tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659575390071176992024-03-15T21:10:24.083-04:00Further Adventures of Jeff DolesJeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.comBlogger1042125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-71443398439553847242024-02-12T11:51:00.002-05:002024-02-12T11:51:33.262-05:00A Haiku on Hell<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJqQjUd-7XnIxCYulgtBFZ-y2kfsnniWGto_KTtNlZ-qttQaZ2UQiOsT1ik4BpcyH0wV5CLnsXCLcsXbHHa2N93ZGcZY1wOWTP2ZH5IgRZYyV3jczLuELFfuB5Au1uc-PNADn07GsO5tdpp_5WhVxIYP0gjujIP9msjsoprA6_yMY3CC12rMDXV-xXoLx/s1600/Haiku%20on%20Hell.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJqQjUd-7XnIxCYulgtBFZ-y2kfsnniWGto_KTtNlZ-qttQaZ2UQiOsT1ik4BpcyH0wV5CLnsXCLcsXbHHa2N93ZGcZY1wOWTP2ZH5IgRZYyV3jczLuELFfuB5Au1uc-PNADn07GsO5tdpp_5WhVxIYP0gjujIP9msjsoprA6_yMY3CC12rMDXV-xXoLx/s16000/Haiku%20on%20Hell.png" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Haiku on Hell</b><br />Scripture tells us that<br />God is a Consuming Fire,<br />and that God is Love.</span><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The Consuming Fire of God and the Love of God are not two opposing forces which must be somehow balanced out, one against the other. It is, rather, two different ways of speaking about the same thing — the Divine Love poured out at the Cross.<br /><br />It is the Divine Judgment condemning sin and evil, purging and cleansing us from it. It is Love in its chastening work, correcting and refining us, to deliver us from our false self and restore us to our True Self, which is Christ in us, and us in Christ.</span><br /><p></p></div>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-66490797160995805622024-02-09T09:32:00.004-05:002024-02-09T14:37:29.061-05:00The True Light That Overcomes Our Darkness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7AiVOtUoBJOL8rV8nExPB9l9BPzZO_qIzfmwqmJF5BvH54XTbpyDQbD4k8UseX3HsOPHVSzeOD84doxffih1PcWPxXcNGCLX_weQRchzcQH4o5laWQCb6CM1KKaT_RVndWu11Qvysa2j5HON88RGxx8XTv2Nb4e53abDcn4FkAi6k3CKp1mXJEPdeWWT/s1600/True%20Light%20That%20Overcomes%20Our%20Darkness.png" imageanchor="1"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7AiVOtUoBJOL8rV8nExPB9l9BPzZO_qIzfmwqmJF5BvH54XTbpyDQbD4k8UseX3HsOPHVSzeOD84doxffih1PcWPxXcNGCLX_weQRchzcQH4o5laWQCb6CM1KKaT_RVndWu11Qvysa2j5HON88RGxx8XTv2Nb4e53abDcn4FkAi6k3CKp1mXJEPdeWWT/s16000/True%20Light%20That%20Overcomes%20Our%20Darkness.png" /></a></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The darkness of sin, <br />the curving inward upon ourselves <br />in a downward spiral toward oblivion, <br />blinds us to the infinite and eternal glory <br />that is Jesus Christ crucified and risen. <br />But Christ is the True Light who gives <br />light to everyone in the world, <br />and overcomes our darkness <br />but cannot be overcome by it.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. <br /><br />“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light that was the True Light which gives Light to everyone coming into the world.” (John 1:1-9)<br /><br />“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.’” (John 8:12) </span><br /></p><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-35137151655683287142024-02-07T11:40:00.002-05:002024-02-07T17:14:41.905-05:00Christ and the Road We Are On<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiavTccO4w9Njgp_xUUEc94OrLP6k7oltO8AwmXpKtfdZN39MihhK-pOP069X-J5_Ullng5VT03ZtzEV3gK8sBAo9QIxgFssRjz7-A8_j03gG75V7u5pPbTf2nqcStE8F-wEARzbYU9q5McBzlfxGKwqCx8PdOB4X_Cd8ublgEffXj1BSJMOEvWi5T10f/s1600/Christ%20and%20the%20Road%20We%20Are%20On.