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God’s will

A strange & troubling dream

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on March 7, 2013March 5, 2019
  • crucifixion

Antoni Ciseri’s 1871 “Ecce Homo — Behold the Man” I thought of this famous painting this morning when I read Matthew 27.  Matthew’s Gospel alone mentions Pilate’s wife telling him to have nothing to do […]

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How should we study the Bible, anyway?

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on February 11, 2013March 5, 2019
  • Bible Study

I‘ve studied the Bible for 35 years for lots of reasons:  information and knowledge, to figure out a crisis I’m going through and to help me defend the faith.  But without doubt the best thing […]

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Surrender … total surrender … it’s right there in the Lord’s Prayer

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on February 5, 2011
  • God's will

One of the most vital lines to pray — ever! — is “… your will be done.”  In fact, Jesus tells us that if we want to learn to pray, this is one issue that […]

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On the 11th day of Christmas (January 5), my true love gave me … This??

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on January 5, 2011
  • Christmas

1.  Here is the reading for the 11th day of Christmas, January 5th: Matthew 2:16-18 (New International Version, ©2010)  16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he […]

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It is sheer grace or it is nothing at all!

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on November 20, 2010March 5, 2019
  • God's Sovereignty

I took this on the Sea of Galilee (July 2010) The most incredible story is found in Luke 5:1-11. Jesus chose Peter to be his disciple, and Peter left his fishing business and followed him. […]

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The wonder, the mystery of Christmas

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 9, 2009March 5, 2019
  • Christmas

Augustine wrote in the 5th century… Oh food and bread of Angels, the Angels are filled by you, but where are you for my sake? In a mean lodging, in a manger. He who rules […]

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Two visits, One prayer

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 2, 2009March 5, 2019
  • Advent

Two visits, one prayer… Visit one:  “Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod.  About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the […]

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The old river never stops…

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on November 19, 2009March 5, 2019
  • God's Sovereignty

The old mighty Mississippi never stops.  I took this on my Blackberry from my 5th floor room at the Grand Harbor Resort in Dubuque, Iowa, where I am attending a Vineyard meeting. This morning I […]

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Arno River, Florence, Italy; June 2019

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