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Obviously, I need to re-evaluate the time I have available for posting.  I’m doing a pretty good job keeping up with the readings, but maybe a weekly or semi-weekly posting schedule will be better than shooting for every weekday.  Now that this draft is a couple of weeks old, I really have some catching up [...]

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Luke 15 contains three parables that are very familiar to many. I’ve read and preached on the prodigal son many times. While reading the passage this time, one phrase struck me – “Father give me…”
In verse 12, the son expresses his arrogant, thankless attitude by thinking he deserved anything.  Loving parents prodivde for [...]

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Edwin already said what I was thinking, though he did a better job of it.  So, I’ll share some thoughts about another part of today’s reading.
In chapter 10:38-42, Luke records the following account:

‘Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she [...]

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At Your Word I Will

Continuing our excursion through God’s word, today’s reading is Luke 5 & 6
One point I’d like to consider is Simon’s response to Jesus in 5:5.
Simon had labored all night fishing with nothing to show for his work.  There was no reasonable, natural explanation for setting off and trying to catch something else.  Yet, when Jesus [...]

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