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiavTccO4w9Njgp_xUUEc94OrLP6k7oltO8AwmXpKtfdZN39MihhK-pOP069X-J5_Ullng5VT03ZtzEV3gK8sBAo9QIxgFssRjz7-A8_j03gG75V7u5pPbTf2nqcStE8F-wEARzbYU9q5McBzlfxGKwqCx8PdOB4X_Cd8ublgEffXj1BSJMOEvWi5T10f/s16000/Christ%20and%20the%20Road%20We%20Are%20On.png" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christ is the only <br />Way to the Father, <br />But there are many <br />Ways to Christ. And <br />There is no road <br />He won’t come down <br />To find you and me. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">There may be many who<br />Follow the Way of Christ,<br />Live the Truth of Christ,<br />Experience the Life of Christ,<br />Who do not yet know His name.<br />Then let us look for Christ<br />In everyone we meet.</span></p><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-35892591651968631702024-02-02T11:19:00.006-05:002024-02-02T16:11:55.966-05:00The Incarnation Means No Separation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUdaylidfbVIMN_2eZMyILPZWKfjf5ADj8rdX5Hx2h3TE8ZnbrpEMHRqQf9n6bLW8mFyDZ5ohIqCE-SuJvU_Yqnbb2s5CrZ3-LvAqtjsrEhCO9ehxJwXvmHa83DqjRk3-tKSKSLsFLdQWErFXKiXmK0zWJ2lAg49io9jpRo2-xFO7EO2UObIyR6L5Du5N/s1600/Incarnation%20Means%20No%20Separation.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUdaylidfbVIMN_2eZMyILPZWKfjf5ADj8rdX5Hx2h3TE8ZnbrpEMHRqQf9n6bLW8mFyDZ5ohIqCE-SuJvU_Yqnbb2s5CrZ3-LvAqtjsrEhCO9ehxJwXvmHa83DqjRk3-tKSKSLsFLdQWErFXKiXmK0zWJ2lAg49io9jpRo2-xFO7EO2UObIyR6L5Du5N/s16000/Incarnation%20Means%20No%20Separation.png" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Incarnation of Christ, <br />the union of divinity with humanity, <br />means there is no separation <br />between God and humankind, <br />between heaven and earth.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The only separation is in our own minds.<br /></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">“For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.” (Romans 8:5-7)</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">There may be distinction, but in the ontological reality of things, there is no separation. How could there be, for the Incarnation is all-encompassing of humankind. There is only one humanity, of which we all partake, and by the Incarnation, Christ has become that humanity. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is why St. Paul can speak as universally of Christ as he does of Adam:<br /></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">“Consequently, just as one trespass [Adam’s] resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act [Christ’s] resulted in justification and life for all people.” (Romans 5:18)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">“For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:22)</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As many as were lost in Adam are found in Christ.</span></p><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-74983712643475876552024-01-31T12:45:00.000-05:002024-01-31T12:45:16.896-05:00All Scripture is For and About the Church<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38RJ-O70aNnpsHqvMWMgWxL0HKdne5iLcF0ncebwu0X2qxGyyoZVpiOqdbBPGB_oZ_stiaiUwIFk46lgjCR41oqyjLyPzrQ9cGAPfhwE5Sj0mcw2tECemIpkkfppg5Ucb8YuLA5NgvaCXaPXfcn3zru_sZz7Aa1kZ4U6KD8Iz0BrZT6LOeSwNhQ/s1600/All%20Scripture%20is%20For%20and%20About%20the%20Church.