Tag: Bible
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This Is the One Love Story You Don’t Want to Miss
The Bible’s real “Love Chapter” is Romans 8, not 1 Corinthians 13. Romans 8 demonstrates God’s love — and the powerful difference it makes to you and me.
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What Will You Do to Reach Jesus? Follow This Woman’s Example
A desperate woman who sees Jesus as her only hope pushes beyond the crowd, beyond the social constraints, beyond anything that might prevent her from touching the hem of His garment.
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What Must You Conquer to ‘Possess the Land’ God Has Promised You?
Caleb had audacious faith. Faith enough to silence the naysayers all around him. Faith that God could win the battle for a prize piece of land.
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Do what you know is right…
I was a teenager when I decided I should stop reading the Bible. I blame James. Or maybe my youth pastor, because he was likely preaching on James 4:17 and bringing this to my attention: “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin” (NASB). Except […]
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When “To keep or not to keep?” isn’t the right question…
My husband has been cleaning out the garage the past couple of months — giving it order and practicality and ridding it of all things unnecessary. Which would include all of my belongings housed there, apparently. Originally, the garage — built 18 years ago — had a definite organization. A place for everything and everything […]
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The quiet of Christmas…
I’m not sure if my son sees only what he wants to see or if he truly doesn’t notice the sticks accumulating around our wooded lawn. As the youngest and only Dagen child remaining at home, he has the dubious honor of being needed for chores — one of which is picking up sticks and […]
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I blame blogging on my bladder…
And it’s a good thing! I think best in the morning, which means I usually write best in the morning–especially if I’ve jotted down some notes the night before. Today isn’t that day. It is practically high noon (7:24 a.m.), the laundry is already working, I’ve eaten breakfast twice, and I sense a headache coming […]
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Nothing like that just-brushed feeling…
In addition to my usual post-church grocery shopping routine, this morning I took the time to take my van through the automatic car wash. It was about six months overdue. As I unpacked my groceries, I admired my mostly clean and shiny car and thought to myself, “I need to do this every week.” Clean […]
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When We Finally Met Face to Face, It Was a Little Piece of Heaven
She was someone I’d gotten to know in my online classes. We finally met in person, and it reminded me how much we can look forward to seeing God one day.
All Things Work Together 