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~Lord, Lord~
An All-Inclusive Departure From “Normal” 1.October.2026 Yesterday I established that this is not casual. Today I want to go one step further, into territory that should unsettle anyone reading it, because Jesus Himself did not soften the one-two punch of it. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom…
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~This Is Not Casual~
30.September. 2026 An All-Inclusive Departure From “Normal” Before we begin a new series, one thing has to be established. What happens when a person comes to Jesus is not a small adjustment to an otherwise fine life. It is not a nice addition, a helpful habit, or a comforting idea layered on top of who…
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~Worship in Spirit and Truth~
29.September.2026 Every post this week has aimed at one question underneath all the others. Once a tradition of men has been identified and set aside, what actually takes its place? Jesus answered that clearly to a woman who had spent her whole life inside an argument about the correct location and method of worship. But…
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~Set Free from Empty Ways~
28.September.2026 Peter did not describe the life before Christ as sin in the way we usually think of it, a list of bad choices that someone made on their own. He described it as something inherited, a whole way of living that was handed to a person before they were ever old enough to choose…
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~New Wine, Old Wineskins~
27.September.2026 The wineskin metaphor did not show up out of nowhere. It came as a direct answer to a direct challenge. John’s disciples came to Jesus asking why His own disciples did not fast the way everyone expected a devout follower to fast. Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we…
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~Form Without Power~
26.September.2026 There is a kind of religion that looks flawless from the outside but holds no intrinsic meaning or value. Paul cautioned us about this. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2 Timothy 3:5 Form without power. That phrase describes something that has all the right look,…
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~Taught by Men~
25.September.2026 There is a particular kind of fear that shapes people, over years, without them ever realizing where it came from. Not fear of God. Fear of man. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far…
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~Making the Word of God of No Effect~
24.September.2026 There is a way to keep a rule perfectly and still miss what means obedience entirely. Jesus confronted this directly, not with the irreligious crowd, but with the most devoutly religious people of His day, the Pharisees and Sadducees. Then he said, “You show great skill in avoiding the commands of God so that…
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~Whose Report Will You Believe~
23.September.2026 I grew up singing a hymn I still remember word for word. I sing a song of the saints of God, patient and brave and true, who toiled and fought and lived and died for the Lord they loved and knew. It closes with, and I hope to be one too. I sang that…
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~Feels Like Home~
22.September.2026 I walked into the place I live this week and something happened that has not happened once in four years. It felt like home. I left what I called home for twenty two years, and in the four years since, nothing I lived in ever gave me that feeling, not really. Not the place…
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