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38RJ-O70aNnpsHqvMWMgWxL0HKdne5iLcF0ncebwu0X2qxGyyoZVpiOqdbBPGB_oZ_stiaiUwIFk46lgjCR41oqyjLyPzrQ9cGAPfhwE5Sj0mcw2tECemIpkkfppg5Ucb8YuLA5NgvaCXaPXfcn3zru_sZz7Aa1kZ4U6KD8Iz0BrZT6LOeSwNhQ/s16000/All%20Scripture%20is%20For%20and%20About%20the%20Church.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All Scripture is about Christ, and so also about </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the Body of Christ, the Church. All Scripture, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then, is written <i>to </i>and <i>about </i>the Church </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as well as <i>for </i>the Church.</span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-14913833067782735932024-01-29T11:29:00.002-05:002024-01-29T11:29:23.316-05:00Gratitude is Prayer<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-NI0pPNRk3IdrbuJt1OHQAj227q98sFLMy0fOFIXe8838sq7TulzDgLcIvZa7c5DTOz9vbyCZnCXAE4_trfQvWX3MolZNrrbYcA8JL-zX3YDCu6dVnWdsb_arWkpFU1OvrEzavPzgwyfHDM24NGmSP-kq67zNzCxurl1mstqB4CZJKnXiHMWU_fNEiV1/s1600/Gratitude%20is%20Prayer.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-NI0pPNRk3IdrbuJt1OHQAj227q98sFLMy0fOFIXe8838sq7TulzDgLcIvZa7c5DTOz9vbyCZnCXAE4_trfQvWX3MolZNrrbYcA8JL-zX3YDCu6dVnWdsb_arWkpFU1OvrEzavPzgwyfHDM24NGmSP-kq67zNzCxurl1mstqB4CZJKnXiHMWU_fNEiV1/s16000/Gratitude%20is%20Prayer.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gratitude is prayer.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A life of gratitude </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">is a life of prayer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">“Rejoice always, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">pray without ceasing, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">in everything give thanks; </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">for this is the will of God </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">in Christ Jesus for you.”</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)</span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-19314710937625011972024-01-26T10:52:00.006-05:002024-01-28T15:28:31.423-05:00The Love of God, the Fire of Hell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYDhQYfBywDl_VnfAeXYIjcJmiTE70qBldJj4c-qxRWYtObl7lR-bNsjOlV1SKPRh2eoK5Ct4ioeXm75foiij0hUa4_WcpjT0Z8j_bDth59QPi-92UdD4Fcu5E6ntS70nAfOvwXBKgFrrGYwaNBP356JTmUVu1RfVxiOcdAcgdeaPkYu234UgGLSSEdBy/s1600/Love%20of%20God,%20the%20Fire%20of%20Hell.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYDhQYfBywDl_VnfAeXYIjcJmiTE70qBldJj4c-qxRWYtObl7lR-bNsjOlV1SKPRh2eoK5Ct4ioeXm75foiij0hUa4_WcpjT0Z8j_bDth59QPi-92UdD4Fcu5E6ntS70nAfOvwXBKgFrrGYwaNBP356JTmUVu1RfVxiOcdAcgdeaPkYu234UgGLSSEdBy/s16000/Love%20of%20God,%20the%20Fire%20of%20Hell.png" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">“God is Love,” and “God is a Consuming Fire.” Whatever form the fire of God may take, it is always a manifestation of God’s love. It is a refiner’s fire that purges and purifies, burning away all impurities, while preserving intact what is good, what comes from God.<br /></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">“Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.” (Malachi 3:2-3)<br /><br />“For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.” (1 Corinthians 3:11-15)<br /><br />“Everyone will be salted with fire.” (Mark 9:49)</span></blockquote><p></p><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-46409351243849274362024-01-24T10:22:00.002-05:002024-01-28T15:27:42.176-05:00We Are Not Our Passions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3k4L-7lkW7xqNPOtB4XX6OVsvlV4djPGpo_FzBjk1G_jjQX1eLloylDN6nVr263oPp5VcCHtg9AFy-gSQTRBObSQhqZdHXi-nwOCRrklcA7HNhvmAq7Cxq4k2Hvc9lj1B1cv-hoD_Cm-f8f15iAqLdr-IZr3WgDUPzWCm6eKpRAFcsurOtGWtyEcui_2/s1600/We%20Are%20Not%20Our%20Passions.