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What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
We’ve all seen paintings of Jesus leading us to wonder how he really looked. Though not offering us much, Isaiah prophesied what the Lord’s appearance was going to be with a snippet of information… He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. Isaiah 53:2 (ESV)… Continue reading
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The Least Famous Verse in the Bible
I don’t know if the above headline is absolutely true, but the following verse has got to be in contention for one of the least famous in the Scriptures… Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who… Continue reading
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Two Prayer Requests in Act II of My Life
Enjoyed some good conversations with my college kids over this weekend. Delightful. Josh mentioned the blessing of being used by God – and there is no greater blessing, really. It is what led Zechariah’s wife Elizabeth to call her cousin Mary, the mother of Jesus, “blessed”. After all, Mary wasn’t blessed because she was rich (she had more… Continue reading
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Keep An Eye On Yourself, And This Is How…
Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 2 John 1:8 (ESV) It’s a good idea to keep an eye on yourself. Not only did John tell us this, but Paul told Timothy to do the same… Keep a close watch on yourself and… Continue reading
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Thanking God for the CERTAINTY of Eternal Life
Some ideas blow your world apart, and 33 years ago, I heard such an idea when I was at West Point on bivouac. Bob Maruna, an upper class cadet, stopped by my tent and told me I could know whether I was going to heaven. I had never heard such a thing before, but it is… Continue reading
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Test the Spirits to See Whether They Are From God
Don’t believe everything you hear. This truth, coming either from a pastor or a parent is good advice, and it’s the advice that the Apostle John passes on to his followers: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the… Continue reading
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Understanding the Depth of God’s Love
If you want to think about incredibly deep love, it’s hard to do better than parental love. Most parents who are not caught up in addiction or extreme self-centeredness will ascribe deep, deep love for their sons and daughters. It’s only natural and right. And with this in mind, we probably don’t make enough of the… Continue reading
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What Does It Mean To Be “God’s Chosen People”?
For 8 years I led a Bible study for inmates at “the Walls”, the castle-like maximum security prison in the middle of Waupun. During this time, one of the most interesting characters I met was neither a guard nor an inmate but another prison “minister” like me, an orthodox Rabbi not surprisingly named Moshe (Moses). Moshe was a delightful… Continue reading
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Do You Have a Fire in Your Bones?
There are moments during worship at Edgewood when I just can’t wait to get up behind the pulpit and start preaching. It often happens when we’re all singing (and the worship through song is great at our church), and true confessions, I just can’t wait for it to be over because I’ve got something that… Continue reading
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The Ultimate “Compliment” That Peter Paid To Paul
There is a wonderful little insight that comes at the end of 2 Peter, and it has to do with how we come to know that the New Testament is the Word of God. Peter is discussing the Apostle Paul’s writings, and what he says is almost funny: “There are some things in them that are… Continue reading
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