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Shootout at the Spring
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the SpringShootout at the Spring Episode Twenty Nancy Nancy washed the last dish from the previous two days and set it on a towel to drain. She had not eaten a big meal at supper time, and so there weren’t that many dishes to wash. She was mostly trying to find…
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Comments on Philippians
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 10 “…that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,” There is a bit of now and not yet in this verse. Paul wants to know Jesus in the here and now, in his everyday…
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Welcoming the Holy Spirit
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Continue reading →: Welcoming the Holy SpiritWelcoming the Holy Spirit How would you describe your relationship with the Holy Spirit? Would you say you know about the Holy Spirit or that you know the Holy Spirit? When you were baptized the Holy Spirit of God came to live in you. What was that like for you?…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 9 “…and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—” Paul doubles down on separating his present following of Christ from his previous following…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 8 “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ…” Listen to what Paul is saying. “I…
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No Blog Friday
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Continue reading →: No Blog FridayThere will be no blog Friday. Grandson getting married. Philippians will resume next Monday. Shootout a day earlier for those fans.
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Shootout at the Spring
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the SpringShootout at the Spring Episode Nineteen The two lawmen cleaned the campsite, and in minutes, everyone and everything was loaded up. The small caravan set out across the river. The water rose to the horses’ cinch straps when they reached the middle of the current. Luckily, Old Joe was tall…
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Lectio Divina
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Continue reading →: Lectio DivinaLectio Divina One of the oldest methods of Bible study is referred to as Lectio Divina. It was practiced for many years among monks and other scholars. It disappeared for a while as new methods arose but has recently had a revival. It is a simple method but very effective…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 7 “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.” Paul had accomplished much in the Jewish religious world. The Judaizing teachers in Philippi knew this all too well. Perhaps they though Paul would be inclined to agree with their position because of…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 6 “…as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.” Paul wants the Philippians to know he was not ever lukewarm or casual about his belief as a Jewish follower of the law. He was all in, every law, every tradition…
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