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3k4L-7lkW7xqNPOtB4XX6OVsvlV4djPGpo_FzBjk1G_jjQX1eLloylDN6nVr263oPp5VcCHtg9AFy-gSQTRBObSQhqZdHXi-nwOCRrklcA7HNhvmAq7Cxq4k2Hvc9lj1B1cv-hoD_Cm-f8f15iAqLdr-IZr3WgDUPzWCm6eKpRAFcsurOtGWtyEcui_2/s16000/We%20Are%20Not%20Our%20Passions.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)<br /><br />“His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 1:3-8) <br /><br />“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:2-5)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-31472787200650466362024-01-22T16:31:00.001-05:002024-01-22T16:31:24.350-05:00Interpreting Through Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogqEYBAjdZhhrA5GBrInttzJzqvbHdCn-m9AlzvTLyC9mxQBBLVWyCb7oPl2dwrtqL73jeWT68LBOIE-g06IjOALveSjXvA4njy31pVO3V4c0UraY461H0vFIICsjwIIkMvQzbfwyVIb1O8GVYHEWXyQcDRTFrHd5NLLTRMh_tXXdtM8fQGonMhMFtTLB/s1600/Interpreting%20Through%20Love.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogqEYBAjdZhhrA5GBrInttzJzqvbHdCn-m9AlzvTLyC9mxQBBLVWyCb7oPl2dwrtqL73jeWT68LBOIE-g06IjOALveSjXvA4njy31pVO3V4c0UraY461H0vFIICsjwIIkMvQzbfwyVIb1O8GVYHEWXyQcDRTFrHd5NLLTRMh_tXXdtM8fQGonMhMFtTLB/s16000/Interpreting%20Through%20Love.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">“Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together. And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him: ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ <br /><br />Jesus said to him, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:34-40)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-10177094227391718172024-01-20T15:29:00.003-05:002024-01-20T15:29:22.547-05:00Tangible and Transformative<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToyX1leF11nCaAWcfxkdbVXxmOJaTAtQr6uHp1_BjWZlqXN5JkTtpNXJbUVmFZpBKZiyI5bUxWYJ_A7BobSg3QEpJfdZAdPKnGjx99gW1CkR2sepqvd4jA0notW-HAX5NISyWSfVYYW8KydJg595hBGoeCit6UDdi-pKDqWedD5_c_Zh8tIa9_g/s1600/Tangible%20and%20Transformative.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToyX1leF11nCaAWcfxkdbVXxmOJaTAtQr6uHp1_BjWZlqXN5JkTtpNXJbUVmFZpBKZiyI5bUxWYJ_A7BobSg3QEpJfdZAdPKnGjx99gW1CkR2sepqvd4jA0notW-HAX5NISyWSfVYYW8KydJg595hBGoeCit6UDdi-pKDqWedD5_c_Zh8tIa9_g/s16000/Tangible%20and%20Transformative.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">“Do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.” (Romans 6:3-5) <br /><br />“Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.” (1 Corinthians 10:16-17)<br /><br />“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-48841661753268922002024-01-14T15:14:00.007-05:002024-01-28T15:26:35.273-05:00Repentance is a Red Pill, Blue Pill Moment<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwe97LAstfrIgtW69ymb7bxY93qcBMEU4TpZlREobSbXj30Cs-pxA8GRQYXS0tGw-MWc1I84eX20vl0kzWiSbqYdFVDy-t5b4jPoEMMQdR4AJ7AsCqjyj3EO16ngwsptOaL0dQzjMshUgCX3z0dCt5LQIb3HsdsP9R1BZXjwopgGzrrWfZwonHUx2YJdA/s1600/Repentance%20is%20a%20Red%20Pill,%20Blue%20Pill%20Moment.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwe97LAstfrIgtW69ymb7bxY93qcBMEU4TpZlREobSbXj30Cs-pxA8GRQYXS0tGw-MWc1I84eX20vl0kzWiSbqYdFVDy-t5b4jPoEMMQdR4AJ7AsCqjyj3EO16ngwsptOaL0dQzjMshUgCX3z0dCt5LQIb3HsdsP9R1BZXjwopgGzrrWfZwonHUx2YJdA/s16000/Repentance%20is%20a%20Red%20Pill,%20Blue%20Pill%20Moment.