Author Archives: Pete

Gleaning a Promise

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Pete

I’m recalling that it’s not the first time I’ve felt this way . . . feeling like, at some point, I really need to get some help on how to read through Isaiah. The prophet’s writings seem to be all … Continue reading →

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Moving Beyond Picture Books

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Pete

My kids loved picture books. You know those big, over-sized children’s books that cared less about narrating a story but instead captured the imagination with full-page graphics and photos. It seemed they never got tired of them . . . … Continue reading →

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Been There!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Pete

Captured by a phrase this morning. One of those truths that I can so easily blow by. One of those things I’ve known for decades but which, as I think about it, so rarely really grips my being. One of … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Pete

They were a stubborn people. They had a long history of rejecting God’s direction and instead relying on their own intuition . . . for ignoring His way and instead leaning to the way of their own understanding. Even when … Continue reading →

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Wells of Salvation

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Pete

Reminded by Isaiah this morning that, in this present age, God’s people live as a foreshadow of what is to come. That, in many ways, what we experience “by faith” will, at His coming, be the way “of sight.” Isaiah … Continue reading →

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Calls Me Brother

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Pete

It was a year ago today that we were abruptly ushered into our current season. After my readings this morning I couldn’t help but pull up the e-mails of a year ago and read through them. E-mails to a network … Continue reading →

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Pay Attention!

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Pete

It’s been getting a lot of press over the past couple of years. More and more of us are multi-tasking behind the wheel . . . and it’s getting a little dangerous. The old “10 and 2” two hands on … Continue reading →

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A More Excellent Name

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Pete

It’s a no-holds-barred type of argument. It comes out of the gates quickly and hits hard. It’s unrelenting in its rapid fire delivery of the facts. If it were being backed by an orchestra, as each example is given, the … Continue reading →

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Like Wool

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Pete

The prophet wastes no time. The vision is clear . . . the indictment is swift . . . the LORD has spoken. They were the children He had reared and brought up, but they rebelled. They had become a … Continue reading →

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Me Too!

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Pete

So I’ve been working my way through Esther this week as part of my reading plan. And a word has popped out at me a number of times. The word? “Favor.” The object of this favor? Esther. First, Esther obtains … Continue reading →

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