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Love… Again!

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Don Merritt

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of … Continue reading →

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Sad, Yet Glorious

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Don Merritt

Acts 13:13-52 When the time came, Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark left Cyprus and sailed for Asia Minor. For whatever reason, Mark decided he had had enough and went home; Luke does not tell us why he did that, thus … Continue reading →

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Prayer, part 2

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Don Merritt

“This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,your kingdom come,your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us … Continue reading →

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The Road Trip Begins

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Don Merritt

Acts 13:4-12 Saul, Barnabas and Mark sailed to the island of Cyprus, and when they arrived, they began to proclaim the Word of God in the synagogues. There was a certain Roman proconsul named Sergius Paulus who sent for Saul … Continue reading →

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God’s Cathedral

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Don Merritt

The greatest of cathedrals are not made by the hands of men, but by the very hand of God Himself.  In those cathedrals, you can go to pray and to listen to the sounds that are not sounds made by … Continue reading →

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A Paradigm Shift

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Don Merritt

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8 Way back in the first chapter, the … Continue reading →

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Prayer, part 1

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Don Merritt

Like spiritual practices, prayer is a very big topic about which thousands of volumes have been written. Yet, not only is prayer a very large subject, it is also a controversial one in many places, for when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Living Hope

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Don Merritt

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or … Continue reading →

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A New Topical Adventure: The Journey

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Don Merritt

I’ve been thinking, always a scary and somewhat dangerous enterprise, about doing a topical series of posts. As I thought about it, it seemed to me that a survey of spiritual disciplines or practices would be a useful place to … Continue reading →

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Herod, Peter and God’s Will

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Don Merritt

Acts 12:1-19 Luke shifts scenes, this time we see Herod and his nefarious doings. He arrested some of the believers in Jerusalem to persecute them, and in the process, James was murdered. With this act, Herod noticed his approval rating … Continue reading →

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