Tag: suffering
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Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
Roger is born again in the Holy Spirit! I owned a business just across the parking lot and cemetery next to the church where we worshiped each Sunday. It is the church where our daughter was baptized and where I read scripture and ministered communion to shut-ins. I made the short pilgrimage down the sidewalk…
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Reflections: Jerusalem – a city of sacrifice
[ Lament over Jerusalem ] “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! – words of Christ Jesus – Mathew 23:37 The Temple of…
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COMPLAINT!
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just 6 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! Ever had a bad day? The Lord had already put on my heart to write from Job’s experience as continuation for our Lenten preparation in consideration of the cost of…
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Saints & Martyrs; Bishops & Pawns – 2
1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Yet as the Lord lives, evil reigns in the dark places of the lands. No man: rich or poor, Arab or Jew, Westerner or Easterner, religious or godless – no…
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Endurance Toward the Cross
…let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame… Hebrews 12:1b-2a Jesus had walked… for three years (by comparison to eternity, a blink of an eye). Having been handed the…
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Shin
Psalm 119 English Standard Version (ESV) Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet Sin and Shin [Schin] 161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. Consider for a moment, authority; both legitimate and illegitimate. Government: leaders and those with power over other people. Explanation of “Princes,” used here holds complexity…
