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That River in Egypt: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:1-9)

Denial!  It is the tool of choice for avoiding unpleasantness for so many of us.  We simply act as if what is most unpleasant does not exist.  We go about our day with the nagging reality of what is

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Any Questions?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 9:30-32)

Don’t you just love it at the end of a class or some other presentation, with five minutes left to go, the presenter says, “Any questions?”  Silence is all that usually follows.  Sometimes

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Easy Following: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 8:34-38)

You’ve heard of “easy listening.”  How about “easy following”?  What is it in us that thinks following Jesus is an option, or that anything less than radically following

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Dangerous, Healing Truth: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 4:21-25)

Is there any danger in hearing the truth?  God judges us by how we respond to His light. Jesus has begun teaching in parables because his listeners are not really wanting to understand his message. 

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Family Is Everything: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 3:31-35)

Family is everything.  We hear that all the time.  But what if your family doesn’t believe what you believe about the biggest issues of life?  What if your family is actually against you?  What

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Daily Thoughts from Mark: The Twelve and Us (Mark 3:13-21)

And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them

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Daily Thoughts from Mark: Fishing for People (Mark 1:16-20)

Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become

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Daily Thoughts from Mark: Repent and Believe (Mark 1:14-15)

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” (Mark

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Daily Thoughts from Jonah: Make Me (Jonah 1:17-2:10)

And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.  Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I

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Daily Thoughts from Titus: Instruction and DNA (6)

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward

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Daily Thoughts from Philippians (21): Standing Man – Philippians 4:8,9

I was in a class this morning and one of our participants mentioned that during a very difficult time in his life he decided he ought to see a therapist.  The therapist asked him to take the next week

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Daily Thoughts from Philippians (18): The Good Mold – Philippians 3:17-21

I’m reading John Glenn: A Memoir and Glenn speaks eloquently about his childhood examples of how people should lead their lives and especially, for him, about how men should conduct themselves. 

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Daily Thoughts from Philppians (16): Knowing Christ – Philippians 3:8-11

Rick Szczepanski offers a scholarship in honor of his wife, the Mary J Szczepanski, the “Never Give Up” MS Scholarship.  He offers it to seniors at Catholic Central, Kenowa Hills, Covenant

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Daily Thoughts from Philippians (13): Your Modeling Career – Philippians 2:17-24

Donnetta Cole is a wife, mother of two and works part time as a registered nurse. She also serves in various ministries of her church from working with the youth, ministering to young moms, leading the

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Daily Thoughts from Acts: Clear Vision (Acts 19:11-20)

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits

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