It took me a long time to admit, but the squinting eyes gave me away. After years of 20/20 vision, my eyesight was going south. I tried to adapt with contacts, but that was a miserable fail. Now its progressive lenses. I value seeing clearly more and more each day, more than pretending that I'm …
A Golden Ticket?
Exodus 33: Moses meets with God and the whole entrance into the Promised Land is up for grabs. God says He’ll make a nation from scratch out of Moses - scrap Israel and start over. How do you respond to that? A giant “do over” is a golden ticket. I would have been tempted, not just to have my …
One Minute Wednesday – Why Have You Forsaken Me?
One Minute Wednesday finishes the Easter Season with this classic passage, Jesus’ conversation with the Father as he hung on the cross. Or why this day is called “Good Friday”. This is my last OMW for a while as I take a break. But as Arnold said in his classic line: “I’ll be back.” And about the …
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One Minute Wednesday – What is Truth?
One Minute Wednesday takes a look at a second conversation Jesus has in the last hours, this one with Pontius Pilate. Pilate said to him (Jesus), “What is truth?” – John 18:38 The question we are so familiar with from Pilate was his final comment to Jesus in this passage, and came at the end …
One Minute Wednesday – The Flesh Is Weak
One Minute Wednesday classics takes a look at three conversations Jesus has in his last hours before the crucifixion.. “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” – Matthew 26:41 This well-known statement is actually only half the verse and a third of Jesus response to Peter in the garden. …
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