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Salvation by trust

Read Jeremiah 17-5:10. They shall be like a tree planted by water. (Jeremiah 17:8) Does God really care for us? We are abused. We get cancer. We die in car accidents. We live in war-torn countries and are oppressed and Read more…

By Harry Plantinga, 2 years2 years ago
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Hadewijch, Stanzic Poem 3

The thirteenth-century beguine Hadewijch was a lyric poet from the Antwerp region. She adapted the form of courtly love poetry to her love for Minne, Love. In the original middle Dutch you can get a sense of the meter, rhyme, Read more…

By Harry Plantinga, 2 years1 month ago
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Call of Isaiah

Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? (Isaiah 6:1-13) Questions: What is a divine calling? Is there a calling for every Christian? Are there multiple callings? Is purification necessary? Empowerment? Should we attempt to serve God without Read more…

By Harry Plantinga, 2 years2 years ago
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Guard your heart

Prov. 4:23: Guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. (Proverbs 4:23) Politics. For me it’s junk food—the guilty pleasure of someone falling off his diet. Sometimes, if I’m tired or bored, or if I find what I’m Read more…

By Harry Plantinga, 2 years2 years ago
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Doubt

Read Luke 24:13-35. “O how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe!” (Luke 24:25) What does it mean to be “slow of heart”? Should we trust our hearts over our heads? Salvation is through faith (i.e. trust, Read more…

By Harry Plantinga, 2 years8 months ago
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Isn’t that dangerous?

Read Philippians 2:5-13. It is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:13) When there is talk of God teaching us directly, without intermediary, or of God Read more…

By Harry Plantinga, 2 years2 years ago

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