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><blockquote>Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, <span style="font-size: large;">“</span>The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” (Mark 1:14-15)</blockquote>Repentance is a reorientation, an ever-deepening conversion of heart, mind, will and way of being to the reality of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God. It is learning to see with new eyes and live with new understanding.</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-56745981645461791392024-01-12T09:46:00.001-05:002024-01-29T15:24:36.824-05:00Understanding Scripture Together<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OV6tUKY9GqUA6BkpMVCOm4i-9LWDUdJMKm0RXjGohnSjcSUNc5fSzLOgjag4OFc4KGIF_r17izw6_Sb10pUe7559FsCdXMaEpERCcrEo3-DXCJ_dF6DFWnIVzeCQAGgduFYpOKfqg_CjjUIpdcDhC40_9IOHJHbkvsXE_xRHeSzR2r4NAEBjQTJtM0nh/s1600/Understanding%20Scripture%20Together.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OV6tUKY9GqUA6BkpMVCOm4i-9LWDUdJMKm0RXjGohnSjcSUNc5fSzLOgjag4OFc4KGIF_r17izw6_Sb10pUe7559FsCdXMaEpERCcrEo3-DXCJ_dF6DFWnIVzeCQAGgduFYpOKfqg_CjjUIpdcDhC40_9IOHJHbkvsXE_xRHeSzR2r4NAEBjQTJtM0nh/s16000/Understanding%20Scripture%20Together.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We must learn to read the Scriptures with the all of the Church in all times and places. For there is only the one Holy Spirit, given to the one Body of Christ:<br /><blockquote>But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. (John 16:13-15)</blockquote></span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-38965931932460937112024-01-10T08:51:00.000-05:002024-01-28T15:28:46.156-05:00The Love of God Freely Poured Out For Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdwGzygDtmJBkLWNYPqRT-1r4p4WuOhxjp7t4uJQu_O390F9581WWOGzYXWcmV65TKyXc6hA4_vQ01ecOXIRXAjm-TuthAXzXcL_ZNFvKiN212U-apUMEB_SBRkQWUBqZZ1-JuGpZHcd7XsivaNPbmOTwBPS4YqhdnURc-rsEK6H724gtkhyZC2gQMlS6/s1600/Love%20of%20God%20Freely%20Poured%20Out%20For%20Us.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdwGzygDtmJBkLWNYPqRT-1r4p4WuOhxjp7t4uJQu_O390F9581WWOGzYXWcmV65TKyXc6hA4_vQ01ecOXIRXAjm-TuthAXzXcL_ZNFvKiN212U-apUMEB_SBRkQWUBqZZ1-JuGpZHcd7XsivaNPbmOTwBPS4YqhdnURc-rsEK6H724gtkhyZC2gQMlS6/s16000/Love%20of%20God%20Freely%20Poured%20Out%20For%20Us.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’” (John 1:29)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-55660640176953718112023-12-24T10:54:00.003-05:002024-01-28T15:29:41.027-05:00The Transfiguration of Everything<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cQIpbVY-LMrP_XEtNBz-67cZHZUxN0RlCjWEJoPYgsAAXxgc2ILEQZDXx3S5R9GjTUXd5AxB8KAmm5rthQv0tFKGNuFWX7_2h7pfWkeA9bP6htVPfsNuXEUCxH3SMKD_vo1w8xViC9PjDwrqMx-bEORHOEymvqexJ8hK_hb0NjX89powMc86F1MErMiB/s1600/Transfiguration%20of%20Everything.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cQIpbVY-LMrP_XEtNBz-67cZHZUxN0RlCjWEJoPYgsAAXxgc2ILEQZDXx3S5R9GjTUXd5AxB8KAmm5rthQv0tFKGNuFWX7_2h7pfWkeA9bP6htVPfsNuXEUCxH3SMKD_vo1w8xViC9PjDwrqMx-bEORHOEymvqexJ8hK_hb0NjX89powMc86F1MErMiB/s16000/Transfiguration%20of%20Everything.