Suffering
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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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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 Movement Toward The Cross
I began to write and then begin to move… One thing I’ve learned in my studies: I’ve known more truth than I have been able to live, by quite a bit actually. Of course this raises the question that if you’re not able to live the truth do you really know it? For the kind 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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Slaves, Priest, Kings of Blood
Christ has purchased us with his own blood. By paying the redemption price, to set us free from our slavery to sin, He has reconciled us to God. “You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.” (1 Cor. 7:23) Again it is said: “For you have been bought with a price: 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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From My Morning Reading….
A Bible text and passage on God’s purposes and presence in our sorrows, trials, and self-examination of the heart. Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that 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 