Category Archives: Bible

There is no Secret

You will probably never find a secret to let you smile through all the hard times and really mean it (you can pretend easily enough, maybe even play some good mind games; but if that’s all it is, it won’t … Continue reading

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Submission

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does … Continue reading

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The Question of Why Do Bad Things Happen…to Me?

Perhaps we should look at the question backwards. People rarely ask, when they are blessed by prosperity, with success as the world sees success, with happy relationships, with children who are disciplined and doing well academically, socially and so on, … Continue reading

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Book Review: Wounded

Wounded by Valerie Richardson, published by Healed Publishing, 2012 “…God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called.”—from Wounded. Wounded is both an ebook available for the Kindle, as well as a paperback book available from Amazon.com. Many have been … Continue reading

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Implications

The number of confirmed planets circling stars other than our sun is now above 800. Seven of those planets are somewhat similar in size to Earth and swing about their stars in what’s called the “habitable zone”–meaning that water would … Continue reading

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Doubting

In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, the disciple known as Thomas is nothing but a name in a list. But in John’s Gospel, we get to see his personality and we discover that although he is a faithful … Continue reading

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Think You Can Do It?

After the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus sent his disciples ahead of him in a boat, telling them to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. The wind and waves were against them and they made … Continue reading

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He Who Dies With the Most Toys…

As Jesus was speaking to a crowd one day, someone in the crowd inexplicably asked Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus reacted by telling him, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter … Continue reading

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May the Odds Always Be in Your Favor

Judges chapters 6 through 8 relate the story of Gideon. Gideon was a member of the tribe of Manasseh, and at the moment, things were not going well for either him or his tribe. The Midianites regularly raided the area … Continue reading

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Christmas Yet to Come

Forty-four years ago this Christmas three men became the first human beings to travel to the moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8—James Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders—did not land on the moon: they merely orbited it ten times. But … Continue reading

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