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"It’s a dangerous business, Frodo. Going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to." - Bilbo Baggins
Phil
Dec 22, 20225 min read
Deep All Consuming Fire or Satisfied on the Surface?
John 11:11-15 -- After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The...
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Phil
Dec 21, 20224 min read
Jesus, Friends, Sam Gamgee, and Mr. Frodo Dear.
John 11:11-15 -- After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The...
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Phil
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Jesus' Voice & Actions over Fear & Feelings.
John 11:7-10 -- Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were...
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Phil
Dec 19, 20224 min read
Deep, Tough, Unchanging, Unfathomable Love.
John 11:4-6 -- But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God...
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Phil
Dec 18, 20224 min read
It Matters to Jesus.
John 11:1-3 -- Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed...
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Phil
Dec 17, 20222 min read
Whom God Helps.
John 11:1 -- Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Thank You Lord for my brothers I...
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Phil
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Excited for the Word!
John 11:1 -- Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Thank You Lord for taking care of...
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Phil
Dec 15, 20223 min read
The Wise and Innocent Question.
John 10:34-39 -- Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word...
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Phil
Dec 14, 20222 min read
"I and the Father are One."
John 10:30-33 -- I and the Father are one.” 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you...
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Phil
Dec 13, 20223 min read
Be Like Daisy.
John 10:27-29 -- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,...
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Phil
Dec 12, 20223 min read
Who Wants to Live Forever...
John 10:27-29 -- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,...
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Phil
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Simple Sunday: Learning to Play Baseball with Abba
Proverbs 3:5-6 -- Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In...
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Phil
Dec 10, 20224 min read
Jesus, Sheep, Strangers, Relationships, and Questions, Oh My.
John 10:27-29 -- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,...
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Phil
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Muting Jesus
John 10:25-27 -- Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me....
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Phil
Dec 8, 20224 min read
The Deflector Shield Will Be Quite Operational.
John 10:24-25 -- The Jews then surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ,...
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Phil
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Be Careful How You Respond
John 10:19-21 -- There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane;...
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Phil
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Christmas... But Wait, There's More!
John 10:17-18 -- For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me,...
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Phil
Dec 5, 20223 min read
One Flock Bound by the Good Shepherd.
John 10:16 -- And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will...
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Phil
Dec 4, 20224 min read
Do You Deeply, Intimately, KNOW?
John 10:14-15 -- I am the good shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me, 15 just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father;...
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Phil
Dec 3, 20223 min read
The Hireling.
John 10:11-13 -- I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a...
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