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Peace
What bothers you most about the life that you're living? What is it that consumes more of your thoughts than you would willingly give? Is...
jwoods0001
Feb 12, 20246 min read
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The "Sinai and the Cross" blog from last week considered the "God's Eternal Purpose" (GEP) chart from the beginning of man's "salvation...
jwoods0001
Feb 5, 20245 min read
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What Do Mt Sinai and the Cross Have In Common?
The Bible is an amazing book. It is complicated in that it is actually a library of books rather than a single book. As a library it has...
jwoods0001
Jan 29, 20247 min read
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Let’s Just Chat
We've got the fire going and it's cold outside. Hot chocolate anyone? (Franklin Delano would be proud of us. (I'm not sure if that's a...
jwoods0001
Jan 22, 20244 min read
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God’s In Control?
I'm sure you have heard someone say, "We know God is in control." As an example, someone loses their job and a friend tells them, "We...
jwoods0001
Jan 15, 20246 min read
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There’s No Other Way
If we are in any way serious about following God there are a few things we have to accept from the start. One of those is that God is,...
jwoods0001
Jan 8, 20244 min read
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Starting All Over Again
"Happy New Year," we cheerfully greet each other. Or as Jose Feliciano sings in Feliz Navidad, "y prospero ano nueva," a prosperous new...
jwoods0001
Jan 1, 20245 min read
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In the Bleak Midwinter
Christina Rossetti, was the daughter of an accomplished English family. Her father was a professor teaching Italian at a London...
jwoods0001
Dec 25, 20235 min read
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
(Image: The Bell Tower at Harding University) The song may be better known as "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," or more simply as "I...
jwoods0001
Dec 18, 20235 min read
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
*(See note at end of article.) This is one of my most loved Christmas songs. There are so many I truly love, that I have no idea which...
jwoods0001
Dec 11, 20234 min read
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
It's December, and it's been cold! Music is coming out of the radio that we haven't heard in 11 months. I wonder what all of this could...
jwoods0001
Dec 4, 20235 min read
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Thankful For Thanksgiving
"Let them give thanks to the LORD for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for mankind, for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the...
jwoods0001
Nov 27, 20234 min read
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On Being God
* It is a sad reality that many Christians have a warped sense, or maybe no real sense, of who God is, what God is like. We harbor many...
jwoods0001
Nov 20, 20235 min read
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Wonderful Story of Love (#2)
The previous article in Trying to Walk, Connecting with God (#1)", considered how God expects people to "find" and "connect" with Him. If...
jwoods0001
Nov 13, 20234 min read
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Connecting with God (#1)
Believing there is a God, how do we connect with Him? How do we meet Him? If there is such an omniscient, all-powerful God who created...
jwoods0001
Nov 6, 20234 min read
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Here is Water!
The past week has been the culmination of about two months of plumbing problems which started out not as a big deal and slowly became...
jwoods0001
Oct 30, 20236 min read
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Mono Times Three
No, we're not talking about mononucleosis here. Let me end this charade as quickly as I started it. This blog is concerned with helpful...
jwoods0001
Oct 23, 20237 min read
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Which “god” is God?
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are [very religious.] For as I...
jwoods0001
Oct 16, 20234 min read
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For the Love of God
The first four articles in “Trying to Walk” have dealt with the existence of God. There will be more such articles, but this article is...
jwoods0001
Oct 9, 20235 min read
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A Rationale for Belief
In “Rational? Or Irrational?” it was shown why atheism is an irrational choice. But that’s not enough for some to assume that faith must...
jwoods0001
Oct 2, 20237 min read
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