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)<br /><br />“God made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment — to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.” (Ephesians 1:9-10) <br /><br />“Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’ And He said to me, ‘Write, for these words are true and faithful.’” (Revelation 21:5)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-22211788801795889342023-12-22T09:25:00.003-05:002024-01-28T15:29:53.373-05:00When Imagination Bodied Forth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3hdsiUEEMGGO8wNBk1Fux3-36aMbzEAuqWekpJzLbosE6eMQP9wzh5hNap68_L2ARML8RAlEsmBXrm4_20ifpoXPEMXomL0n2W75Tl2PFVKgmh2hwuAVBjy5RAyLQvlsU1QLXGghaqBRkzYirSnw8ix_SnBZgcANpgSXUrN0aWWm-KJJGUIARI8FSTu8/s1600/Imagination%20Bodied%20Forth.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3hdsiUEEMGGO8wNBk1Fux3-36aMbzEAuqWekpJzLbosE6eMQP9wzh5hNap68_L2ARML8RAlEsmBXrm4_20ifpoXPEMXomL0n2W75Tl2PFVKgmh2hwuAVBjy5RAyLQvlsU1QLXGghaqBRkzYirSnw8ix_SnBZgcANpgSXUrN0aWWm-KJJGUIARI8FSTu8/s16000/Imagination%20Bodied%20Forth.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">A reading of John 1:1 and 14, mindful of the depth of meaning of the Greek word Logos, and playing off of Shakespeare’s description of the Poet in A Midsummer Night’s Dream:<br /><blockquote>“And as Imagination bodies forth <br />The forms of things unknown, the Poet’s pen <br />Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing <br />A local Habitation and a Name.”</blockquote></span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-3458102737758749702023-12-20T10:13:00.001-05:002024-01-29T14:27:38.349-05:00What We Become By Grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIAETNIecnPOnG-EKHtJuXeoPuOmlOACo_89HjLbOEWremeLrDxTVmMbZRuFHzWlNN7zOEQsCpTUEvQqF1IuG3cjmPqVXIZu75hoD_8nXXktLwio9yzVaNsF1Zs0kESLNnLfiOhJIvWTY_-BXKncF8d9ccQSTVcfdYyzAUaGFyDVYK34Fl53RkEFHhnZ7/s1600/What%20We%20Become%20By%20Grace.png" imageanchor="1"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIAETNIecnPOnG-EKHtJuXeoPuOmlOACo_89HjLbOEWremeLrDxTVmMbZRuFHzWlNN7zOEQsCpTUEvQqF1IuG3cjmPqVXIZu75hoD_8nXXktLwio9yzVaNsF1Zs0kESLNnLfiOhJIvWTY_-BXKncF8d9ccQSTVcfdYyzAUaGFyDVYK34Fl53RkEFHhnZ7/s16000/What%20We%20Become%20By%20Grace.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-44385602628253600482023-12-18T10:23:00.003-05:002023-12-19T09:40:10.947-05:00The Incarnation and the Way of Human Being<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKdSv9PBNN5Hk3JHL2zfSxnRm7baxJH4KtgG8JQ7R2ZiwH99jGPd8JI0c0RkAeQl7nHsgZyYSvgEs128GHQg8-8O2McYUjshTaECgYmZJL_BQwvZROLfPKshhInKp77bfaLvjVOJgZyqSIb8Ni65DMXwxeKO3QSGYv1kEZMS-4HI0vMPtHsk3dkWcZr8s/s1600/Incarnation%20and%20the%20Way%20of%20Being%20Human.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKdSv9PBNN5Hk3JHL2zfSxnRm7baxJH4KtgG8JQ7R2ZiwH99jGPd8JI0c0RkAeQl7nHsgZyYSvgEs128GHQg8-8O2McYUjshTaECgYmZJL_BQwvZROLfPKshhInKp77bfaLvjVOJgZyqSIb8Ni65DMXwxeKO3QSGYv1kEZMS-4HI0vMPtHsk3dkWcZr8s/s16000/Incarnation%20and%20the%20Way%20of%20Being%20Human.png" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">“For us humans and for our salvation He came down from heaven and by the Holy Spirit was Incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became Human.” ~ Nicene Creed</span><br /></p><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-75209950320318148542023-12-15T10:43:00.001-05:002023-12-15T10:43:53.364-05:00We Would Never Have Begun to Be<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYefXjDYJ9x1c1yE-uLwVfpZi2gZTqu2bqfcv5zJSugD3AhgzFqmjy_YoZhbRIXJ1oKSbsk1ORu_I42nCSPqtrWdik1yKzmu4NC9BcFnCLnniixGVm9LC7zcS14f1DxICsrEtboWJuhbWhCHgE0JUQMR5a0_FAK2JyF4c5v-4vH8Z7s6lJNaQlO5gtSKG/s1600/We%20Would%20Never%20Have%20Begun%20to%20Be.png" imageanchor="1"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYefXjDYJ9x1c1yE-uLwVfpZi2gZTqu2bqfcv5zJSugD3AhgzFqmjy_YoZhbRIXJ1oKSbsk1ORu_I42nCSPqtrWdik1yKzmu4NC9BcFnCLnniixGVm9LC7zcS14f1DxICsrEtboWJuhbWhCHgE0JUQMR5a0_FAK2JyF4c5v-4vH8Z7s6lJNaQlO5gtSKG/s16000/We%20Would%20Never%20Have%20Begun%20to%20Be.