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Trial and Error (and Maybe Some Fire?)
I’m personally convinced that living life is all about “trial and error.” We seem to be working out some holy experiment. More orthodox people call it discipleship, but that really isn’t the whole...
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I Bind Unto Myself Today
I Bind Unto Myself Today By: attr. St. Patrick I bind unto myself today The strong name of the Trinity By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three. I bind this day to me forever, …...
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Wolves at the Front Gate
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” Matthew 7:15, NIV I use my channel changer and I flip through the evil darkness that...
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Be Alert– Very Alert!
“He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One.” Daniel 7:25, NASB “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.” Matthew 24:12, NIV...
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Velcrocity, My New Amazing Word
I like inventing new words, especially for words that have far too much mileage on them. A car runs great, but even the best autos start to have issues after the odometer goes over 200,000 miles. So...
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Calibrating Your Heart to His
“May the patience and encouragement that come from God allow you to live in harmony with each other the way Christ Jesus wants.” Romans 15:5 “Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing...
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Superglue and the Blood of Jesus
“For I will never leave you, or forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 It’s funny, but it seems that our civilization claim to fame revolves around this grand idea of inventing good adhesives. Chemists and...
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The Story of Kyrie Eleison and My Mental Breakdown
Ten years ago, I somehow connected with this song. I was terribly manic and I had found my way somehow from Alaska to Cambridge, England. It was there I wandered the streets talking to myself, lost...
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The Art of Offending God
“Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland.” Psalm 78:40, NLT “For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, ‘They are a people...
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The Blessings of a Long Battle, part 2
“Do not fear the conflict, and do not flee from it; where there is no struggle, there is no virtue.” John of Kronstadt Part 1 of this post highlighted how God can bring good out of a long struggle...
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The Blessings of a Long Battle, Part 3
From Jonathan Coe’s website at http://www.openheavensblog.com/. Thank you gracious brother! (I’m so glad you are my friend.) As I look over the last two posts on the blessings of a long battle, I’m...
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The Blessings of a Long Battle, part 4
In thinking about this final installment about how God can bring much good out of our protracted struggle with sin, weakness, or a problem, it dawned on me how important it is to see the Big Picture....
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How Things Happen
31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown...
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Breaking Branches on the Way Down
Imagine climbing up to the top of a very tall tree. You work your way up to the highest point– you can go no further. The view is completely glorious, it’s more than you hoped for. You want to post it...
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Scare the Bullies: Psalms 86
14 O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. 15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to...
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The Blessings of a Long Struggle
It’s a familiar story. A person has become a Christian in recent years and is engaged in spiritual practices–prayer, Bible study, meditation, church attendance, fellowship, tithing, and/or the...
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Hell and Hope
Sometimes, I feel like a tour guide for believers that are walking through hell. I point out the different strugglers, and urge each one not to linger too long but to keep moving. We look on those...
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When Others are More Gifted Than You
“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.” 1 Corinthians 12:4, NLT “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use...
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The Mangled Earrings of Joni Eareckson Tada
I once admired the earrings my friend, Ann, was wearing – they were square, smooth, flat, and made of gold. When I remarked how beautiful they were, she replied, “They’re yours!” Ann then proceeded to...
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*Dis–joint-ed Ideas* Out of Matthew 25:1-13
KJV—————————-> Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3...
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