christianity
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A Prophetic Moment for Shouting
The time has come for shouting and not holding back. Shout out; do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! – Isaiah 58:1 The prophetic moment has arrived. The Word of God is laser focused on our day… Continue reading
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Chariots and Horses
Where Is Your Trust? “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.” – Psalm 20:7 I know that it is not even spring, but some folks have summer on… Continue reading
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Not Yet — But Pressing On
A Devotional Reflection on Philippians 3:1–12 “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.”— Philippians 3:12 (KJV) There… Continue reading
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Got You Covered
It was a moment of embarrassment, the kind that wakes you up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night when you dreamt it: Lunch was done; conversation paused, the wait person dropped off the check. It was… Continue reading
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That I May Know Him
Philippians 3:1-11 Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Against a backdrop of resurrection hope, Paul writes: Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me,… Continue reading
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New People in a New Church
The Joy of Shared Beginnings “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” — Acts 2:42 (KJV) What do new believers do in a newly constituted congregation? They dive in.… Continue reading
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Walking Out as Sacred Protest
When Leaving Becomes Faithfulness — The Witness of Absalom Jones There are moments in the life of faith when staying feels virtuous — patient, enduring, long-suffering. And there are moments when staying becomes surrender. On this feast day of Absalom… Continue reading
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Neither Do I Condemn You
Wheat, Tares, and the Hope of a New Life “She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”— John 8:11 Jesus once told a story about a field. In… Continue reading
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Gracious Living • Grounded Faith • The Fruit That Delights God
Hebrews closes where faith always has to land: how belief becomes behavior. After rich theology and careful argument, Hebrews 13 asks a simple, searching question—What does life in the kingdom of God actually look like? The answer unfolds in three… Continue reading
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Besetting Sin and Peaceful Righteousness
Hebrews 12:3-11 “The sin that doth so easily beset us.” from Hebrews 12:1-11 What weighs you down? What comes between you and the you that you want to be? What keeps you/u from moving forward in your spiritual, emotional, and… Continue reading
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