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-26311727499102776522023-12-14T09:16:00.004-05:002023-12-19T09:40:22.916-05:00Time and Space and the Incarnation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaGKg61VLYSiXPEadTcFbYyydwDpv9jQFpLFrAxKydF6UqwuVaF7WyqFw-6Q9yFQo7U3zt3ftqVlId8wsvkZQHz92lTcifFjpLEqEDuTAS7TS87XbhoTvlPnTbhDtFpeuqn7kGodzugoIrw_SCpDk_SUnVyv1-R2sX7eTKXtFjS4AEYyzrXJnTcq9eOzU/s1600/Time%20and%20Space%20and%20the%20Incarnation.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaGKg61VLYSiXPEadTcFbYyydwDpv9jQFpLFrAxKydF6UqwuVaF7WyqFw-6Q9yFQo7U3zt3ftqVlId8wsvkZQHz92lTcifFjpLEqEDuTAS7TS87XbhoTvlPnTbhDtFpeuqn7kGodzugoIrw_SCpDk_SUnVyv1-R2sX7eTKXtFjS4AEYyzrXJnTcq9eOzU/s16000/Time%20and%20Space%20and%20the%20Incarnation.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Incarnation is <br />the transfiguration <br />of everything.</span><br /></div><div><p></p></div>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-80886092873257491612023-12-09T10:08:00.000-05:002023-12-19T09:41:38.020-05:00Always, Everywhere, in Everyone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jmxSvwjfxM2C-04XId50XGKr5hoY0YboMfEYL7l5lu0HDL_mGo6hWrwg_h6x0Aj3C1rKCrc_SOrdjlU6n6hRcD5iF5f96iTXBrisC5OEucf5zR3KUt1CAB57lYNph5SUFbaEyDtNeCz0JOwZM54X4ivQFOlbh3mSVhcNfLTC9mF8sNFG1N4I8ccJdAWI/s1600/Always%20Everywhere%20in%20Everyone.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jmxSvwjfxM2C-04XId50XGKr5hoY0YboMfEYL7l5lu0HDL_mGo6hWrwg_h6x0Aj3C1rKCrc_SOrdjlU6n6hRcD5iF5f96iTXBrisC5OEucf5zR3KUt1CAB57lYNph5SUFbaEyDtNeCz0JOwZM54X4ivQFOlbh3mSVhcNfLTC9mF8sNFG1N4I8ccJdAWI/s16000/Always%20Everywhere%20in%20Everyone.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The Primary Thing is this: Christ the Logos, the Word of God, was with God, Face-to-Face, and indeed is God. All things were created by Him, and He is the True Light who gives Light to everyone in the world. The Word became human nature and dwelt in us. Because He is God and in eternal fellowship with the Father, the Word, Jesus Christ, has made God known to us. (John 1)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-57662538134618100752023-12-07T09:17:00.003-05:002023-12-19T09:41:48.900-05:00Experiencing the Transfiguration of Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw0PRj-JEZOWA4UKAQpx50hMzbuK4FccHuuvfRNCZWd3u6OMxpCirHsCBC4RB0Tjpzh6GxM_Hc7_s8eVJN9txt5lIFy_DcXz-zIdLHhhVIyCFJ0FPfK2KiT527YJ_4KEJs_I50lQS4Wo76iEf0ewLBndIab52ot7AdPu1Y9ChNQrwQJoXMeadX4el-CjO/s1600/Experiencing%20the%20Transfiguration%20of%20Time.png" imageanchor="1"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw0PRj-JEZOWA4UKAQpx50hMzbuK4FccHuuvfRNCZWd3u6OMxpCirHsCBC4RB0Tjpzh6GxM_Hc7_s8eVJN9txt5lIFy_DcXz-zIdLHhhVIyCFJ0FPfK2KiT527YJ_4KEJs_I50lQS4Wo76iEf0ewLBndIab52ot7AdPu1Y9ChNQrwQJoXMeadX4el-CjO/s16000/Experiencing%20the%20Transfiguration%20of%20Time.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-2873477363820211122023-12-04T10:37:00.003-05:002024-01-29T13:43:45.978-05:00Christ is Beauty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLFswKXPAZJCqF4ukvUlkFQd4Z0jkcFMsi3qka7PG0Tmj_XdWfnAOMDIPCJ4g3ARpzqSnIqbcrVm9VPWnCFmD0dljDQkqu66ZyFbj6q3D4WciZxHCgP2GxBOmXwiz1A4sjjjehKyHbbPEgyqUCgYuiawvWBVO2MA3-nBrF74F-M6XQ3qqPRAwJdbAtRlP/s1600/Christ%20is%20Beauty.