Category: Bible
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Distorted
File this one under Greenbean’s failing memory. Sunday (June 11) I preached the second of three sermons from Matthew 25. The sermons are about the end of the world, but not in an apocalyptic way, more in the cautionary narrative tone Jesus uses in this chapter which Matthew puts right after the frightening Olivet Discourse,…
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Beings of Light: A Poem
I’m going to cheat a bit. Today is national poetry day, so I am sharing a poem I recently wrote for my WIP. The poem is based on John 12:25-36. Beings of Light Darkness is real. That much everyone agrees is true.People cn’t seeBlind to realityYoung and old stumble and fallInto the void we callBloodied…
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Ash Wednesday – 2023
Today is the first day of Lent. A primary activity of the Lenten season (not the only, but primary) is fasting. Christ-followers should fast. Jesus clearly expects it of us for he tells us, But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but…