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Part 2: Evangelistic and Missional Living
No one can be evangelistic or missional at all without reflecting the love of Christ. As the Evangel Jesus Christ acts and interacts...
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Apr 138 min read
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Part 1: Evangelistic and Missional Living
The word "evangel" comes from the Greek "euangelion", meaning "good news" or "gospel". Jesus Christ is the embodiment of the "good news"...
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Mar 277 min read
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Living Christmas
Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Ode To The Christ Child
Song of Solomon 8:5 "Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?" Her Beloved, the Lover of her soul......
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Dec 24, 20241 min read
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Framing Christmas
Isaiah 46:10 "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall...
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Dec 23, 20242 min read
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Advance of the Christ Child
Galatians 4:4 “But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law.” No eye saw, and no ear...
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Dec 22, 20241 min read
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A Last Word
My dearly beloved, I your mom, have written all that is in this devotional book "that you may believe... and that believing you may have...
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Nov 27, 20242 min read
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Providence Letter
"I have set the Lord before me, He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved, I shall stand firm." (Psalm 16:8) My Dear Ones, I love this...
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Nov 26, 20242 min read
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Thoughts on Prayer (5)
"rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer" (Romans 12:12). Prayer conceived as merely a formal time of...
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Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Thoughts on Prayer (4)
"The Pharisee stood and prayed.... ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax...
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Nov 24, 20242 min read
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Thoughts on Prayer (3)
"The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands." (Psalm...
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Nov 23, 20242 min read
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Thoughts On Prayer (2)
"The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call on Him in truth ." (Psalm 145:18) Prayers often reveal preoccupation with...
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Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Thoughts On Prayer (1)
" the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through...
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Nov 21, 20241 min read
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Election Day Letter of 2024
"The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest of (mankind) are exalted" (Psalm 12:8). Dearest Ones, Psalm 12:8 isn't a justification...
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Nov 5, 20242 min read
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Election Day Letter of 2020
"Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord...
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Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Election Day Letter of 2016
"The Lord will perfect (complete) all that concerns me (pertains to me); Your mercy, O Lord endures forever: forsake not the works of...
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Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Election Day Letter of 2012
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help." (Ps. 146:3) My dearly beloved, these thoughts apply at...
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Nov 2, 20242 min read
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Follow Me: Focus (3)
"Then Peter, turning about, saw the disciple Jesus loved following and said, "Lord, and what shall this man do?" Jesus saith unto him, If...
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
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Follow Me: The Paradox (2)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you sorted yourself and went wherever you wanted to: but when you are elderly, you will...
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Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Follow Me: The Contradiction (1)
Jesus said, "Peter do you love me?". Peter said, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love You". Jesus said, "Feed my lambs". Jesus said a second...
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Oct 30, 20242 min read
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