Month: August 2021

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5 I’m occasionally approached by a recently sober addict or alcoholic who is looking to build a new financial life, and he plans to do it with sober housing. The scheme usually involves…
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If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 I recently heard…
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We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 1 Corinthians 4:2 While taking Gross Anatomy in medical school, our education and testing was all done with cadavers – donated human bodies. It…
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But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. 2 Corinthians 4:2 A couple of years ago, for our 20th wedding anniversary, my wife and I made a brief visit to a state that shall remain unnamed. In this particular locale, it appeared the diet consisted mostly of fried goods and cheesecake, which was apparent in the…
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And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. 2 Corinthians 3:18 I’ve received a couple of emails recently indicating that I need to change something in my medical practice. It hasn’t involved patient care, but rather, documentation…
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Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 While I believe the Bible to be relevant to our lives, I’ve found that it doesn’t always explicitly explain some things to my satisfaction. In Galatians 5:16 for instance, Paul said, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires…
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But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 2 Corinthians 3:16 When my wife and I got married, we entered into a union where two become one (Genesis 2:24). We were joined together and began living not just for ourselves but for each other – at least that’s the way it was…
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Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God . . . 2 Corinthians 3:5 Despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, the addict will still often act as if he knows what’s best for himself. In one moment, he’ll acknowledge that he…
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You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2…
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For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:17 I once knew a medical provider who sold a specific nutritional supplement, which he believed he’d researched and proven to be effective. The…
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