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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Ron Paul’s Pro-Life Message
Congressman Ron Paul argued that he opposes abortion from a Christian and Libertarian perspective. His remarks were made to an audience Monday in Iowa. Politico reported Paul as saying: “Life comes from our creator, not our government…Liberty comes from our creator, … Continue reading
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Lenten Quotes, Day 31
Alleluia, how the people cheer And palm leaves rustle as the king draws near. ~ John Beavis Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair. ~ Blaise Pascal
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Palm Sunday Pastoral Meditation
Jesus is the hope of the world. The crowds gathering and cheering the coming of Jesus into Jerusalem indicates that they were placing their hopes and expectations on Him. They may have failed to understand in what sense Jesus would … Continue reading
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The Entry into Jerusalem
Unknown Ottonian, Regensburg, about 1030 – 1040 Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment 9 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. MS. LUDWIG VII 1, FOL. 36
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Lenten Quote, Day 30
On this thirtieth day of Lent we hear verses from two beautiful hymns. From the famous Palm Sunday hymn: All glory, laud, and honor, to thee, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. And from … Continue reading
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The Eloquence of Infants
John Calvin observes: “[I]nfants, while they nurse at their mothers’ breasts, have tongues so eloquent to preach his glory that there is no need at all of other orators.”
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Babies Cannot But Trust
My good friend Mark Horne posted this short quote on the inescapable faith of infants: Noelle Maria Donathan, born March 9, 2011 (Ash Wednesdsay), baptized March 27, 2011. To such as you belong the Kingdom of God. When Jesus told … Continue reading
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Lenten Quote, Day 29
“How can we complain when He Himself was considered ‘as one struck by God and afflicted’.” (Isa. 53:4) ~ St. Therese of Lisieux
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Welcoming the King…
Robert Rayburn writes: …you cannot welcome the King of Kings astride his white steed, with the armies of heaven following behind him, until you have welcomed, trusted, and loved the humble king, riding on the colt of a donkey, who … Continue reading
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Jesus as the Coming Ark
Leithart sees Jesus’ Triumphal Entry as a typological fulfillment of the coming of the ark into Jerusalem in II Samuel 6 and I Kings 8. He observes: Jesus is in the center of a procession, as the ark was in … Continue reading
Exhortation: The Valley of Dry Bones
Death comes seeking whom it may devour. Death is the ultimate violence perpetrated against mankind. This is precisely why in God’s world death does not have the final world. In and through Christ, death needs to bow down in submission. … Continue reading
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Communion Meditation: The Table for the Resurrected
The Table of our Lord Jesus Christ is a memorial a table. But not a memorial in the sense that we only remember the cross; we do that also. But by memorializing this table we are reminding God what He … Continue reading
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Lenten Quote, Day 28
If we realize this, then we may understand what Easter is and why it needs and presupposes Lent. For we may then understand that the liturgical traditions of the Church, all its cycles and services, exist, first of all, in … Continue reading
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Lenten Quote, Day 27
Here is a litany of humility by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930) O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus. From … Continue reading
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Lenten Pastoral Meditation
Out of the most unlikely people in biblical history we discover the richest theology. The first century did not view the testimony of women as reliable. This is one reason the resurrection story is so fascinating, since the women were … Continue reading
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The Tomb and the Father of LIes
Gil Bailie’s book Violence Unveiled quotes René Girard as saying that, The tomb is where the “father of lies” and the “murderer from the beginning” can be counted on to issue his solemn reassurances and conjure into existence another of the “kingdoms” … Continue reading
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Open Your Graves
Ezekiel 37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there … Continue reading
Lenten Quote, Day 26
Our Lenten quote this morning is a beautiful prayer by the Anglican theologian and scholar E.B. Pusey: God, give us grace, this coming Lent, so to lay to heart our ways, that we may weary of all which is not … Continue reading
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Rio’s Devastation
A prayer for the massacre in Rio: Most merciful God, You ordain all things. No act is hidden from You, yet You are the God of all that is good, right, and beautiful. Grant your abundant mercy upon those who … Continue reading
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Lord Over Death
Jesus is about to raise Lazarus from the dead and the disciples are concerned that the Lord over death is going to be killed.
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Unbind Him!
Jesus’ declaration to Lazarus in John 11:44 “Unbind him, and let him go,” is what the tomb heard that Easter morning from the Father.
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Lenten Quote, Day 25
The denial is not an end in itself. The further from self, the nearer to God, and in God’s one true self found. –Junius M. Horner
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Lenten Quote, Day 24
God is the greatest of all who do good by stealth and do not crave for every benefit to be acknowledged. Or we may see how our pain becomes a blessing to others. And we turn the spirit of heaviness … Continue reading
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Video Book Review #11: Parenting in the Pew by Robbie Castleman
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Lenten Quote, Day 23
…when Pilate sends an innocent man to his cross, he unwittingly helps to found another kingdom, an eternal kingdom, a kingdom that is not from this world. –Peter Leithart
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Care to Know?
In her brilliant series of articles entitled Why Care about Knowing, Esther Meeks concludes: As confident as I am that skeptical voices fill our heads, I am more confident of a more truthful voice speaking quietly from our gut, patiently … Continue reading
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Exhortation: The Tree of Life
The incarnation of Jesus is not simply an incarnation to endure the world’s mess; it is an incarnation to suffer the world’s sin. At the cross, Jesus suffered the death that we deserved; He endured punishment that we deserved. He … Continue reading
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Resurrectio et Vita 