Discipleship
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The Cost of Discipleship (and the blessings)
Jesus knew the cost, and the blessings, to himself and for his disciples. Do we? Do I? “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.”– The Apostle Paul, Philippians 3:7 “It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.”– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Continue reading
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Filled With The Spirit of God
Being filled with the Spirit of God is not an optional experience for an elite or special group of Christians. The Spirit-filled life is the normal Christian life, the highest privilege of the Christian, yet one that is often misunderstood or neglected, as if it were an add-on experience, something only available to ministers, missionaries, Continue reading
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The Fellowship of His Sufferings
Jesus suffers with the suffering ones, “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief”. He was wounded for our transgressions and with his stripes we are healed. He is the wounded healer who will for eternity bear the scars of loving us, serving us, “even unto death”. We will know the King in heaven by Continue reading
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Know Thyself
There is only one way to truly know yourself and be just before God. Here are some collected quotes on the subject… “No man can of himself understand his errors. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9. The lips may express a poverty of soul that Continue reading
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An Old Way For The New Year
So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!”— John 19:5 Perhaps in this transition between the old year and the new, your reevaluations and your dreams have caused you to think about the meaning of things, even the meaning of your life. Let Continue reading
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A Video / Psalm 88: The darkest Psalm that brings light to the soul in despair
This is a 37 minute video I recorded on Psalm 88, a reading and commentary, that not only attempts to open up this darkest Psalm, but with some thoughts on the larger volume of Psalms and how to read them with understanding. This is a follow-up video to my confession of mental illness in depression 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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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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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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The Big Truth About Little Things
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.— Luke 16:10 I came across the following passage during my devotional time today. It is especially meaningful to me because it takes me into repentance. So 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 