“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash “In coming to Christ we do not bring our old life up onto a higher plane; we leave it at the cross.” – AW Tozer “The time is fulfilled, the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the gospel.” - Jesus Christ, as recorded in Mark 1:15 …
“In speaking of “a new covenant,” he has made the first one obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.” Hebrews 8:13 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did …
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“…However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8 Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus' final entrance into Jerusalem. As he rode into the city on a donkey, many of the residents and visitors to the city spread palm branches and coats before Him. The people were hoping the coming Messiah …
“All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.” E. M Bounds “Christ is Lord and can make any demands upon us that He chooses, even to the point of requiring that we deny ourselves and bear the cross daily. The mighty anointing …
The advent of our Savior is truly a great adventure. “Advent” is the root word for adventure, giving the impression of the arrival or appearance of something risky and wondrous. The Advent we celebrate has a wild and risky edge to it, because our God has always chosen wildness as one of His trademarks. Listen …
"The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light." - John Hagee “Christianity is a daily supernatural experience with your Father God, not a set of rules” - Robin Bremer “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there …
“The Kingdom of God is where we belong. It is home, and whether we realize it or not, I think we are all of us homesick for it." ― Frederick Buechner Isaiah 2:2-5 “ In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be …
"The Chronicles of Narnia,” CS Lewis’ allegorical explanation of our life in this world, follows the adventures of four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie. These four children “accidentally” discover a magical world, the Kingdom of Narnia, and a host of amazing people and creatures who are all laboring under a spell of evil. …
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Here it is, Good Friday, 2017. A day of solemn joy. Solemn as I think of the tremendous price paid by my God to ransom me from a death I deserve. To release me from a bondage to rebellion against Him. To restore me to fellowship and communion with Himself. And He paid that price …
He had fallen and landed on a ledge. He needed help. I had a group of student climbers out on the rock for an all-day class on leading and anchors. I could see another party on the rock to my left. One of their members was laying on a ledge a little way down from …
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