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  • Page 53 in Olney Hymns, the verses that would become known as “Amazing Grace” Jesus appears. It is the advent of peace and grace. He comes with mercy and deliverance. He comes to save wretches. “O wretched man that I am!… Continue reading

  • Unclevering

    Nothing clever this day-hour-moment. I sever from clever for now. Not forever … Ever waiting … Never forsaking the path. But ever waiting, waiting, waiting, Watching, each endeavor. The lever of our thoughts-words-deed swings side to side And up and… Continue reading

  • Wake Up!

    Psalm 5 Give ear to my words, O Lord; * consider my meditation. Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God for I make my prayer to you. In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; early… Continue reading

  • A Prayer for Us

      The Meaning of Life A Bible Study on Jesus Praying for Us in John 17  “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” – John 17:3… Continue reading

  • Peace that Sends Us

    Photo by Colton Duke on Unsplash   “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and… Continue reading

  • Experience – Lessons from a Winter Retreat

        Thirty-three teenagers showed up at church recently somewhere in America. They had lived their whole lives to this point in the city, in the lowlands, and out of the snow. Half of them had never seen snow, never… Continue reading

  • Experience – Lessons from a Winter Retreat

    Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.” — Acts 3:19 Thirty-three teenagers showed up at church recently somewhere… Continue reading

  • Christ Is Risen

      The Power of His ResurrectionAn excerpt from my book, "The Confidence Factor" by Thomas B. Sims "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;… Continue reading

  • Holy Saturday

    by Jonny Gios on Unsplash There is no Sunday without Saturday.  Before we celebrate, let us contemplate.  Before we bounce in the light; let us renounce the darkness.  Before we exult, let us exalt the moment of His being abandoned, forsaken,… Continue reading