"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)

"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)

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On THIS Day- He Bore Your (and My) Hell

This was originally posted on Good Friday, 2023.  It includes some revisions. I am posting this on the day we celebrate each year as Good Friday. It is called Good Friday, despite the fact that everything that occurred on this day over 2000 years ago can only be described as evil; the betrayal of Jesus […]

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Behold the Man (Of Sorrows)

The following was originally posted in March 2021.  It includes some minor revisions. Isaiah 53:1-12 is the prophecy of what is commonly referred to as the suffering servant – the Holy one of God who in Isaiah 49:5-7 is foretold as the one who will redeem Israel from its exile from God and bring the

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Christ, The Altogether Lovely One

It has been my deepest desire to glorify God in these posts, and my daily prayer that God would use them to elevate our affections for His Son, our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, through both my writing and your reading of them.  I must acknowledge however, that none of the posts I have written

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Delighting in Holiness

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4) Of all of the verses and passages in the Bible, of all of the exceeding great and precious promises from God found in the Bible (2 Peter 1:2-4), I cannot think of one more fascinating, more intriguing, more

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HE is HOLY

One of the more concerning and disturbing events in the Bible is found in Leviticus 10:1-3, involving the two eldest sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu.  They had recently been consecrated, set apart by God as priests who would intercede for the people of Israel, offering prayer and sacrifices according to God’s specific instructions found

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…and We Beheld HIS Glory…

Our desire and ability to behold the glory of God, the outshining of the infinite perfections of His eternal being as it is revealed in the person and work of God the Son, Jesus Chris, is the ultimate reason for and the instrumental means of our salvation (2 Corinthians 4:4-6) (Hebrews 1:1-3). It is our

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The Glory of the LORD

It seemed to be a quiet, ordinary night in the little Podunk-backwater town of Bethlehem, located about six miles south of the glorious capital city of Israel, Jerusalem, the site of the Jewish Temple. A teenage couple, we know them as Mary and Joseph, after about a week of rugged travel from Nazareth had arrived in

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It’s a Wonderful Life – In Jesus

The following was previously posted in December 2020.  It includes some revisions.  It is the time of the year when movies with a Christmas theme fill the TV schedule, and one of the most beloved is It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.  Stewart plays the character of George Baily, who as a

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