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Parts of doing good:  love, affection, honor, prayer, hospitality, caring for each other’s needs, preferring each other

January 6, 2025 1 Comment

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another; not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer; contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Emotions, God's purpose for us, Human Rationality, In the Church, Love each other, Meaning of Unity, Restoration of God's Image, Restoration of our Relationships, The Kingdom is all around us, The Kingdom of the Heavens, To be in his image, To live in unity

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About “Turn, Turn, Turn” by “The Byrds”

August 20, 2024 0 Comments

This is my fear and my hope. There is a time to dance, although I could never dance. There is a time to hug each other. There is a time for peace. There is a time to love. Will that time come during my lifetime? I do not know.

A God who Speaks, Background Information, Changed treatment of each other, Confession and Repentance, Confession of Sin, Forgive as we forgive, forgiveness and mercy, God is Love, Love each other, Personal Background, Quarrels, Repentance, Restoration of our Relationships, Through music, Through others, To be his ambassadors, To live in unity, Uncategorized

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My Response to “The Rose”

August 20, 2024 0 Comments

So dare I hope so late as now
Toward the end of my life
That, beneath all of the ice and snow
Atop my frozen grave
When the sun’s love clears the cold stone
There will yet lie the seed
That in the spring becomes the rose?.

Background Information, Leaving Our First Love, Personal Background, Uncategorized

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“I Want to Be Forgotten!”

December 10, 2022 1 Comment

A rebellion against the power of death, written as a tribute to two important people in my life who have left this existence in recent Decembers.

God's purpose for us, Salvation, To be in his image, To bear fruit, To see God's glory, Ultimate reality, Victory, What is God's Word

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A Poem and a Hymn About Futility, Death and Hope

January 18, 2021 1 Comment

I am posting a new poem I recently wrote, the most complete text I am able to find of an old Isaac Watts hymn, and some related scriptures, all on the subjects of death and the futility of “success” in this life. God is our only hope.

Background Information, Eternity, Peril of Seeking Numbers, Personal Background, The Invisible God's Self-Existence, Victory

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Memorial Day: The Case for Mourning

May 25, 2020 4 Comments

There are those who say that a good Christian should always rejoice because of anything that happens, and must never grieve. These people are wrong. Our instructions are to grieve physical death, and to grieve the sinful condition of our world that leads to it, as God himself does, but to do so in a way that expresses our hope in the resurrection. Do not deny grief, but show hope in grief. Groaning is not a sin.

Emotions, Eternity Present, Human Rationality, Jesus the Son, Restoration of God's Image, Son of Man, To be his ambassadors, To be in his image, Trinity, Uncategorized, Victory

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