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The Scars of Jesus

When Jesus was resurrected, He bore the scars of the crucifixion. Jesus came to conquer and make all things new. If His body was healed, why did those scars remain? And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14…
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God Called: Vayikra

The Lord called Moses and spoke to him … Leviticus 1:1 The Hebrew Vayikra is translated as called. It is a personal summons or calling out and its use suggests a loving or affectionate tone. This is the word that God uses during creation as He brings forth order from chaos. Vayikra. And it was so. In…
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Filling in the White Spaces

The Bible doesn’t tell us every detail that we would like and we are often tempted to fill in the blanks. What we choose to write in those “white spaces” can tilt what we think about what God is saying. Usually this added information is merely extra-biblical – it isn’t found in the Bible but…
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Seeing More

How we describe someone may reveal what our heart sees or it may just indicate a laziness on our part to look further. We often portray or label people for that standout moment of hardship or even shame they have experienced. While those things may be true, it does not encompass who they are –…
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