Devotion
Christian Living
The Carpinter is Dead
Blood runs along what remains of his left eyebrow. The drop hangs there for an instant and splashes to the ground. Stripped naked, on his knees, he lets his face fall forward into the dirt as the fading chill of early morning b...
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Encountering and overcoming the emotional void
When emotional hardship is met, we find ourselves with a choice of how to fill it. There are many ways, but only one produces a final solution.
Devotion
Word from Scotland: Jesus takes a reed, turns him into a rock
We come to our final passage in John’s Gospel. We are in John Chapter 21 at verse 15 and we have spent well over two years in this profoundly revealing book.
Christian Living
Word from Scotland: Leaders lead for good or for Ill
We are in John Chapter 21, where Peter and six others return north to the Galilee and go out fishing. Leaders lead positively or negatively. We sometimes do not recognize this fact.
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Walk On
In ancient Jerusalem there was a pool of water called Bethesda. The location served as an impromptu hospital ward, a collection point for the sick, blind, and paralyzed. These infirmed went to Bethesda to receive a hoped for he...
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Stories of grace and light: Don’t no. 3 (My 3 don’ts and 1 be)
We tend to pray to God for direction concerning certain things, and when God answers or fails to respond to it in the way we expected, we start to question Him. We hang our faith on the electric line, and we ultimately lose our...
Christian Living
Forgiven
You are forgiven. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW BIG YOUR SIN WAS. It is taken care of. That is why Jesus came. We needed a perfect sacrifice, He paid that debt, and to receive that mercy takes nothing more than a prayer, a humble cryin...
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Keeping the Faith: Minimum protection, maximum support
Tony Campolo retells an incident involving William Sloane Coffin following the death of his son, Alexander. Alex, as he was called, was killed in a car accident in 1983 when he was only twenty-four years old.
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Savior Complex
One of my friends recently introduced me to this term and how it applied to his own life and relationships, and I realized that many, (if not most people, and especially Christians,) can also be caught in this deadly trap. Chri...
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God’s Intenerary
A Change in the Itinerary Only 2 days ago I was sure I was about to be in DC to support the people of Israel. I was in the airport at 8 am – awaiting my 9:30 flight. I’d been packed for 2 weeks, and had been waiting...