Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 4:12,”…the word of God is living and active…” A scalpel wielded by the heart-surgeon of the Spirit
1 Samuel 5:4
1 Samuel 5:4, “Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of YHWH” YHWH’s victory through “defeat”
Mark 3:10
Mark 3:10, “…all who had diseases pressed around Him…” God’s heart is such that sick and needy flock to Him
Around the Throne or Among the Tombs
“…day and night they never cease to say, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’” – Revelation 4:8 “Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.” – Mark 5:5 Looking at Angels
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Wall Street and Witch Craft
“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my
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Mark 4:3-9
Mark 4:3-9 The same Christ, the same gospel, different hearts, different result. May he grant many to have receptive hearts!
Jeremiah 16:19
Jeremiah 16:19,”To you shall the nations come…and say,’our fathers inherited nothing but lies’” Christ exposes idols
God of Heavenly Armies, Weaver of Unborn Infants
“…and the LORD remembered her.” – 1 Samuel 1:19 He Remembered Her Hannah is barren. She has no – and can have no – children. This loss is the ache of her waking life and a burden she’s carried for many years. In 1 Samuel 1:15 we read that Hannah took this pain and
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Psalm 17:7
Psalm 17:7,”…show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.”
Revelation 7:14
Revelation 7:14,”They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
Mark 2:4
Mark 2:4,”And when they could not get near Him…they removed the roof above Him…” Faith is desperate for Christ.
Job 26:7-14
Job 26:7-14, “…how small a whisper do we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?”
1 John 4:4
1 John 4:4,”…you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:20,”I have been crucified with Christ…the life I now live I live by faith in the Son of God…”
The Incarnation of Beauty – Part VII: Living in Beauty’s Bright Shadow
“One thing I have asked of the LORD, and that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple.” – Psalm 27:4 Wrapping Up Well, we’ve arrived at
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Isaiah 48:21, 1 Corinthians 10:4
Isaiah 48:21,”He made water flow from the rock; He split the rock and water gushed out.” 1 Corinthians 10:4,”The Rock was Christ”
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Revelation 5:6
Revelation 5:6, “…I saw a Lamb standing, as though it hand been slain” The wounds of death drawn into the Beatific vision.
Matthew 27:46
Matthew 27:46,”My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” May this agony and mystery never cease to stagger us…
The Incarnation of Beauty – Part VI: What Happens at the Cross
“One thing I have asked of the LORD, and that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple.” – Psalm 27:4 Over the last five posts we’ve
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Matthew 27:26
Matthew 27:26,”…having scourged Jesus…” Astonishing, the verb “scourged” and our Lord and God as the object…