Tag: obedience
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Faithful in Unfaithful Places
I think Joseph of Arimathea is a fascinating character. He was a respected member of the Jewish council, the Sanhedrin—the governing body that exercised significant religious and civil authority in Jerusalem during the days of Jesus. It included men from very different groups and perspectives, including Pharisees and Sadducees. We’re not told exactly where Joseph…
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When Life Stops Making Sense
Twenty-five years ago, I sat in a classroom in New Jersey. The morning was crisp, blue, and beautiful. We were just getting started with a new school year. Early in the day, news started rushing through the halls about an airplane that had just hit a building in the city. A few months earlier, I…
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When Provision Disappears
In high school, I planned to become an orthopedic surgeon. As a committed athlete, I had spent my share of time in a doctor’s office getting wrists and knees and fingers repaired. Over time, I began to grow in my fascination for how the human body worked, and also for my doctor’s Rolex. Living in…
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Order Matters
Do you remember learning about “order of operations” in middle school? Maybe the mention of PEMDAS just gave you PTSD! We suffered through countless homework assignments designed to remind us that it wasn’t enough to know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. The order in which we performed those operations could create drastically different…
