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The Ides Have It

And I went back and saw all the oppression that is done under the sun: the tears of the oppressed who have none to console them, and from the hand of their violent oppressors there is none to console them.  And I praised the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are…
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Facing Reality

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:24 NASB Alone – Consider these: “Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.  This is what makes us human.  But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality.  Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge…
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The Theme Song of Life

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [a]suitable for him.”  Genesis 2:18 NASB Alone – We all die alone.  From birth to death we struggle to find connection.  Sometimes we succeed.  Sometimes we don’t.  But the drive is there, only to be extinguished at the…
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The Perfect Enemy

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [a]suitable for him.”  Genesis 2:18 NASB Helper suitable – My work never gets too far from this original story of human desire.  Over and over I return to these seminal verses, trying my best to tease out the…
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The Other Shoe (Rewind)

for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.  Romans 10:10  NASB Resulting – You’ll need to read a few other English translations of this verse to see the issue. “For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses…
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