Tag Archives: confessing our sin

Breaking Faith

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Pete

It was a word specifically for the people of God, those who had been delivered from bondage, set apart as holy, and were on their way to the promised land. Guess then, I could take it as a word for … Continue reading →

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Reject Equine Tendencies

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Pete

As I work through my daily reading plan, one of the things I’m watching for are commands to obey. This morning, I found one. Be not like a horse or a mule . . . (Psalm 32:9a ESV) How’s that … Continue reading →

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Ruin and Recruitment

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Pete

A lament within the church for as long as I’ve been a believer has been that far too many of us in the family aren’t really in the game. That though we praise God for the benefits of new life, … Continue reading →

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The Corruption of a Commendable Covenant

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Pete

Connecting some dots this morning between two of my readings. In Nehemiah, it’s the written, officially sealed, binding agreement of a people taking an oath of obedience. In Luke, it’s the story of a wince-invoking, offensively sanctimonious, boastful assertion of … Continue reading →

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Liars, and Murderers, and Family Fracturers, Oh My!

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Pete

I think I’ve said it before here, but I’ll say it again: life’s circumstance has a way of creating a filter for processing the word of God. You can read the same passage year after year and never have it … Continue reading →

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A Sin to Confess

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Pete

The problem with being a “straight shooter”, I suppose, is that you’re shooting. And where shots are fired, someone could get wounded. Not that getting wounded in and of itself is necessarily a wrong thing. Proverbs tells us that “blows … Continue reading →

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Beam Surgery

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Pete

It seems easy enough, but I’m thinking that plucking a beam out of your own eye is a lot harder than it sounds. In fact, as I noodle on Jesus’ parable, I’m wondering if the beam, even if we’re looking … Continue reading →

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A Holy Tension

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Pete

John doesn’t make it easy on us. He doesn’t talk in grey terms but speaks in black and white terms. Yet it feels like a grey area. Holy tension, Batman! That’s what I’m feeling as I’m chewing on my reading … Continue reading →

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