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Nothing Lasts Forever

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. Revelations 1:7 As a child, I remember feeling as if I’d always be a child. I wanted to be grown up and…
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I Need a Miracle Now

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Revelation 1:5-6 In the gospels, Jesus was recorded to have healed lepers, paralytics, and the blind. He even raised some…
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Time, Strep Throat, and God

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come . . . Revelation 1:4 Years ago, I saw a patient who complained that his bed was wet. I asked about urinary incontinence, which was confusing to him as…
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Expectations and Resentments

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. Revelation 1:3 We went to see The Jesus Revolution last night. I’d highly recommend it, but there was a brief subplot to which I…
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Don’t Skip Leg Day

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. Revelation 1:1 Even though I left college sports long ago, I’ve usually spent some time every week of my adult life in the gym, lifting weights. To be honest though, I never liked squats.…
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My Way is a Disaster

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25 As you may…
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Drinking Family Members

And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire. Jude 1:22-23 Last summer, my son had a tonsillectomy, a painful procedure for which he was prescribed opioid pain medications. This made me a little nervous. It was a similar surgical procedure that was my first exposure to opioids.…
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Making Others Feel Foolish for Their Beliefs

In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions. It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. Jude 1:18-19 When we first got married, my wife and I decided that we were going to raise our kids without alcohol in the house. She didn’t drink at all…
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Winter Windshield Whining

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires. . . Jude 1:16 It’s February in Minnesota, which means cold mornings and frosted over windshields. The other day, I was running a late to the gym when I left the house and noticed my windshield was once again frozen over. I’d started my pickup a…
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The Empty Life

These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has…
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