Author: Scott

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Looking back, I can see that before I got married, I was already developing a substance use disorder. I thought however, that when I got married I would just grow out…
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From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. 2 Corinthians 5:16 In treatment for chemical dependency, the one who’s struggled with addiction will often return to his faith, appropriately finding forgiveness in God. Then, because he feels that God has forgiven him, he expects that others should forgive him as well.…
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For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 In the throes of…
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We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.  2 Corinthians 5:12 Though I wasn’t raised in Minnesota, I’ve lived here for nearly 20 years and…
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Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. 2 Corinthians 5:11 I’ve been waffling on today’s blog entry. I usually stick to addiction/recovery topics and rarely wade into politics or current events. As I was pondering today’s passage however, I just kept coming back to the pandemic, vaccines, and mandates. In today’s passage,…
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We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 2 Corinthians 5:10 It’s easy to be critical of those who, while in legal trouble, claim they believe in God. At a weekly jail…
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So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:6 If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you know that my kids have recently left home for college. College has…
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For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1 When we first got married, I understood – and I may have been misled – that my wife enjoyed tent camping. So,…
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For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 This summer, my son and I had the opportunity to hike up a trail adjacent to a glacier…
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So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 On a recent road trip with my son, a couple of things were revealed to me. The first was when we stopped to do a hike that we’d done a…
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