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Quick Thought – Thursday, July 11, 2024: Hamilton vs. Burr

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Ephesians 4:25-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:31-21 Reflect … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Tuesday, June 25, 2024: Nothing is Truly Hidden

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Hebrews 4 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 Reflect One of my favorite movies is the animated classic, “Shrek.” If … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Friday, June 7, 2024: Turning the Other Cheek

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 5:38-48 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matthew 5:39 Reflect A few years ago, my daughter and I took … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Thursday, May 30, 2024: Love the Unloveable

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Romans 12:9-21 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Romans 9:14 Reflect One of the hardest things that Christians are asked to do is to be nice to people who aren’t nice to us. Over … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Wednesday, May 22, 2024: Sin Is Sin

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Romans 5:12-21 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned… Romans 5:12 Reflect “Sure, I’ve done some bad things, but they aren’t all … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Thursday, May 16, 2024: Grace – We All Need It!

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Romans 3 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Tuesday, May 14, 2024: Seventy Times Seven

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 18:21-35 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Saturday, April 6, 2024: House Cleaning

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 24:36-51 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.  Matthew 24:36 Reflect Many years ago (after dinosaurs roamed the earth but before cell phones), … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Wednesday, April 3, 2024: Sin and its Consequences

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Deuteronomy 3:23-28 Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan. Deuteronomy 3:27 Reflect … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Thursday, March 21, 2024: Passing God’s Test

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Douglas Blaine

Read Psalm 130 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,     O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness,     that you may be feared. Psalm 130:3-4 Reflect Wanted: The Perfect Teacher Teaches amazing lessons every day and gives … Continue reading →

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