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Three Ways Jesus Handled Posers, Fakes, and Hypocrites
Most of us operate under the delusion that posers, fakers, and hypocrites are easy to spot. The truth is that some are, others aren’t. According to 1 Timothy 5:24, “The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.” We’ve all been fooled by someone we …[ read more ]
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Worship of Jesus isn’t a service we attend, it’s a position we take in the universe.
The Body of Christ suffers in these times. The suffering isn’t fatal. We aren’t at risk of irreparable harm, because we belong to Jesus. Because of Him, the suffering will be used for our good and for His glory. Still, we are besieged from without and within. Division, attack, disbelief, falling away, conflict, prohibitions from …[ read more ]
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When Death and the Devil Appear to Win the Day (What We Do to Hold On)
*For happy news and a baby picture, scroll to the end of this post. None of us likes to lose – neither to opponents nor to hardship nor to death. There’s no glory in failure, in the dissolution of dreams, in defeat. And while we put on brave faces for the world or for the …[ read more ]
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Weary of Words, But Full of Hope Facing Tuesday
Our ears are full of words. Opinions, prophecies, warnings, and editorials deluge us as if, in 2020, all the water we’ve thirsted to receive has been woven into words that neither replenish our wells nor quench our thirst for truth. And I know I’ve tarried to write a post but that is why. We’re word …[ read more ]
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This One Brief Life We Have to Offer – Some Briefer Still
So, I’m thinking about my brother, John the Baptist – the fire burst of his young life and the tragic waste of his death at the order of a narcissist and his self-indulgent sister-in-law bedmate. And I’m listening to a speech by my brother Chadwick – the whirlwind power of his young life and the tragic waste of his death to a …[ read more ]