Incarnation of Christ
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The Word of Life
Jesus taught us to pray like this: “Our Father in heaven…Give us this day our daily bread”. Matthew 6:9,11 What food is to the body so is the Word of God to the soul. As often as we must eat our food we must consume the word of God to have His Life in ourselves. Continue reading
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Bonhoeffer: The Image of God is Christ Crucified
The following passage by Dietrich Bonhoeffer is from his book, part of the last chapter, in The Cost of Discipleship. It is the truest and most profound theology, a theology of the cross, the theology of “Christ in us the hope of glory”, a theology of Emmanuel, the incarnate Lord Jesus Christ who is “God Continue reading
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Behold the Man!
“Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!”— John 19:5 I’ll offer a selected passage below, from a church paper of 1899, as a devotional reading on the benefits of Christ’s humiliation and suffering for our redemption. I have found in my own Continue reading
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A Christian Thinks Of Christmas
“What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice….— Philippians 1:18 Traditions, ceremonies, and rituals of any type have motivations and effects far beyond what many of us think about today. They are intertwined in the nature of Continue reading
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Another Christmas Reading (audio only)
Here is another Bible reading, on my podcast, on the birth of Christ in the books of Luke, Matthew, and the Book of Revelation. Why these three will be apparent in the reading. I hope this finds you blessed in Christ for the holidays and the celebration of his birth. https://anchor.fm/jan-mckenzie/episodes/The-birth-of-Christ-reading-and-reflection-e1sh38k Continue reading
About Me
A Christian, thinking, vlogging, and writing online. I live elsewhere as well. I follow the theology of the cross in the faith and practice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Formerly a pastor in Europe and America, now living semi-retired in Kentucky (U.S.), driving for the Amish and in-home carer.
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