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Holy-ness: set apart
What is holiness, really? Is being holy just a stodgy idea for people who never realized that “we aren’t in the 1500’s anymore, Dorothy?” Or is it actually something truly magnificent and beautiful – and glorious? In response, God has already said, and he is all of those things; magnificent and beautiful AND Glorious –…
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Christians and Masculinity: Beginning at the Beginning
I recently came across the term “masculine Christianity” (youtube video).* Equivocation COULD happen – as in, ‘quit yourselves like men; be strong’ means ‘go drink beer and grow a beard; because that is what men do’ (kjv, esv). But since Jesus was masculine, even though it’s not clear from Scripture whether he had a beard…
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A Gift and the Magi
Emily Winslow Cox ENGL 203 Regent University Professor N. Geske Eliot’s Magi: Beginnings and Endings Eliot’s “Magi” poem is one which expresses the perspective of a traveler looking back on a unique journey – a journey he would remember for the rest of his life. It was a journey to a birth, a birth through…
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Forgetting What Lies Behind – Biological Sex and the Cross
by Emily Winslow Cox I saw a post this morning by someone on social media who was noting that their doctor had mistaken them for the opposite sex.^1 Rather than being frustrated about this, the person was glad – even celebrating their success in presenting as the opposite sex.^2 The post expressed a sense of…
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Nothing Gold
A unique aspect of Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is the comparison of days to seasons. He starts out talking of the flower of the leaf , or its ‘prime’ when it is green (Frost). But, it is only so for an ‘hour,’ he says – then, no more (Frost). What does he mean…
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Waiting for a World
photo by Carlos Cuatro Waiting for a world brand new I walk and talk and sing with you of love forever, always true Love has loved us first In all things we have victory through Christ in us in you and me he makes a picture others see of who he is he sets us…
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Defining the Puritans
Forenote: here is some fruit from my study on the Puritans. I thank my parents who have provided me with books and opportunities to learn. Thanks to my dad who has labored as a lawyer and to my mom who has felt the pangs that brought me life and continued, with my dad, to labor…
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Defining the Puritans
Forenote: here is some fruit from my study on the Puritans. I thank my parents who have provided me with books and opportunities to learn. Thanks to my dad who has labored as a lawyer and to my mom who has felt the pangs that brought me life and continued, with my dad, to labor…
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Sacrifice and Human Identity: in Love, Marriage, and Life
Lately, I am been thinking. Yes , thinking is normal. Specifically I have been thinking about how, in marriage, while the husband is called to reflect Christ to his bride, they – both man and wife – are together called to live like Christ. Together, they are called to be living sacrifices to the lord…
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I Hope You Say
photo by Zsun Fu “Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.”¹ On the WordPress platform that I use, I see writing prompts off and on – sparking answers to questions that might be along the lines of, “where would your dream vacation take you?” and “if you could learn to ski, would…
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