Monthly Archives: August 2014

Fighting Death with Death

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Pete

Although it might be somewhat counter-intuitive, it’s a well known fact that, sometimes, you need to fight fire with fire. That you need to set a fire in order to extinguish a fire. That you need to burn stuff in … Continue reading →

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Focus!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Pete

I try and be a good listener . . . but I don’t always hear. More than once I’ve been tuned out when one of my girls has been talking to me. They speak . . . I’m distracted . … Continue reading →

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Jesus the Creator

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Pete

Ok . . . so two posts does not a series make . . . but the conversation I had this weekend again comes to mind as I continue reading in Hebrews 1. That conversation having sparked something in me … Continue reading →

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God Incarnate

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Pete

Doesn’t really matter how much you try and guard against it, so often the awesome becomes far too common. I was reminded of this through a conversation I had with someone new to the kingdom of God. That the Spirit … Continue reading →

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The Gospel Thing to Do

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Pete

By any stretch of the imagination, given the norms of the day, it was a huge ask. Slaves that ran away from those who had the legal right to them as servants were to be dealt with severely. After all … Continue reading →

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An Intercessor

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Pete

Yesterday it was the name of Hadassah, aka Esther, that caught my attention. This morning it’s the faith of her cousin Mordecai. I’m guessing he was a lot older than Esther as he had actually been one of those who … Continue reading →

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Myrtle

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Pete

Sometimes you find prophecy fulfilled where you least expect it. This morning I found it in a name. A name that jumped off the page when I read it. An ancient name . . . a former name . . … Continue reading →

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The Guest of Sinners

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Pete

So . . . maybe I’ve been focusing on the wrong stuff when I come to the story of Zacchaeus, the rich chief tax collector, recorded in Luke 19. Typically he captures my imagination as this short and stubby guy … Continue reading →

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His Journey to Jerusalem

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Pete

You can’t blame them for not getting it. It was so far off their radar . . . not even a blip on the horizon of possibility. Take Messiah . . . put Him in Jerusalem . . . during … Continue reading →

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The Righteous

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Pete

I’ve fallen into kind of an interesting “coloring pattern” as I’m reading Proverbs this year. As I’ve headed into the “one-liner” portion of Solomon’s book of wisdom, for some reason (Can anyone say, “Holy Spirit?”), I’ve become fixed on “the … Continue reading →

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