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Crossing: Apologetics of the King
From Rose (the anonymous anointer in the Pharisee’s home) to a choir from first-century Philippi to John Donne's iambic pentameter — does making the sign-of-the-cross mean anything?
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Vocation
Enchantingly Axiomatic: The Snakeoil in the Water We Drink
DWYL As-Long-As-Your’re-Happy . . . Follow-Your-Heart . . . Be-True-To-Yourself . . . Believe-In-Yourself . . . Live-Your-Truth . . . Be-Your-Best-Self . . . Do-What-You-Love — the aphorisms of our day are elegant. They sound like beautiful advice. They’re certainly enticing. Who wouldn’t want to be their best self? Who wouldn’t want to do what they love? Who wouldn’t want what makes them
Examen
10 Things Suffering Achieves
Here is a list of 10 things that suffering achieves, followed by a series of Bible (ESV) passages and examen questions for each item, arranged as stations to be used in the context of a solemn Good Friday liturgy. I distilled this list based on word studies of the following
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How to Abide in Christ
Here I pair verses from John chapter 15 with Murray's commentary. Thanks to Dr. Todd Pokrifka and Dr. Junia Pokrifka of https://www.communitytransformation.org/ for introducing me to Andrew Murray's vintage devotional, The True Vine. John 15.1 (ESV) — “I am the true vine . . .” Andrew