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A dry and weary land
Psalm 63:1-8. My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water (Psalm 63:1b). Where is that dry and weary land where there is no water? Where is that land of emptiness and Read more…
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Enemies of the cross of Christ
Read Philippians 3:17-4:1. For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ (Philippians 3:18a) Enemies in the church! Idolators! Many of them! They worship their bellies or their treasures or their pleasures or their honor. Their mind is on Read more…
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Tauler — Sermon for Ash Wednesday
I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. (Galatians 2:20) This searching and compelling sermon is a meditation on the three crosses of Golgatha, taken as a figure of three types of Read more…
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True humility
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:29-30) Let the same Read more…
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Led by the Spirit
Read Luke 4:1-13. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. (Luke 4:1) I have long found the particular temptations Jesus went through in the wilderness in preparation for Read more…
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Transfiguration
Luke 9:28-36 O light of everlasting love By which the world was made, Illume your people from above With veins of gold inlaid. O light of never-ending fire On Moses’ holy tree, Consume our darkness on your pyre, And set Read more…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…