Tag: Christian
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Slightly Obsessed #193: The Day America Looked Up
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord comes. – Acts 2:20 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) They came from around the world, transfixed by the spectacle. They filled motels, jammed the highways, and staked their claim on a piece of history as…
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Slightly Obsessed #192: Heaven Is Calling: Consider Jesus
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. – Hebrews 3:1 Some days we can barely hear it. Other days it drives us to our knees. But it’s always there, a persistent tug in our souls. Whether we trudge through our days or chase the…
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Slightly Obsessed #191: Give the Gift of Courage
Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. – 1 Thessalonians 5:11 My father lay propped up in the hospital bed, his face ashen against the white sheets. My stepmother and I huddled around him in the cramped space of the progressive care unit in which he recuperated. He had…
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Slightly Obsessed #190: A Warbird’s Lesson
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10 On a recent hot July day, we took in an air show in our town. Vintage planes, including a couple of impressive old warbirds, sat majestically on the tarmac for inspection as we darted from wing to wing to find relief from…
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Slightly Obsessed #189: The Calling
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! – Isaiah 43:1 It must have been a haunting reminder. For three days his faith lay in the grave with the Savior’s body, tormented by the rooster’s crow mocking his proclamation of loyalty and public desertion. After the…
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Slightly Obsessed #188: Freedom
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. – John 8:36 He shouted, “Freedom!” as he plowed his car at twenty-one miles an hour into the granite monument engraved with the Ten Commandments. A video posted on the suspect’s Facebook page depicted the man in his car facing the monument as…
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Slightly Obsessed #187: He Reigns
The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice. – Psalm 97:1 He reigns. Has a more beautiful declaration ever been written? Without that truth, we would have been forever lost to life after Eden. But because all authority belongs to God, Satan has no chance of wresting the universe from Him. Because God reigns, Jesus could…
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Slightly Obsessed #186: When the Path Ahead Is Fearsome
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me. – Psalm 23:4 The room lay in shadows, the only sound within its walls the rhythmic whoosh of the ventilator beside my son’s bed. I sat on an uncomfortable chair jammed into one corner…
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Slightly Obsessed #185: Clean
Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. – Ephesians 5:25-26 They were just turning down the lights in the sanctuary as I slid into a seat near the back of the church. I was tired and…
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Slightly Obsessed #184: The Mark of Maturity
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it. – I Corinthians 3:2 The infant finishes his bottle and smiles contentedly. A trickle of milk courses down from the corner of his mouth. It’s a sweet scene because it’s what babies do. They are born with…
