Tag: Truth
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Hard Message to Share, but true!
Heaven, Is That Your Heading, Your Home? Living daily in habitual sin is something many unchurched people do and yet, many do not. Many unchurched people have the desire to be good and to do good works. We have many charities throughout this country that do-good work. However, as the Bible tells us – many…
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Friday was Good!
Hans Holbein (the younger), detail of ‘The Passion’ Altarpiece (1524-25), oil on limewood, Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland. In John’s Gospel we move from Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer directly to the Garden of Gethsemane. You’ll observe some different emphases between John’s Gospel and the Synoptics regarding Jesus’ trails, crucifixion, and resurrection. For example, we see…
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Campbell believed:
“. . . that all matters not distinctly revealed in the Bible should be held as matters of opinion and of mutual tolerance.” Now, I am not a follower of Thomas Campbell. I am a follower of Jesus Christ. But I happen to believe that Campbell was right. I believe we would be better off…
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The Truth:
The truth: The truth is that when you tell people about sin and sinning against God, you hear them get defensive and you will often hear, “God knows that I have done my best. I believe in the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. I try to live by the things that Jesus taught.” They…
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Dark Web
So many of us don’t want to know about Dark things. It is not in the light and as a Christian that means to us Jesus and the truth. The dark web caused me to create a second account on Gmail and additional account on Facebook and still problems with my old email account. I…
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Craving Comfort Food
Researchers at the University of Illinois suggest that most of us crave comfort food when we want to reward ourselves for a job well done. We might turn to comfort foods for other reasons—a fight with someone close to us, a bad day, even an exceptionally good day—but the psychology behind comfort food is consistent:…
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Truth vs Grace
Weekend reflection. People who hold to truth do you know them. They tend to have strong convictions and high standards. The focus is many times to be right. They do not allow for mistakes and growth from learning from these mistakes. The people that are full of Grace. These people are nice to be around…
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Genealogy 1866
I love finding facts about relatives long gone and possibly forgotten. Recently Charles Geronzin who served in Civil War. He was a musician who served in Indiana and Ohio Infantry between 1861 and 1865. I know little but he came to US in 1854 and married and had daughter Ann in 1855. He left Denmark…
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Create in me a pure heart
Psalm 10-19 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach…
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The Lie
I had two aunts that use to tell me that I was fat. I was eating too much. They were always telling me to stop eating. They didn’t tell me I was ugly but they made me feel that way. They didn’t seem to care about my feelings deep inside, it was a outside view.…