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Thankful for my Pulmonary Embolism
God is not less good just because we don’t understand yet. Continue reading
Posted in Daily Christianity
Tagged Faith, gratitude, pain, pulmonary embolism, Thankfulness
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Oxgoad Blog
Pastor Don Johnson has kindly posted something from me on his oxgoad blog. I didn’t post it here because it deals with issues in broader evangelicalism that haven’t been a focus of my attention on this blog. It isn’t perhaps … Continue reading
Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part seven)
Series Introduction Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part seven) Acts 1:9-11 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward … Continue reading
Strangers Scattered
Tell the theoreticians to quit arguing about election and foreknowledge and give your verse back :). It doesn’t belong to them, it belongs to you, the believer who is suffering the trials of this life. God gave it to you as an encouragement and a comfort to strengthen your faith. Continue reading
Posted in Rightly Dividing
Tagged 1 Peter, Election and Foreknowledge, Inheritance, persecution, Rejoicing, Strangers, suffering, Trials
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Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part six)
Series Introduction Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part six) Acts 1:9-11 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward … Continue reading
Web Wanderings this Week
Two links today from News for Christians: 1. Mother Cares for Her Son’s Amish Victims. For the victims, healing in forgiveness and not blaming the parents for the sin of the son. For the hurting parent, healing in serving others. Worth reading. … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts on the News
Tagged Christian Institute, Forgiveness, government, healing, Same-sex marriage
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Children, Obey Your Parents
This is from a Bible study from several years ago, dealing with the reasons children must obey their parents and, secondarily, the relations between adult children and their parents. Continue reading
Posted in Daily Christianity
Tagged adult children, children, honour, obey, parents, respect
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