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  • Where do I Find Myself? +

    All I Can Do Is Be Me -Whoever That IsBob Dylan Who are we? Do we follow the motivations of… Read More

  • Forgiveness: Desmond Tutu +

    Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu explains how love and forgiveness kept post-apartheid South Africa from tumbling into anarchy. Read More
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Reflection

Pardon for the Greatest Sinners-Jonathan Edwards

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Psalm 25:11, "For thy name's sale, O Lord, pardon my iniquity; for it is great."

IT is evident by some passages in this psalm, that when it was penned, it was a time of affliction and danger with David. This appears particularly by the 15th and following verses: "Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net," etc. His distress makes him think of his sins, and leads him to confess them, and to cry to God for pardon, as is suitable in a time of affliction. See ver. 7. "Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;" and verse 18. "Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my sins."

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Commander of the Army of the Lord

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chickens2Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you one of us, or one of our adversaries?"  He replied, "Neither; but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, "What do you command your servant, my lord?" The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, "Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. Joshua 5

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Author and Finisher of Our Faith

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Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff- they comfort me. Psalm 23

This Reuters photo from Japan captures the uncertainty that faces millions in Japan. Circumstances such as these generate a cloud of fear that permeates our thoughts and infuses our actions as thoroughly as Cessium permeates the air, ground, plants and animals.

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Baby, you're a rich man!

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The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5

What does it mean to live in our country and have a decent wage? How do I compare with others around the world? What does it matter? Visit the following  website then plug in  what you make for a year, and read the rest. Then have a little talk with God about getting through  the eye of a needle.

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

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Music

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Favorites

  • Transforming this World: The Hope of Glory by NT Wright +

    Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows… Read More

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Hidden Blessings

  • Christ is a Great Savior: a review of the movie Amazing Grace +

    Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21… Read More

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    The 2009 movie The Soloist is based on a book by the same name, written by Los Angeles Times columnist… Read More
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