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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lead people in prayer using lines from Pulp Fiction, apparently, believing them to be Scripture.
Followers of Christ, are you seeing it now or not? Aligning oneself with powers such as these is not the narrow road.
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One would think a 3 would get the job done. Indeed no. The #OldGal is too crafty!
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A sweep of the Royals is always fantastic!
FIVE WINS IN A ROW ‼️
Baseball is fun. Bless you boys! #RepDetroit
This Tigers team is a fun watch.
Also? CF Javy Baez must be protected at all costs.
Promises kept. Boundaries broken. On Jackie Robinson Day we remember a man whose importance transcended baseball.
For our family, we will never forget a day spent with Jackie’s daughter, Sharon, after Ethan won MLB’s Jackie Robinson essay contest in 4th grade.
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The #OldGal could not quite hang today.
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“Shot myself in the foot again! Geez”
Revelation 10 - Following the Lamb: Hope, Harvest, and the Gospel in Revelation 14
A reflection on Revelation 14:1–20
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One of the easiest traps to fall into when reading Revelation is forgetting that we are reading symbols. It happens subtly — we encounter a passage that seems straightforward, one that aligns neatly with our expectations, and we quietly decide that this part must be literal. But Revelation doesn’t give us that option. John is telling us throughout: these are images. These are symbols. A principled reading of the text means we stay consistent, even when a passage seems to confirm what we already believe.
With that in mind, let’s walk through Revelation 14.
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The #OldGal manages a tie today. I think she feels pretty good about it.
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The sitting President of the United States posted this picture. He claimed today in public statements that it is him as a doctor supporting the Red Cross. He said only the media could come up with the idea that this was him as Christ.
Mr President, that sir is a lie. It is evident to any and all what this is. You are mocking the risen Christ. To claim otherwise, is nothing more than cheap gaslighting.
My fellow Christians, if his call for the commission of war crimes didn’t sway you. If his call for genocide didn’t sway you. If his dehumanizing behavior and rhetoric over the last decade hasn’t swayed you.
Perhaps, the open mocking of Christ during the season of Easter will move you.
The man is deceitful, unrepentant, and utterly abhorrent. He openly mocks our shared faith.
I am studying and preaching Amos and Revelation right now. There are parallels beyond parallels in both texts that ought to concern the follower of Jesus who aligns themself with one such as this.
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The #OldGal came up just short today, like the Red Wings and their playoff chances.
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Amos wasn’t a prophet. He was a shepherd and a fig tree pruner.
God sent him to tell his people the truth nobody wanted to hear: looking good on the outside means nothing if the inside is rotten.
2,800 years later, the mirror still works.
Mandate of Mishpat - When God Turns the Mirror Around
An Introduction to Amos A sermon series on the Prophet Amos — Week 1
To listen to the full unabridged audio of this message: Mandate of Mishpat - When God Turns the Mirror Around
Let me be honest with you: the minor prophets get a bad rap.
It’s right there in the name — minor — as if Amos and Hosea and Micah were somehow second-tier voices. But the only reason they’re called minor is because they were concise. They didn’t ramble on like Isaiah or Jeremiah. My seminary professors taught me that to be concise is to be skilled. So maybe we have it backwards. Maybe the minor prophets are the real majors.
And if that’s true, Amos deserves to be at the top of the list.
Good morning! Victory is ours today #YoungPups…
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The #OldGal made a valiant effort but fell short…
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