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLFswKXPAZJCqF4ukvUlkFQd4Z0jkcFMsi3qka7PG0Tmj_XdWfnAOMDIPCJ4g3ARpzqSnIqbcrVm9VPWnCFmD0dljDQkqu66ZyFbj6q3D4WciZxHCgP2GxBOmXwiz1A4sjjjehKyHbbPEgyqUCgYuiawvWBVO2MA3-nBrF74F-M6XQ3qqPRAwJdbAtRlP/s16000/Christ%20is%20Beauty.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">“One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” (Psalm 27:4)</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-71047714417105769122023-12-01T10:14:00.001-05:002024-01-29T14:27:44.790-05:00A Severe Grace<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_Bz7W_4WEcIIKxD0ipVRc7Mv2M2TjYkXuPoQxs1gJptD2I_0UbdXCNuTgTLzyFb6DfZ9XtHMG2Z8RYhjeTtYJ8VZRzwN98r9eC8VycxeSPdtOFXhhvS1QNFVx_snSkEiefbBcBtFHkAgdR-zEZnknIh4e4GPEPY7M5EskmypUajpo7So9OPR_3Up24wm/s1600/Severe%20Grace.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_Bz7W_4WEcIIKxD0ipVRc7Mv2M2TjYkXuPoQxs1gJptD2I_0UbdXCNuTgTLzyFb6DfZ9XtHMG2Z8RYhjeTtYJ8VZRzwN98r9eC8VycxeSPdtOFXhhvS1QNFVx_snSkEiefbBcBtFHkAgdR-zEZnknIh4e4GPEPY7M5EskmypUajpo7So9OPR_3Up24wm/s16000/Severe%20Grace.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passion .... And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.” (Romans 1:23-26, 28)<br /><br />“For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all. Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.” (Romans 11:32-36)</span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-67697735977275883552023-11-29T09:33:00.001-05:002024-01-29T13:38:17.052-05:00Discovering the Freedom of God<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrqEKnYxcYIjy_tStnUCa7Shbzn5N-vRqYkMlz1zETGTgiSnbWmNwTrmkwG2VShGgUOLZIzC0sFa8KIdD2eadYMmBUCLmr5oNDZLBjkCZaLOkqrcID8clLvugIFxtXASjKG2yO_MRtBeWJlIgtmRrhAL4HvXxkSePgzin_gB8Q80HqSqApF81xoq9vGpd/s1600/Discovering%20the%20Freedom%20of%20God.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrqEKnYxcYIjy_tStnUCa7Shbzn5N-vRqYkMlz1zETGTgiSnbWmNwTrmkwG2VShGgUOLZIzC0sFa8KIdD2eadYMmBUCLmr5oNDZLBjkCZaLOkqrcID8clLvugIFxtXASjKG2yO_MRtBeWJlIgtmRrhAL4HvXxkSePgzin_gB8Q80HqSqApF81xoq9vGpd/s16000/Discovering%20the%20Freedom%20of%20God.png" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">God is Love.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Love Gives and Serves.</span><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them. But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:42-45)</blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love is Freedom.</span><br /></p><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165957539007117699.post-34356285815575910432023-11-27T10:39:00.000-05:002024-01-29T15:30:10.356-05:00Dying to Ourselves, We Become Ourselves<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WthmM9y45PJZQO30i2CKBWP9hh9AOEL0OnK9l_1993wzhU_gjiUweAgNuauHuK5QCDlc-gYTYz4q2ahGYbhOhWQPw0jZ9qM7Wx2hyfp4HOEN1yqORdzGnCj3LoxIBfLWqrEJ-eeTUgpGk6juygMCVc7LUTan1QUcIh76Yz85zsN5H9Z7KaIYziPymtQM/s1600/Dying%20to%20Ourselves%20We%20Become%20Ourselves.png"><img class="wide" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WthmM9y45PJZQO30i2CKBWP9hh9AOEL0OnK9l_1993wzhU_gjiUweAgNuauHuK5QCDlc-gYTYz4q2ahGYbhOhWQPw0jZ9qM7Wx2hyfp4HOEN1yqORdzGnCj3LoxIBfLWqrEJ-eeTUgpGk6juygMCVc7LUTan1QUcIh76Yz85zsN5H9Z7KaIYziPymtQM/s16000/Dying%20to%20Ourselves%20We%20Become%20Ourselves.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><blockquote>“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:25)<br /><br />“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)</blockquote></span><br /><p></p>Jeff Doleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582602841064840774noreply@blogger.com0