Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
These are some of my musings about God’s mysteries. Love to hear some of yours.
Change it up By change it up I don’t mean make changes in the Bible you read – as in edit Scripture – but change up the way you read it, although, you might consider reading a different version, either temporarily or permanently. I find when I use another version that I notice all kinds …
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Did your hear about the rabbi – no, this isn’t a joke – who always said if you study the Torah, it would put Scripture on your heart. One of his students asked him, “Why on our hearts, and not in them?” He answered, “Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading it can put …
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Read it for how to behave not just what to believe… “The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we as Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand we are obliged to …
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I remember the very first time I ever opened a Bible. I even know the date: August 19, 1972. I remember it because it was the day before I decided to follow Jesus. I took the Bible that I never intended to open with me to this beautiful, yet rustic spot overlooking a canyon where …
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God is throwing a perpetual party and is not stingy with his invitations or picky about where he posts them. You might even say he’s careless with them and prodigally hospitable! Though I wrote an essay a while back called “God’s Passionate Pursuit of People” in which I developed this in some length, I wanted …
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