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Regifting your heart
It’s that time of year again. I’m sure you feel it: the darkening nights bring with them the advent of Christmas. The frenzy of purchasing begins. The pressure to find something that that somebody might actually appreciate. And so we fill our homes with trivia for us to give away to those we love, and… Continue reading
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Our One Aspiration
I’ve been putting more of my thoughts into verse recently, specifically for singing, but I’m putting the words here as I write them. Wretched and hopelessSinners are weLost in our own selvesFrom Jesus we flee Helpless to help usWe cannot succeedTo lift us to JesusFor us to be freed But God did us so loveTo… Continue reading
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Paragraphs, Punctuation, Translations, & Exegesis
Everybody knows it, but nobody really thinks about it as they read their English Bible. It’s a translation, but it’s also a well written and consistent piece of literature. There are design decisions, and grammatical conventions and trends. (For example there is at the moment a reactionary response to today’s particular gender sensitivity that demands… Continue reading
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Red River Lily
One of my garden pleasures at this time of year, just as the bulk of the flowers fade, is the blossoming of my Red River Lily. It’s in a tiny pond, not a river, but it is happy with its feet wet, and surprises with a flurry of autumnal blooms every year. Continue reading
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To marvel for all eternity!
“when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at among all who have believed“ 2 Thessalonians 1:10 To those who believe in Jesus as the Christ there will come a point where faith becomes sight, when we no longer believe, but ‘have believed’. Faith is no longer… Continue reading
