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What sin?

We’ve come back around to that time of the year again where multitudes of people will make one of their two life pilgrimages into the confines of church to acknowledge the Easter season (the other being Christmas). Bunnies, chicks, plastic … Continue reading

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Heaven won’t help you.

It’s a cry which many of us have made within the depths of our despair, the tear-stained anguish of our common sufferings, the malcontent boiling of our overwhelming dissatisfaction. “Heaven help me.” How’s that working for you? Have you ever … Continue reading

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Eternal grace

What do you do when everything you’ve ever known or considered about grace suddenly flips itself on its head by a simple revelation? Consider the following: 2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not … Continue reading

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Eternal, not immortal

Life is a process. You know this. Things don’t just miraculously poof out of thin air like some hocus pocus trick. There is time, yes time, which has its hand in the entire operation from the least of things to … Continue reading

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I’m Right, You’re Wrong.

Duality. The bane of human culture. Either/or rules the day of an ego which must have its just fruits at the expense of the those who fall below the demarcation line of being relevant. Fights. Mental anguish. Projection of past … Continue reading

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Killer Sheep

I’m borrowing a lot today. The title is from a description I heard several years ago of the “new” believers rising up in the church. Yes, it is an oxymoron, but isn’t life? The impetus of this writing is from … Continue reading

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Blast Zone

Ever had a hand grenade go off in your theology? The impact, the debris field, the repercussions are beyond anything imagined. This recently happened to me and to say I’m over it is truly just a lie. This explosion has … Continue reading

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Reflections

What came first: the chicken or the acorn? Or was it the egg or the mighty oak? The juxtaposition doesn’t seem to work and yet you instinctively know what I’m aiming for. Regrettably, the question of creation is one that … Continue reading

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Karma

There are within this universe a set of rules which apply across the board to all people. Gravity is the first. What goes up will come down. Granted the duration between the upside and the down side is not determinable … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned

Have you ever considered just how wise you truly are? I’m serious. You have within you a wisdom which is staggering on many levels. Unfortunately, rarely do we ever take time to consider what we know and just how we … Continue reading

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