Tag: the meaning of life
member name: James Stemmle
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November 11, 2009 01:35 PM EST --
In times past, God spoke in fragmentary and varied ways to our fathers through the prophets; in this, the final age, he has spoken to us through his Son, whom he has made heir of all things and through . . .
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September 05, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends . . .
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September 23, 2009 09:36 AM EDT --
Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean who desires not what is vain, nor swears deceitfully to his . . .
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July 07, 2009 09:15 AM EDT --
One day Jesus was teaching, and the power of the Lord made him heal. Lk 5: 17
Before I ponder how Luke and the people of his age might have linked sin and forgiveness to God, I first want to enter . . .
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December 20, 2006 09:22 AM EST --
As the hind longs for the running waters, so my soul longs for you, O God. Ps 42:2
Let’s see how much water this metaphor can hold. The hind – deer – longs for running water when . . .
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June 18, 2008 09:36 AM EDT --
What profit would a man show if he were to gain the whole world and destroy himself in the process? What can a man offer in exchange for his very self? The Son of Man will come with his Father's . . .
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July 22, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
Happy the man who fears the Lord, Ps 112:1
I wouldn’t say “fear the Lord.” And I don’t think the psalmist meant fear. He or she probably meant something like awareness. . . .
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January 10, 2006 11:26 AM EST --
The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; He will rejoice over you with gladness and renew you in his love, He will sing joyfully because of you as one sings at festivals. Zeph 3: 17 . . .
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March 21, 2006 09:09 AM EST --
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, they dwelt in caves and in holes of the earth. Yet despite the fact that all of these were approved because . . .
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November 02, 2006 10:09 AM EST --
you were delivered from the futile way of life your fathers handed on to you 1 Peter 1: 14
For me the measuring lines have fallen on pleasant sites Ps 16:6
You will show me the path to life, fullness . . .
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December 16, 2006 11:40 AM EST --
“What must we do to perform the works of God?” Jesus replied: “This is the work of God: have faith in the One whom he sent.” Jn 6:28-29
The disciples asked a great . . .
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January 03, 2008 10:34 AM EST --
I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God: he who is to come into the world. Jn 11:27.
Christians make a big deal out of Jesus. OK, he was a big deal. . . .
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December 13, 2007 02:44 PM EST --
This treasure we possess in earthen vessels to make it clear that its surpassing power comes from God and not from us. We are afflicted in every way possible, but we are not crushed; full of doubts, . . .
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