Christ
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His Divine Economics
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”— Matthew 13:44 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”— Matthew 6:21 In treasuring Christ our hearts become 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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The Centrality of Christ
The centrality of Christ–born of a woman, lived among us, crucified, and resurrected from the dead to sit at the right hand of God, coming a second time for the full redemption of humanity– is in God’s plan of salvation the most essential truth, the most essential reality, that gives meaning to all created things, Continue reading
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How The Gospel of Christ Heals Body, Mind, and Spirit
“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” Proverbs 16:24 “And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.” Acts 3:16 Continue reading
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Easter: What does it really mean?
Why is it that the Bible does not give us a day to celebrate the resurrection of Christ? There is no command to celebrate or to set aside such a day. There is no historical precedent for it in the New Testament writings after the resurrection of Christ. You have to go beyond the New Continue reading
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Crucified With Christ: What does it mean?
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” ~ Galatians 2.20 NKJV “But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross 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 Asbury Revival: Is this how the Holy Spirit works?
For over 2 weeks, there is a “revival” at Asbury University and Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. Day-and-night, the chapel has been open and filled for singing, praying, and just hanging out. Continual, repetitive phrases are sung, mantra like, united with clapping, shouts of “praise,” swaying bodies, and not a little jumping up and down. Some Continue reading
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Your Father Hears You
A friend shared this wonderful quote on Facebook which I thought to give another reading here. Life is too often a struggle for no more reason than not trusting our heavenly Father to meet our needs in Christ. By his blood of the cross Christ has secured all of heavens blessedness for us. “In Him Continue reading
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For Sasha / Sonya Sargent Hitchens
Dear Sasha….this will be my open reply to your blog. I write it here to share with others too. (You can read Sasha’s blog here.} Christmas blessings, again. Thank you for the mention in your blog today. I am thankful to have met you too. We share in spirit if not in all our interests. 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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