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Ian

Palm Sunday

Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 40:4-8; John 12:12-16 (read online ⧉) Jesus the wandering teacher comes to Jerusalem. The crowds are building around Jerusalem with Passover coming. Foreigners, wanderers, believers, and scoffers make for a very busy time in Jerusalem. What's one more? This one more has…

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Ian

What's At The End?

Mark 8:27–38; Mark 9:30–34; Mark 10:32–40 (read online ⧉) There were 3 ages that I looked to: 13, 18, 25. Prior to achieving each of these birthdays, I expected to die before each of them. That’s a pretty morbid thought, isn’t it? This wasn’t only…

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Ian

Who Gets In?

2 Kings 21: 1–18, Luke 13:31–35, Romans 11:1–12 (read online ⧉) Scripture leaves no question as to Manasseh. He was not a man after God’s own heart. While the image of God was in him, he in no way honored it. He led his people…

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Ian

Full Sanctuary, Empty Hearts

Ezekiel 33:30–33, Matthew 15:1–9 (read online ⧉) Let’s be honest with ourselves. Let’s look at ourselves. Let’s look at the lives we lead, the lives we live. Is it us that God is talking to Ezekiel about? Reading only the surface of the Scriptures, of…

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Ian

The Simplest Thing

Matthew 21:28–32, John 6:28–36 (read online ⧉) It’s too easy. What do I have to do? There must be something that has to be done to earn my way. Perhaps I need to be wealthy. Perhaps I have to be powerful. Perhaps I to take…

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