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Dear Friends, Once again, my thoughts return to the topic of fear in the Bible. I keep saying it’s the last post about fear…and then it isn’t. But as I said at the beginning of this series, “fear-” and “afraid” appear a combined 717 times in the King James Bible. So […]

A blindness of our time

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“I do not fear death” Dear Friends, Jesus did not leave His gleaming white throne, come all the way down from the halls of eternity to this cursed earth, take on a humble human form, and purchase you with His own blood so you could be…kinda sorta free. Unfinished business […]

On being freer

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Dear Friends, They shall not pass. THIS is power Jesus describes Satan as the father of lies (John 8:44), which makes perfect sense given that Satan invented lying (“Ye shall not surely die:”). In order to better resist his advances, we need to keep our eyes fixed on the truth; case […]

Epic Fail

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[1Ti 6:12 KJV] 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. My dear friend, you’ve been called out to fight. Are you coming? Pippin comes out to fight A clip from the […]

They’d called us out to fight

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Dear Friends, For a limited time, you can upgrade to Premium. . Today In recent posts, I’ve discussed various fears that we encounter along life’s journey, and how those fears can help us make better decisions. In what will probably be my last post in this series, I want to […]

The Cloud or its Rider?

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“The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.” ― Oswald Chambers (1) This quote conveys an important truth about the fear of the Lord. In early 2019, I wrote three posts on this […]

God feared

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I’m on a transcontinental train ride that takes several days. As I mingle with the passengers (imagine this is long after the coronavirus infections/deaths have subsided!), with whom do I most deeply identify? Is it the one who matches my… …views on coronavirus …views on vaccines …taste in movies or […]

A question that might be good for Christians to ponder

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This guy saves children from brothels. Born to Give: A Missionary’s Story of Purpose, Freedom and Miracles in India He aptly expresses something I was trying to figure out how to say. So I will just quote him…but first, one Bible verse! [Tit 3:1 KJV] 1 Put them in mind […]

Be safe?

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When you sit down to eat, it’s an opportunity to remember that you are loved. You are cared for. You are special. When you are young, you might sit down and look up at your parents and bask in their love. But at any age, you can sit down and […]

I have enough

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