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  • The Walk We Must Walk

    Walking in Love and Light “Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning…” — I John 2:7 There is nothing particularly new about love. It is, as John says, an old commandment—one heard from the beginning. Jesus identified the call to love God and neighbor…

  • The Welcome Table

    Refuge • Integrity • Presence Bible Chat – Isaiah 25 • Luke 14 • Psalm 116 REFUGE — The Feast God Prepares “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples…” — Isaiah 25:6 Isaiah lifts our eyes to a mountain—not just any mountain, but a place where…

  • WALKING IN HIS STEPS

    I Peter 2:13, 18–19, 21 “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake… Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the forward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully… For even hereunto…

  • Churches and Temples

    “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ …  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out…

  • The Way Through Failure:

    A Meditation on John 14 John 14 is spoken in the shadow of failure. Watch video on YouTube. Jesus has just told His disciples that everything is about to fall apart. One will betray Him. One will deny Him. All will scatter. The confident will falter. The loyal will run. And then, without pause, He…

  • Uneducated and Ordinary Companions of Jesus

    Acts 4:13–21 | Psalm 118:14–18 Are Jesus’ followers ordinary or holy? Yes.Both. The early apostles were not recognized for credentials, eloquence, or institutional standing. They were identified by something far more decisive: They had been with Jesus. That was the difference. Their boldness did not come from education.Their authority did not come from status.Their impact…

  • When You’ve Fished All Night

    On the Shore — John 21:1–14 They fished all night… and caught nothing.Sound familiar? You’ve given your best effort to something—and nothing came of it. No results.No return.No traction. How does that feel? Then Jesus appears. Not in the boat.Not in the struggle. On the shore. And He is already preparing breakfast. You can almost…

  • Bloom

    Isaiah 61:11“For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Winter is not eternal. It has limits. Its season ends. What feels unyielding eventually loosens…

  • The Song of Angry People

    Sometimes people don’t argue… they sing their anger. The question isn’t whether anger exists—it’s what we do with it. I’m curious:👉 When you encounter anger (online or in person), do you tend to listen first… or push back? And what’s shaped that instinct in you? Worth revisiting:🔗 https://medium.com/@tomsims/singing-the-song-of-angry-people-13ee4e44f9b9 Let Them Come – An Example for…

  • In Retrospect

    When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. – John 2:22 We do not pay attention to everything we hear. Nor, do we remember everything that gets our attention. Then, even when we…