Posts Tagged ‘Easter’

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Alive

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in [...]

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Still seeking the wrong kingdom?

In Sunday school this past week, I was thinking about the differences in what people wanted Jesus to do and be, and what Jesus actually came to do and be.
I wasn’t thinking so much about those who were anti-Jesus and mainly wanted him and his followers to go away.  (There are plenty of people today [...]

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Easter is Not Over

Just a quick little thought for the middle of the day. The church that my wife and I attend follows the liturgical calendar (meaning we celebrate Lent, Advent, Pentecost, etc.) and yesterday was the third Sunday of Easter. E.A. pointed this out and mentioned how much she liked that concept. Many times we celebrate Easter [...]

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My Reaction Today

I wonder what was going through the minds of the women as they went to the tomb early that morning. Jesus was gone. He was their friend, their teacher, their leader. With His death their hope died. And from accounts, they didn’t remember what He’d said about dying and rising again (or if they did, [...]

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Read Leviticus

God’s recently lead me to read and study the first 5 books of the Bible, known as the Torah or the Pentateuch. I heard a sermon on Joshua 1 and realized that the specific “book of the law” he’s talking about studying day and night is not the whole Bible as I’ve always interpreted [...]