Pamela Thorson
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Slightly Obsessed #125: You Will not Be Put to Shame
Abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. – 1 John 2:28 It started as a child. It haunted me through school. Sometimes it still comes in the night, when darkness covers my heart and whispers to my mind the…
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Slightly Obsessed #124: When Justice Comes Slowly
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. – Ecclesiastes 8:11 Be sure your sin will find you out. – Numbers 32:23 He sat waiting just outside the circle of the streetlight, poised in the shadows…
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Slightly Obsessed #123: The Secret Feast
All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast. – Proverbs 15:15 As people count strength, Betsie was a frail person. Chronic illness had battered her small frame even before she was herded with the others on a train headed to a Nazi death camp. Unlike her…
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Slightly Obsessed #122: Faith Aflame
John responded to them all, saying, ‘As for me, I baptize you with water; but He is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the straps of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.’ – John 3:16 Google’s English dictionary and Oxford Languages…
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Slightly Obsessed #120: Where Is the Devil Now?
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. The LORD said to Satan, ‘From where do you come?’ Then Satan answered the LORD and said, ‘From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.’ – Job 1:6-7…
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Slightly Obsessed #119: Who Is the Devil, Part 3
How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! – Isaiah 14:12 It’s snake season where I live. Our long, dry summer has driven all kinds of creatures down to the river valley…
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Slightly Obsessed #118: Who Is the Devil, Part 2
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. – Genesis 1:31 Popular culture paints the devil as a slick-talking rascal in a red suit, sporting horns and a pointy tail. He supposedly lives in hell and relishes each new addition to his cauldron of boiling souls. In movies he…
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Slightly Obsessed #117: Who Is the Devil, Part 1
And give no opportunity to the devil. – Ephesians 4:27 (ESV) There are only two kinds of snakes in our yard: One-rock and Two-rock. The big ones take two rocks. That’s been my credo for years, much to the chagrin of my reptile-loving nephew. I always figured snakes have the whole river valley near…
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Slightly Obsessed #116: What Do You Battle?
For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God. -1 Peter 4:17 One flag comes down. Another goes up. And everyone has an opinion. Battle lines are being drawn everywhere as the States formerly known as United become a nation polarized by competing ideologies. Christians have, understandably, felt threatened by the…
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Slightly Obsessed #115: Before the Gavel Falls
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. – Ecclesiastes 8:11 He asked the question, but his voice filled with mocking. The Canadian wondered why Canada hadn’t earned judgment from God for its decade of…
