Tag: christianity
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Thorns and Diadems
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows…
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Interruptions
Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing…
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Rights of Passage
“The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.” (Psalm 19: 7b) The stocky boy lay on top of me and stuck his arm under my legs, twisting my back in a painful wrestling move. I tried to turn away but he kept pulling me near. We were writhing on the ground surrounded…
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Glow
‘The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul’ (Psalm 19:7a) There are breakout moments in our days when we remember what the true gospel is really about. Jesus never invited people to come to him and find condemnation. He didn’t ask people to obey him in order to receive another heavy load. What…
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Does the octopus know it’s free?
“It is for freedom that Christ has set you free.” (Galatians 5:1) All three of my children have a gift of producing amazing art work and my older daughter created an incredible sketch recently. It showed an octopus flailing both behind and in front of ruled lines. The perspective was challenging because the creature seemed…
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The Great Anxiety
For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. (Romans 8:19) Another Bible translation I’ve seen (I can’t remember which) uses the phrase “great anxiety” rather than “eager expectation.” Anxiety is not something usually associated with expectation in a positive sense. I have my own personal experience with that…
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3 Pastors Glorified
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they…
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Consecrate
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.” (Joshua 3:5) I remember visiting a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) base in Harpenden, England when I was a university student, sometime in the years 1998-2000. I don’t remember the exact date but it was a special weekend around…
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Hovering over the deep
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2) How many times have we, as Christians, read this famous opening to Genesis, the first book of the…
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Keeping with the prophecies
But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9) I am seeking God’s wisdom on how to be freed from some credit card debt at the moment and the best ways to be financially savvy for when retirement officially happens in 20 years. I am a complete novice at it (quite…
