Tag Archives: union with Christ

Sharers in Christ

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Pete

Reminded this morning that there is a world of difference between being a spectator and being a participant. Between simply watching something and wholly sharing in it. Between the act of receiving a gift and the activity of engaging with … Continue reading →

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To Me Be the Glory

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Pete

Okay . . . I guess there’s glory, and then, there’s glory. Glory we give and, according to Paul this morning, glory we get. I know, sounds weird to even think about “to me be the glory”, but get used … Continue reading →

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Hidden

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Pete

Five words. I’m chewing on just five words this morning. And one word kind of captures the taste in my mouth – overwhelming! In this day of expressive individualism, where human flourishing is equated with being seen for “who I … Continue reading →

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Complex Simplification

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Pete

Okay, I’ll admit it — there’s a certain danger in reductionism. A risk, when trying to simplify something that is complex, of over-simplifying so that too much is lost. That in trying to put something on the “bottom shelf” for … Continue reading →

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Joined to the Lord

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Pete

It’s a profound truth kind of buried in an exhortation against sordid behavior. But Paul’s supporting argument for why a follower of Jesus should flee sexual immorality has vast implications beyond being a deterrent from sin. For what it reminds … Continue reading →

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Seventy-Seven Times

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Pete

“I’ll take hard-to-obey commands of Jesus for $1,000, Alex.” “Okay. And the answer is: On this one you’ll want to go with the ESV’s seventy-seven rather than the CSB’s seventy times seven. But in reality, you’re not gonna be crazy … Continue reading →

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The Clothes Really Do Make the Man

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Pete

The “price of admission” wasn’t so much their character as it was their clothing. Not about all the good they had done, but all about the garments they would don. Less about their resume, more about their robe. Chewing this … Continue reading →

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His Own (2015 Rerun)

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Pete

“Christ has made me His own” Read those six words this morning and decided that rather than try and write on them, I’d just rest in them. Meditate on them. Marinate in them. Letting what is unbelievably true sink deeply … Continue reading →

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All I Need, In Thee I Find

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Pete

To quote the famous hymn, Just As I Am, it would seem that within the church at Philippi they were “tossed about; with many a conflict many a doubt” and were experiencing “fightings and fears within without.” Philippians 1 deals … Continue reading →

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The Fame and The Name

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Pete

If you’re of my generation, then I’m thinking you might just be familiar with such famous duos as Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, and perhaps even Astaire & Rogers. Noodle on it some more and you might come up … Continue reading →

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