Musings

  • Forgotten Apps

    Originally posted 7/8/25 I’ve been taking a few weeks to explore my favorite apps. I’ve discovered so many apps on my phone that I used to use but I had forgotten that even had them. Two months ago my son and daughter in law gave birth to the most wonderful little baby. I have been

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  • Consumation

    Consumation

    Originally posted 2/4/25 Consummation is the 7th C of History. If you haven’t read the other articles in the series: The seventh and final “C” of history is consummation. Christians will finally be able to see God’s final plan for eternity.  Revelation 21:1-7 reads,  “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for

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  • Christ

    Christ

    Originally posted 1/28/25 Christ is the 5th C of History. If you haven’t had a chance to read the other articles in this series: Throughout the Old Testament, we read passages that allude to Christ. The first one is in Genesis 3:15, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring

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  • Cross

    Cross

    Originally posted 1/21/25 Cross is the 6th C of History. If you haven’t read the other articles in the series: The cross was frequently used by the Romans and became a symbol of death. It was a painful and degrading way to die. Most ulitimately died by suffication. As the person hungon the cross, he

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  • Confusion

    Confusion

    Originally posted 1/14/25 Genesis 9:1 tells us,  “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” They were to spread out and populate the earth. We read in Gen 11 that the people did not obey God.  Genesis 11:1-9–”1 Now the whole earth had one

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  • Corruption

    Corruption

    Originally posted 1/7/25 This is the second article in a series about the “7 C’s of history”. Corruption Confusion Creation Everything was perfect in the Garden. God communed with Adam and Eve in the Garden. Can you imagine what it would have been like to “commune” with God? God gave few instructions. In Genesis 2:15-17

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  • Creation

    Creation

    Originally posted 12/31/24 When we visited the Ark Encounter in June, I didn’t realize that the Creation Museum should have also been on my bucket list. We were on vacation and tired of the midwestern humidity. It was indoors so we went.  It wasn’t as expansive as the ark, but it was equally as impactful.

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  • Taming the Tongue

    Taming the Tongue

    Originally posted 12/10/24 The idea of taming the tongue sounds so easy. My mother always told us to say nothing if we couldn’t say anything nice. That was a lesson I didn’t completely master. As I have gotten older, I am better. In my younger days, my tongue was sharp. I like to think I

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  • Crowns

    Originally posted 12/3/25 The ladies at my church are studying the book of Revelation. We read in Revelation 4:4, “Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.”  Have you ever wondered what those crowns were for? In Rev 4:10-11

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  • Theology in the Church, Part 6

    Theology in the Church, Part 6

    Originally posted 11/19/24 This is a continuation of a series on Theology in the Church. Theology Part 5Theology Part 4 Theology Part 3 Theology Part 2 Theology Part 1 The Bible has the authority to tell us what we must do.   Ninety-four percent of Evangelicals believe this statement. I am a little concerned about

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