Darkened Glass Reflections
Living today with an eye on eternity
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“What Good Deed Must I Do?”
To obtain eternal life, we may need to move beyond cultural expectations, set aside the one thing holding us back most, and follow Jesus.
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No Easy Way—James 1:2–4
Forgiveness and salvation may be immediate, but spiritual growth takes time. We want instant sanctification, or instant deliverance from sin, bad habits, and addictions, but this does not exist.
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Feasting Daily on God’s Word
If we want to please God by loving Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, we need to feast on His Word. Read and reflect on God’s Word with family and faith-filled friends. Ingest it into your heart and soul frequently, throughout the day, every day. Keep it present before you.
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Ash Wednesday: Fasting to Celebrate Christ
Lent is a season of fasting with a purpose. The ceremony of imposing ashes on a believer’s forehead imitates the ancient Jewish custom of covering oneself in sackcloth and ashes as a sign of mourning or penance (Jonah 3:6; Job 42:6). While using the ashes to mark a cross on the forehead, the priest or…
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The Lion IS the Lamb
Judah’s descendant proved Himself to be the Lion of the tribe of Judah by offering Himself as the Lamb of God.
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The Wolf and the Lamb—Isaiah 11:6
In my previous post, I shared some observations regarding the above passage. Most of us have heard the phrase, “The lion shall lie down with the lamb,” so often that we think it is biblical. It seems to be a misquotation of Isaiah 11:6, though. When we realize that we have misunderstood a passage of…
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Did the Lion Lie Down with the Lamb?—Isaiah 11:6
All of the English translations I read depict the same two animals: a wolf dwelling with the lamb. (Wait a minute: He’s not lying with lamb, he’s dwelling with it!) Even Martin Luther’s German translation, published about 70 years before the KJV, said “wolf.” So did the Hebrew. If there was a conspiracy to change…
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Freedom in Submission to the Truth
“But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’” (Genesis 3:4–5, ESV). “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you abide in my…
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Why I March for Life
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5-6, ESV). I joined a contingent from my church and several hundred thousand others in the March for…
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In the Now—Matthew 6:34
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34, ESV). I was confronted several times today by the notion of living “in the moment” or “in the now.” Such terms popped up in a tourism commercial for Ireland (a visit…
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