Christ and the Sinner, 1888, Vasili Polenov  (1844-1927) —————————– Early in the morning (Jesus) came again to the temple.  All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them.  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of […]
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   Story #1)  Harold owned a grocery store in a small town in northern Minnesota.  He was a good businessman, kept a clean store, always had a good selection of meat on hand, and stocked good, fresh fruits and vegetables.  He was friendly, well-liked, and always had plenty of customers.  Business was good and
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By Greg Morse   (…continued) Oh, the fearsome, wonderful love of God. This God is so serious about having his own that he will starve them now to feed them forever, kill them now to keep them forever. His enemies may call him a monster, but his saints sing, “Because your steadfast love is
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By Greg Morse    (…continued) Many are content with God’s love consisting in only tender kindness and unbroken gentleness. They wish for his love to be wholly devoted to their immediate happiness — however they choose to seek it. Tenderness seems to be the unimpeachable disposition some imagine of God. Tender toward our dreams.Â
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   We hear much about how ‘God is love.’ In fact, from some, that is all we hear about God. But where would anyone ever get such a notion? We would not learn that from just looking at the world around us. If we just look at the world, we don’t even see God,
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DON’T JUST HOPE YOU’LL GO TO HEAVEN by By Rick Warren, in his Daily Hope devotional blog, July 25, 2020, at: http://www.pastorrick.com ———————————–    If you asked people if they are going to heaven or hell, many of them will likely say, “I hope I’ll go to heaven.”    But hope just isn’t
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Matthew 16:13-16 — Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about you, he asked, “Who do you
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Above painting:Â Michelangelo, The Last Judgment, 1541, The Sistine Chapel, The Vatican, Rome, Italy —————– By Daniel Simundson, Renewing Hope, 2001, pages 88-90. ——————————- Daniel 12:1b-2Â —Â There shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time; but at that time your people shall be
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Disowned for Jesus: What I Lost and Found in Christ, by Afshin Ziafat, January 6, 2019, posted at: http://www.dgm.org —————————————-    When I left Islam to follow Jesus, I didn’t know what it would cost me. I hadn’t realized what it would take to deny myself, lay my life down, and take up my
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Above: Joshua Rogers and his Dad ————— By JOSHUA ROGERS, February 16, 2020, on his Finding God in the Ordinary blog, at: http://www.joshuarogers.com ————————————————    When I was three, I lost part of my dad and never fully got it back. He had a nervous breakdown when the two children from his first marriage
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