Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
“I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.” Revelation 3:20 (GNT) From this well-known, maybe overused, but hopefully not worn-out passage, many spiritual applications have been made. Jesus knocking, us hearing …
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I guess all loss is unplanned and unwelcomed. It happens nevertheless, and when it does it is a good idea to what lessons we might learn and blessings we might acquire. I mentioned my Buddy, Chemo who hurt me to help me, and then my Birthmark, the evidence of God’s love when I entered his …
When I lost almost everything important to me a few years ago, in my quest to survive, I found myself learning things I didn’t realize were out there to be learned. In part one I talked about the surprise of meeting a new friend – a Buddy – named “Chemo.” Here I’m going to tell …
I’m a huge loser. I’ve lost huge amounts of stuff, and I’m not talking about stuff like car keys or socks (always just one per pair) in the dryer. In a single two-month period I lost my marriage (of thirty-three years), my ministry (I was pastoring a nice little church in beautiful beach town in …
This is the final post on the missteps of the early church Apostles as recorded in Acts. If you want to know what I think about the accuracy of their writings (the Epistles) you'll have to go back and read part one where I talked about that. But that hasn't been my theme. I'm merely …
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