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Seeing what we want to see
I believe that the Bible is the source of truth for a righteous life. Though it does not contain all truths of the world, every word of it is true. Now, one of the problems man has had with revealed truth…
Created about 1 month ago
Mark 9:9 (ESV), Mark 9:10 (ESV), Mark 9:11 (ESV), Mark 9:12 (ESV), Mark 9:13 (ESV)
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A World Completely Different
I love Peter. He puts his foot in his mouth so often. It gives hope to people like me! Just a verse before Christ predicted that there were some who would not die until they saw the Kingdom of God come…
Created 2 months ago
Mark 9:2 (ESV), Mark 9:3 (ESV), Mark 9:4 (ESV), Mark 9:5 (ESV), Mark 9:6 (ESV), Mark 9:7 (ESV), Mark 9:8 (ESV)
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A Servant's Posture
As I write this I am reminded of my wandering heart. The famous songwriter wrote, "prone to wander, Lord, I feel it! Probe to leave the God I love!" In this passage we see the Pharisees who did not walk…
Created 2 months ago
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The Whore We Are
There is unlikely to be a more degrading accusation to a wife than that of being a whore. Simply reading the word privately makes us want to reach for a different translation hoping that it might render…
Created 3 months ago
Ezekiel 16:1 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:2 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:3 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:4 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:5 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:6 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:7 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:8 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:9 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:10 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:11 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:12 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:13 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:14 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:15 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:16 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:17 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:18 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:19 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:20 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:21 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:22 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:23 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:24 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:25 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:26 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:27 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:28 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:29 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:30 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:31 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:32 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:33 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:34 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:35 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:36 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:37 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:38 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:39 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:40 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:41 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:42 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:43 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:44 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:45 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:46 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:47 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:48 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:49 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:50 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:51 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:52 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:53 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:54 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:55 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:56 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:57 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:58 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:59 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:60 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:61 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:62 (ESV), Ezekiel 16:63 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-02-27
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My Presumption
I find that I have all the worst qualities of Peter. I know that God has created me like him and that is ok but I hope that at some point I manifest his good qualities too! Boldness and controlling often…
Created 3 months ago
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Who do we say He is?
Who is Christ to us? The World lives to coopt the name of Christ for their own purposes yet vehemently opposes any reference or allegiance to the real Christ. This is seen in pseudo pious references to…
Created 3 months ago
Mark 8:27 (ESV), Mark 8:28 (ESV), Mark 8:29 (ESV), Mark 8:30 (ESV)
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I think I'm blind
What a perplexing passage. I've read this passage numerous times and always wonder why this healing occurred this way. A man's friends bring him to Jesus that He might touch him and be healed, or so it…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 8:22 (ESV), Mark 8:23 (ESV), Mark 8:24 (ESV), Mark 8:25 (ESV), Mark 8:26 (ESV)
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Spiritual Reorientation
This passage came at the right time for me. Do you ever not want to come to the Lord for some reason? I was in a bit of a funk an didn't want to come to Him for comfort. I was betrayed by a close friend…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 8:14 (ESV), Mark 8:15 (ESV), Mark 8:16 (ESV), Mark 8:17 (ESV), Mark 8:18 (ESV), Mark 8:19 (ESV), Mark 8:20 (ESV), Mark 8:21 (ESV)
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One Less Sign
I cannot take credit for this note as I was taught it by my father. Not that I, nor He can truly take credit for any truth we may happen to blindly stumble upon but I thought that I'd at least give credit…
Created 4 months ago
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In Tune with the Lord
As I read this passage I can't help but compare it to the first time Jesus had fed the masses. At that time the disciples came to Jesus with their concerns (and most likely their anxieties) about the…
Created 4 months ago
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The Quiet Nature of Jesus
I've often wrestled back and forth between the ideas of broad and public shows of faith and the quiet workings of a pious life. On one hand the boldness of public works cannot help but bring attention…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 7:31 (ESV), Mark 7:32 (ESV), Mark 7:33 (ESV), Mark 7:34 (ESV), Mark 7:35 (ESV), Mark 7:36 (ESV), Mark 7:37 (ESV)
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Humility and Faith
Can you believe what Jesus said to this woman?! He compared her and her daughter to hungry dogs attempting to steal bread from hungry children. Oh how the real Jesus offends ours modern sensibilities!…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 7:24 (ESV), Mark 7:25 (ESV), Mark 7:26 (ESV), Mark 7:27 (ESV), Mark 7:28 (ESV), Mark 7:29 (ESV), Mark 7:30 (ESV)
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The Heart of Man
What goes into a man cannot defile him. The religion of the day had morphed so dangerously into a set of rigorous dietary guidelines and ceremonial activities. It had lost all meaning and all power for…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 7:14 (ESV), Mark 7:15 (ESV), Mark 7:17 (ESV), Mark 7:18 (ESV), Mark 7:19 (ESV), Mark 7:20 (ESV), Mark 7:21 (ESV), Mark 7:22 (ESV), Mark 7:23 (ESV)
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Doctrines of Men
I was surprised once when actually perusing Leviticus and Deuteronomy at how few laws God actually prescribed. I am not talking about the ceremonial things associated with worship but rather the things…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 7:1 (ESV), Mark 7:2 (ESV), Mark 7:3 (ESV), Mark 7:4 (ESV), Mark 7:5 (ESV), Mark 7:6 (ESV), Mark 7:7 (ESV), Mark 7:8 (ESV), Mark 7:9 (ESV), Mark 7:10 (ESV), Mark 7:11 (ESV), Mark 7:12 (ESV), Mark 7:13 (ESV)
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...touch even the fringe...
