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(Yesterday on the blog: A Daily Diet of Doctrine)
When the Trees Fall
Jon Hyatt writes about the impact of the storm. “Our town was hit hard by Helene: 100% power outage, 100-year old trees down everywhere, homes destroyed. My neighborhood is on day eight with no power. My family and I were lucky: trees missed our house by a few feet, and no permanent damage was done to our home or to any of us. We’re blessed with a gas stove and easygoing children. Others weren’t as lucky on any front.”
No Little People, No Little Places
Randy Alcorn shares a touching story.
Empty Nesting: Discovering Radical Trust
“I find myself in a quiet house we recently moved into, having left our previous city of 23 years just as our last child left for college. My husband is away for ten days for work, and our aging family dog is as disoriented as I am by the silence and stillness. Her persistent whining pulls me from my solitude. It was not always this way.” Those who are in the empty nest stage (or close to it) will enjoy this one.
Oh, To See Jesus!
Ruth waxes eloquent about seeing Jesus. “We will at times feel that ache as we wait to be welcomed into the fullness of God’s glory and his indescribable presence. We yearn for our heavenly home. We long for our eternal dwelling place. We hunger for righteousness. We desire Christ — to see him face to face.”
I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow
Jacob looks at a powerful hymn/poem and asks the Lord to help him grow.
Harriet Tubman and the Problem of Revisionist History
What an interesting look at a complete revision of history.
Flashback: What’s the Purpose of … Baptism?
Because baptism follows regeneration and faith, it is a symbol of what Christ has already done in the life of the believer.
In the Bible we find no gap between the call to follow Jesus and the call to engage in mission.
—J.D. Greear
