Tag: the gospel
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Face to Face with Reality
I was recently asked what serving in a village was like, and all I could say was that it made me realize the weight of the work we have to do on this earth. For years, I’d been told about how many people were waiting for me to rise and take my place in Christ,…
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Past Sins Are Blotted Out…What about Present Sins?
Then Jesus said, “he who is forgiven much, loves much.“ You were forgiven before you sinned I was reading a book, and the author was talking about how amputees usually feel pain or sensations in the places where their limbs used to be — phantom pain, it is called. Then he likened how the memories…
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The Paradox of Living
Littered all across scripture are paradoxes upon paradoxes. Matthew 11:28&29. Jesus call the heavy-ladened to come and pick up his yoke. Ephesians 2:8&9 and James 2:14, 17&26. One claims that faith, not works, is what saved us, and the other claim that faith without works is dead. Ephesians 1:19-23 talks about Christ conquering principalities and…
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Discovering love
Growing up feeling unloved can leave a deeply seated mark on one’s soul. Like you have heard me write, my mom is a great lover of her children, and she taught us to love one another the same. But it was not exactly the same with my father. I cannot claim that he does not…
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