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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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Let Us Make a Plan Today – Before the Results Come In
Let us make a plan today – now – before the results come in – To seek God’s face To confess our sin and repent of all wrongdoing To recommit our lives to Jesus Christ, to obedience, to sacrifice, to truth, and to love To turn from fear and embrace faith in the Only One …[ read more ]
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The Power of Angry Christians
Recent headlines are full of angry Christians. Anger is a natural emotion. It’s often not the first emotion we feel in a string of responses but the force of anger usually overshadows the initial reaction that inspired it. Anger is like the alert system on the Starship Enterprise – when a threat appears on the …[ read more ]