Righteousness by Faith
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A Gospel Word: For The Many It Concerns and the Few Who Believe it
[Reposted from my Facebook page, written earlier today.] Do you know the meaning, significance, and necessity of “imputed” righteousness? (Romans 4:8,11,22-24, 5:23). The word appears in the King James Version of these texts. More modern Bible versions have updated the term(s) so you may not be familiar with them. But it is still used in Continue reading
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The Blessing No One Wants
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.— Matthew 5:11-12 Jesus is not saying you are blessed when someone reviles Continue reading
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Being A Theologian of the Cross
A Reply… In replying to a question on one of my Facebook posts, where I referred to the experience of darkness in the Christian’s life, my life, I posted the following. I thought I would offer it here, being the preacher, disciple, and theologian of the cross that I am. ———————————– “The theology of the Continue reading
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Christian Morality and the Righteousness of Christ
Christian morality is rooted in the character of God as revealed in Christ. It is not an achievement by which we are considered righteous, rather, it is the fruit that is born by those who are already righteous through faith in the blood of Christ. To act right we must first be right with God. Continue reading
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What is the Word of God to us?
Jesus is the Word of God, “made flesh to dwell among us”. Only those who love the word of God while living here, the Word who is spirit and life to us, will find happiness and eternal life in His presence above. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was Continue reading
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Repentance
Here below are two passages of scripture for our meditation and instruction in the faith of Christ. I bring them to you after the Lord brought them to me this morning, to meet my own need for a deeper repentance, that I might see my sin as He sees it and that He may yet 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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The Gospel in Cosmic Conflict: The Book of Romans and the Apocalypse
I woke up today with a burden for the gospel, for offering a message about the gospel in these last days, specifically what I’ve been teaching in the Book of Romans and how it applies to the Apocalyptic themes of the Book of Revelation. It is a message for the Here and Now that was Continue reading
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In Those Days
A Bible reading and message from the book of Jeremiah 31: 31-34. I recorded this while on the road at Hart County Public Library, Munfordville, Kentucky. Heading back home tonight after an overnight trip driving an Amish family. Yesterday my 2008 Envoy stuck in 4 wheel drive, a problem with the shift motor. Found a Continue reading
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What’s up there? What’s going on?
This is a video I made today while in the park on Sabbath. It’s a message about the sanctuary of God, the one he commanded Moses to make that was made after the true Tabernacle in heaven. Why did God do that and what is he doing in his holy Temple? Why should it matter 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.
Crucified Hearts 