

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Because I Loved Them

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“For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who ...

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Mindful of You

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When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, ...

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The Broken but Beautiful Bride of Christ

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“Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying ou...

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Guilt and Shame

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“For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am...

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Adoption

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“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that w...

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Respond in Love

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“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 I remember one summer when I was on the men staff at Greystone, I g...

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Worried

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“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not...

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Good News

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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, ...

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Building Codes

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“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods...

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Living for Stuff

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“And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to...

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Carnival on Easter Sunday

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“But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain ...

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Guilt and Shame

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For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am,...

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Love and Grace Towards Others

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“We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he h...

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Adoption

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But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we...

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Fullfilling the Message

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“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he a...

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Bride of Christ

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Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out...

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God's Faithfulness

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“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the ri...

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Speak Truthfully

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“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.” Matthew 5:37 We’ve all had conversations with other people whe...

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Stop Staring at the Fence

by Dave

by Dave

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The thief comes in only to kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have in abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays...

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Live-Giving Tree

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by Dave

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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is...

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Being Content

by Dave

by Dave

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I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13 When I was in junior high I wanted to play on the school basketball team. However, I...

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