Tag Archives: Christian

Weekly Podcast: June 30, 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Don Merritt

The Will to Not Know This week, another brief podcast dealing with matters of interpretation, this time with the idea of not wanting to know the truth. This is almost like presuppositions on steroids, and can have far-reaching consequences. Take … Continue reading →

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A Tower of Strength

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Don Merritt

Our Lord is a tower of strength, but many times we don’t see Him that way. He rises above everything that we will ever encounter in this life, but we aren’t always conscious of the fact. His strength is not … Continue reading →

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Peter Gets it Wrong

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Don Merritt

He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days … Continue reading →

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Featured Blog: Elaine’s Random Thoughts

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Don Merritt

I came across Elaine’s Random Thoughts a few months back and I was hooked pretty quickly because it struck me as a blog written by a “real” person. Oh, there’s always a real person writing blogs, unless they have a … Continue reading →

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Peter Gets it Right

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 8:27-30 Parallel Texts: Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21 After Jesus restores sight to a blind man in 8:22-26, Mark cuts to a new scene. Jesus and the disciples are walking toward Caesarea Philippi, and along the way Jesus asks them … Continue reading →

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Yeast infection

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 8:14-21 Parallel Text: Matthew 16:5-12 Remember the last post in which we saw the encounter Jesus had with some Pharisees; they demanded a sign and Jesus refused to give them, and went back to the boat. In this passage, … Continue reading →

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An Ox Named Jake

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Don Merritt

Last week while at Mount Vernon, I followed the path out of the woods an came upon George Washington’s Experimental Farm down on the Potomac shore. As I was walking along looking for possible photos, I came upon an intriguing … Continue reading →

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Feeding and Not Knowing

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 8:1-13 Parallel Texts: Matthew 15:32-16:4 Once again, we are near the Sea of Galilee with Jesus, the disciples and a very large crowd of people. Apparently they have all been there for quite a while, because Jesus feels that … Continue reading →

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Hearing and Speaking

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Don Merritt

Mark 7:31-37 Parallel Text: Matthew 15:29-31 After some days in the region of Tyre, Jesus and the disciples moved on in the direction of Sidon, crossing into modern-day Syria, making their way finally to the eastern shore of the Sea … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: June 25, 2014

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Don Merritt

I know that if I keep posting pictures from this garden they’ll come for my “man card” (and we can’t have that!) but I really like this one. I certainly have to put it on the “lucky shot” list!