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Ian

Hearts and Ashes

‌Psalm 32; Isaiah 58:1-12; Hebrews 12:1-14 ‌Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1 ‌The LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden,…

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Ian

Narrowed Ways

Read: Matthew 7 ‌“Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there…

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Ian

Happiness and Joy…or Not

Psalm 44; Isaiah 22:8b–14; James 4:4–10 ‌Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? James 4:4 NRSVue ‌…you did not look at the One who did it, nor did you see the One who planned it… Isaiah 22:11 NRSVue We…

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Ian

Untrashed

Malachi 1:6-9 Perhaps you've heard an acquaintance, a friend, a family member say, "God won't accept me until I clean myself up." Or perhaps, "if I enter the church, lightning will come down and/or the church will catch on fire." Behave, believe, belong has long…

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Rubble and Ruin

Psalm 142; Amos 9:1–4; Acts 23:12–35 I don’t know about you, but I’m a little jaundiced about earthquakes. I grew up in Northern California. Earthquakes were…normal isn’t the word…to be expected. So much so, that the first earthquake my wife experiences was in the middle…

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