Category: Following Christ
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What Happened at the Empty Tomb?
In a previous post (6/18/2021), we explored what happened at the tomb – or, to say it better, while the body of Jesus was still in the tomb. As we already know, it did not stay there very long. Let’s take a fresh look at the story of the empty tomb. Shortly before dawn on the first day of the…
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Winning the Match
Our part in His plan will not be as pivotal in history as Jacob’s, but it will be pivotal for somebody, or a group of somebodies, somewhere.
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What Happened at the Tomb?
In this post, as part of the “What Happened at” series, I want to take a brief look at what happened during the three days the body of Jesus was in the tomb. A lot of attention was given to Jesus’ burial in the Gospels. You might call it a record of the “chain of…
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What Happened at the Cross?
What happened at the cross? Easy answer – a lot. Many books have been written and have yet to be written on all that was accomplished on the cross where Christ was crucified. It was the most significant event in human history. The effects of what happened on those bloody pieces of wood echo throughout eternity. I could…
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What Happened At Gethsemane?
I know Passion Week and Easter are long past – but I am posting this now because it is always important to look at what happened to the people who were participants in that central week of human history. It is important because what happened to them all happened for you. The events that happened in the days before…
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Equations
I grew up around math aficionados – a father and brother who were engineers, a sister who was trained as an accountant (also married to a scientist), and my late wife – who was a nurse and was very good with numbers. I was the misfit. I could add, multiply, divide and subtract easily, but when it came…
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Abundantly Available
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,…
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My Father’s World
One of my favorite songs is one made famous by Louis Armstrong – “What a Wonderful World.” Among other things, it speaks of trees of green, red roses, skies of blue, clouds of white, the bright blessed day, and the dark sacred night. Although the song does not credit God outright for these blessings, it magnifies…
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Waking Up
Sleep is a necessary thing and Scripture speaks positively about it at times (Psalm 127:2), but mostly negatively (Proverbs 6:9,10) because it can keep us from duties about which we should be busy. It can become an easy alternative to the unpleasant things in life. Two things happen when we sleep. First, we are dulled to…
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A Hero’s Tale
Legend tells us that, when Claudius II was emperor of Rome, he was looking for a way to improve and enlarge his army. He felt that unmarried men made better soldiers than those with wives and families. That is why he outlawed marriage for young men – his crop of potential soldiers. There was a…
Musings of a Follower 