Category: Devotional
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On the Incarnation, a 24 day Advent reading plan
The Christian year restarted on Sunday with the first Sunday of advent, beginning a period of expectant hope in the second coming of Christ. One of my resolutions this Advent is to contemplate more the incarnation through the book On the Incarnation by Athanasius (298-373), one of the most important books in church history. The…
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Cast Away the Works of Darkness
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his…
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Good Friday
Good Friday is the day where we as Christians remember that Jesus Christ died. And for Christians, this day is the day where Christians remember the pivotal moment of human history where God effected the means of the redemption of humanity. Good Friday celebrates death, because Christianity says that by death of one, the many…
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The Hands and Feet of Christ
As it is, there are many members, yet one body. . . . Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. I Corinthians 12.20,27 As Christians we have an interesting phrase as a reminder of our personhood as Christians: “you are the hands and feet of Christ in the world.” And…
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A Struggle with Doubt
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. –Mark 9.24 Have you ever dealt with doubt, real doubt? I have and occasionally I still do; occasionally there are nights where I look up at the ceiling and question “is what I say even true, is God really there, does he actually love me?” and I can…
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Labels and Love
Christianity is a religion of labels, so much so that in many ways I feel so unfree to explore in public the ultimate metaphysical question of “what is reality” or “what is truth.” If we are honest with ourselves, labels are stereotypes that undermine a culture of grace making a culture of labeling one of…
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Glory to God, Forever and Ever
Liturgy, the patterns of pubic worship in a church, is an interesting thing. For many Christians, especially evangelicals, the idea of a formalized mode of worship is an idea that is utterly foreign. Set prayer? Standing / sitting / kneeling in unison? Processions? Creeds? What are these things? Liturgy as a whole is just outside…
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Easter Joy
Today is Easter. Where historically Good Friday has been a day of remembering how undeserving we are of the cross, Easter has always been a joyous remembrance of our risen Lord and the joy of our hope in him. Remember today that “there is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For…
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Hope and Peace, 1 Corinthians 15.55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? I Corinthians 15.55 KJV I was thinking about this verse today because I think that I often forget what it really means to have eternal life. Paul exhorted us in Colossians 3 to “let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts [1]”…
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Comments on John 8:32
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32, KJV, modernized This verse is the sum of the Christian understanding of freedom. What is freedom? It is commonly said that “I have the right to do ‘x’” or that “freedom is the capacity to exercise will,” usually in reference…
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