God in human flesh made quite a stir. There was no doubt that Jesus was doing something that had never been done. People thronged to see Him and be near even His clothing. Unlike prior prophets who had…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 6:53 (ESV), Mark 6:54 (ESV), Mark 6:55 (ESV), Mark 6:56 (ESV)
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...their hearts were hardened.
There are things that we need to see about ourselves and others. We need to understand how indelibly our sin clings to our hearts. Only Christ and the power of God through His Holy Spirit can wash away…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 6:45 (ESV), Mark 6:46 (ESV), Mark 6:47 (ESV), Mark 6:48 (ESV), Mark 6:49 (ESV), Mark 6:50 (ESV), Mark 6:51 (ESV), Mark 6:52 (ESV)
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How many loaves?
I can't help but think that Christ already knew in His mind the thing He was about to do. So when He speaks to His disciples and asks them the question, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see," I believe…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 6:38 (ESV), Mark 6:39 (ESV), Mark 6:40 (ESV), Mark 6:41 (ESV), Mark 6:42 (ESV), Mark 6:43 (ESV), Mark 6:44 (ESV)
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We Informed God?
I see in this passage something I had not seen before. I find it amusing how the disciples presumed to inform Christ of the situation as if He were unaware or needed advice. But we see no rebuke here.…
Created 5 months ago
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A Prescription for Successful Missions?
I don't think that the point of this passage is to declare that all missionaries renounce worldly goods and live impoverished lives. Do not misunderstand me to say that there aren't some called to this,…
Created 5 months ago
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I am His home town.
I've been a Christian for more than 26 years. I know the right doctrine. I embrace the right creeds. I am able teach it to others. But as I read this passage I am struck by that it is not others that…
Created 5 months ago
Mark 6:1 (ESV), Mark 6:2 (ESV), Mark 6:3 (ESV), Mark 6:4 (ESV), Mark 6:5 (ESV), Mark 6:6 (ESV)
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In God's Timing
I once read a teacher instruct his students that if at some inconvenient time someone sought them out wanting to know the Lord or some other such Spiritual inquiry that they were to cease in their current…
Created 5 months ago
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same today as it was yesterday
One of the beauties of the Psalms is that it shares in our pain and suffering. These are not simply pious tunes to be sung on churchy occasions. They are gut felt cries of desperation. They are pleas…
Created 5 months ago
Psalm 70:1 (ESV), Psalm 70:2 (ESV), Psalm 70:3 (ESV), Psalm 70:4 (ESV), Psalm 70:5 (ESV)
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Resting with the Lord
From the mouth of the Lord we hear the admonition to rest. It was not out of laziness for we know that they were working non stop and would shortly have their rest interrupted further on in the passage.…
Created 5 months ago
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The Moral Authority
We as humans are particularly and predictably susceptible to the sin of pride and the corruption that follows. Here we should see in the King a picture of ourselves. This blessed man with all the wealth…
Created 6 months ago
Mark 6:14 (ESV), Mark 6:15 (ESV), Mark 6:16 (ESV), Mark 6:17 (ESV), Mark 6:18 (ESV), Mark 6:19 (ESV), Mark 6:20 (ESV), Mark 6:21 (ESV), Mark 6:22 (ESV), Mark 6:23 (ESV), Mark 6:24 (ESV), Mark 6:25 (ESV), Mark 6:26 (ESV), Mark 6:27 (ESV), Mark 6:28 (ESV), Mark 6:29 (ESV)
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In service to God and others
What is it that Christ was trying to teach His disciples through this expedition. I am first sure that even in this small little paragraph there will remain truth in abundance despite my attempts to unpack…
Created 6 months ago
Mark 6:7 (ESV), Mark 6:8 (ESV), Mark 6:9 (ESV), Mark 6:10 (ESV), Mark 6:11 (ESV), Mark 6:12 (ESV), Mark 6:13 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-11-07
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-08-22
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-26
