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The Confessing Church: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 2:1-7)
In 1933, the Catholic Church had viewed the Nazis as a barrier to the spread of communism from Russia. In this year, Hitler and the Catholic Church signed an agreement that he would not interfere with
Continue reading...Visions of Jesus: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:12-16)
Can you imagine being suddenly confronted with a vision of the risen Jesus? Does he still do that? Will he really appear to someone today? He certainly can and he has appeared to Paul and others have claimed
Continue reading...Embarrassed by Judgment: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:5b-8)
The judgment of God is perhaps for many of us the hardest aspect of the gospel to discuss. Maybe we aren’t even supposed to talk about it, or at least, that is the decision some have made. It puts
Continue reading...Alive Again: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 16:1-8)
The evidence for the resurrection from the dead of Jesus the Nazarene is incredibly strong. And if Jesus rose from the dead then everything his disciples said about him and everything he said about himself
Continue reading...Abandoned: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:33-41)
A young friend of mine was abandoned by her grandmother on the streets of Addis Ababa when she was just a young girl. Her parents had died and her grandmother could no longer afford to take care of her.
Continue reading...Mocked: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:16-32)
The word “mock” can mean to speak derisively of someone, to mimic someone or thing, or to deride someone by mimicking them. It is a hateful and despicable way to treat someone and reveals the
Continue reading...Whose Fault?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:1-15)
Whose fault was it that Jesus was killed? This question has become rather a bugaboo. It has fueled persecution of Jews. Even asking the question has been viewed as a revelation of prejudice. The account
Continue reading...Are You the Christ?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:53-65)
It is startling to think that Jesus came into our world for the express purpose of ending up dead, a death that would be deemed a sacrifice to take the place of our having to die for our own sins. Why
Continue reading...An Inconceivable Disaster: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:43-52)
It is hard to imagine the initial telling of the story of Jesus’ arrest and execution to early listeners, since we have heard the tale so often that it has become commonplace and excites little emotion.
Continue reading...When God Told Jesus No: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:32-42)
Many of us struggle with prayer. We feel obligated to talk to God but find it boring, or ourselves distracted, and we get discouraged. We have also experienced God not answering our prayers the way we
Continue reading...A Turning of the Other Cheek: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:12-21)
Jesus gives us the godly model of how to handle personal betrayal, or betrayal of any kind, for that matter. And it is as much what he doesn’t do as what he does. His response seems to flow from
Continue reading...How Do You Handle Betrayal?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:10-11)
Perhaps one of the most difficult things to deal with is the betrayal of a friend or loved one. We trusted them. We made ourselves vulnerable to them. And they took advantage of that trust and vulnerability
Continue reading...Don’t Delay: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:32-37)
Though Jesus has revealed a lot about the future, there are some things he has not revealed, specifically the hour of his return. And that seems to be the thing we most want to know. Why? I’m
Continue reading...The Second Coming: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 13:24-27)
The great persecution of the Great Tribulation and the outpouring of judgment by God on those who do not believe, is leading to something, something wonderful. Jesus is coming back! Jesus, the king,
Continue reading...When Did Jesus Know He Was God?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 12:35-37)
People sometimes ask if Jesus was aware of his own deity, and, if so, how early in his life was he aware. Taking on human nature and being born as we are, in an infantile state but growing in understanding
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