Darkened Glass Reflections
Living today with an eye on eternity
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My Wife’s Healing Testimony
This post shares a testimony by my wife, Joyce Lynch, thanking God for a miracle of healing 30 years ago today.
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Faith and the Trinity
God is the only real Trinity in existence; we will not understand it fully until we see Him in the fullness of His glory. Even when our understanding falls short, we merely have to trust God.
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Bede the Venerable: Gifts from God Given Back to Him
Some traditional churches commemorate Bede the Venerable, perhaps the first scholar to write in English, on May 25. His life gives us an example of a man who devoted his God-given talents to glorify Him.
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Ascension and Pentecost IV: The Ascended Christ Sends the Indwelling Spirit
This conclusion to this series will show how the indwelling Holy Spirit provides our connection with the ascended Lord Jesus Christ and enables us to observe all that He has commanded us (Matthew 28:19–20).
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Ascension and Pentecost III. The Gospel of Forgiveness
One of the most important, and in many churches least emphasized, elements of Jesus’ post-resurrection teaching is the message of forgiveness. Yet, it is central to Jesus’ final instructions to His disciples, and it should be central to our message. As He prepared them for their forthcoming ministry, He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If…
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Ascension and Pentecost II: The Mystery of the Incarnation in Heaven
Jesus Christ is fully God (the eternal Son of God) and yet fully human.
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Ascension and Pentecost I: A Unified Gospel Message
On the traditional church calendar, the Easter season lasts 50 days, beginning with Easter Sunday and ending seven weeks later with the Feast of Pentecost. Easter and Pentecost are not merely bookends on a cycle of Scripture readings for Sunday worship. Along with the Feast of the Ascension (on the 40th day of Easter, 10…
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Called to Share God’s Blessings
Abraham’s calling, to be the father of many nations, focused on his responsibility to be a blessing to others. It is our calling as well.
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Children of the Covenants
Christians are joined with a great cloud of witnesses in heaven who are all part of a single covenant family by faith in Jesus.
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Love Righteousness and Hate Sin
Do we really love Jesus? If so, do we actually hate sin like He does, much as we might hate a fatal disease like COVID-19 or cancer?
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