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A Complex God
God is complex. That's the bottom line. The minute we think we've got him figured out, he does something off our map and we ask ourselves, "Can he do that?" The answer is always "Yes". Many people are…
Created 4 months ago
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Walking Around in Circles
I spend a lot of my time walking in circles. I've got some great plans, but sometimes they fall apart or get interrupted and I seem to walk in circles. While I could write another article about breaking…
Created 4 months ago
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A Reoccurring Theme
"If I said it once, I've said it a hundred times!" Yea, we've all heard that a few times in our lives. And as much as we dread hearing those words, they are true. The important things in live are repeated…
Created 4 months ago
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A Successful Transition Plan
Steve Jobs recently died leaving his company in the hands of people he probably hired. It's a scary thought to see something you've spent so much time nurturing and protecting in the hands of others…
Created 4 months ago
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God's Screenplay
When I see an action movie I always smile a bit when the details all align to create the highest level of suspense. The hero trips while escaping his attacker so as to keep the chase close. But that's…
Created 5 months ago
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Our Passover Lamb
It is amazing to see God weaving together his story of salvation over a thousand years before Jesus was born. Choosing a lamb without blemish (Ex. 12:5) whose bones were not to be broken (Ex. 12:46).…
Created 5 months ago
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Civil Disobedience
There's a lot of actions claiming to be civil disobedience that is anything but civil. Whether it is "Tea Party" or the "99 percent" group, some rightful protest turn uncivil when anger takes the lead.…
Created 5 months ago
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Looking Far and Wide
When Abraham wanted to find a wife for his son, he didn't put an ad in the personals. In fact, he didn't want his son to marry any of the local girls because they weren't of Abraham's people. It wasn't…
Created 5 months ago
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You Gotta Be Crazy?
We've all said it before. "You gotta be crazy!" Someone asked us to do or say something that seemed sure to bring the hammer down on us. So we blurted it out, "You gotta be crazy!" We don't have any…
Created 5 months ago
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Who Is Watching Out For Ishmael?
I've got mixed feelings about Ishmael. He was not God's intended heir and therefore he was rejected by God to fulfill that role. It was important that the people of Israel be formed through the linage…
Created 5 months ago
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Why Are You Laughing?
Have you ever know someone who laughed all the time? You just wondered what was so good in their lives that made them laugh so much. Or you might have wondered if you were doing something embarrassing…
Created 5 months ago
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This and That
It's a phrase that most often means a whole lot of nothing. "What have you been doing?" "You know, this and that." But in this instance "this and that" means much much more. God came to Abram reminding…
Created 5 months ago
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A Dishonorable Moment for An Honorable Man
Don't get me wrong - there's a lot to admire about Abraham. He will prove himself to be a man of great faith and a honorable man of God, but in these early years, his record is spotty. So he heads to…
Created 5 months ago
Genesis 12:11 (ESV), Genesis 12:12 (ESV), Genesis 12:13 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-05
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Picture Pefect
I love to photograph nature. In fact, when I come a cross a beautiful scene my first thought is, "where's my camera?" I want to capture the view to remember and show to others. But Paul said our first…
Created 5 months ago
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Out of the Whirlwind
I've never had the horror of living through a hurricane or tornado, although I've seen the aftermath of both and stand in awe of their power. A few years ago we experienced a "derecho", what we in Southern…
Created 5 months ago
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From Good to Bad
How quickly things can change from good to bad. At the completion of creation, God said, "it is very good!" But now just a few verses and possibly days after that great event, we see different descriptive…
Created 5 months ago
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A Holy Day?
I've always been intrigued with the Sabbath of the Old Testament and how it has all but disappeared from modern Christendom. Dispensational Theology easily jettisons the Sabbath as a relic from the Old…
Created 5 months ago
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And It Was So
Five times in this story of creation Moses states the obvious. God gave orders and "it was so". The story of creation makes one important point. Everything that is began with God. He is the all powerful…
Created 5 months ago
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Up and Down
Hebrews 1 and 2 wonderfully paints the portrait of the conflicting natures of Jesus. He is the highly exalted one, creator of all, heir of the Father, ruler on the throne. And yet for our sake he is…
Created 10 months ago
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because you said so
What faith to respond like this. Not "because it makes sense" or "because you've explained it" but simply because you said so. May I live my life with that kind of trusting faith.
Created about 1 year ago
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Left Standing At The Door
It's happened to me before. I drop by to visit someone and knock on their door. I hear some muffled noise inside but no on ever opens the door. I wait uncomfortably for a few minutes, knock again and…
Created about 1 year ago
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Am I Strong or Weak
Paul's discussion of the weak and strong believer made me ask the question, "Which one am I?" Of course, I always want to assume I'm the strong believer, but the reality is that at times I'm both. Actually,…
Created about 1 year ago
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John 3:20
John 3:20 (ESV)
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-05
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Exposed
What's it like to be exposed? Fearful, Shameful. What's it like to never fear being exposed?
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-01
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John 1:14
John 1:14 (ESV)
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2010-12-25
Scott Cody
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- Illinois
