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What Is This Word?

I googled “long words,” and I found the following: floccinaucinihilipilification, tergiversation, and hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. Interestingly, the Microsoft Word grammar bot flagged only the last one. I did not look to see what were the meanings of the first two words, but I found it fascinating that the last one (the “hippo” one) means “fear of long…

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. The writer of the Book of Hebrews refuses to get bogged down in details that do not advance the greater story of Jesus Christ. From the very beginning of the book where he establishes for the reader the absolute superlative position of Christ to anything and…

Justice

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. Justice [juhs-tis]: the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness. As Christian people, we understand that there is only One who is truly just. Only God fulfills completely the qualities of justice. In fact, Jesus in…

In a Moment of Time

Satan tempted Jesus three times in the wilderness. The gospels are clear that he came to Jesus when Jesus was physically at his weakest. When Satan approached, Jesus had had no nourishment in 40 days. He was tired. He was weak. He was hungry. He was vulnerable. He was fully exposed. Exposed for manipulation. This…

How Great is our God

He is Father. He is present, gracious, giving. He is jealous, holy, merciful. He is our guardian, our redeemer, our salvation. He is God of gods and Lord of lords. He is near, he is comfort, he is a shield. He walks beside us, he goes before us, he places around us his hedge. He…