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The Wandering Desert Preacher: April 2015
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Saturday, April 11, 2015. What is your message? Paul found himself standing in front of the Governor Felix defending his behavior and message. Felix was very interested in what Paul had to say because he had studied the Christian faith as well as the Jewish faith. The writer of the Apostles of the Holy Spirit summarized Paul’s conversations with Felix in the following words:. You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you'" (Acts 24:25). Our culture is like a...
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: I am not qualified!
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Thursday, August 6, 2015. I am not qualified! What qualifies anyone to serve the Almighty God? Who does God use? The reality is God specializes in nobodies. I think of some of the people who seem to make the greatest impact for God; they are not anything that this world would choose. Then I look at the disciples Jesus chose and I realize that God specializes in choosing people with pretty thin resumes. Here is St. Paul’s perspective:. Ronald Friesen © 2015. Death, O death?
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: March 2014
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Thursday, March 6, 2014. What will you give up? What are you giving up for Lent? If you around a certain group of people this spring, you will hear this question often. What are you thinking about in this season of reflection? 8211; Ron Friesen. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Are you ready to live? You cannot really live until you are prepared to die. This is the message of the day observed in much of Christendom today: Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday launches the Christian season ...
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: March 2015
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. 8220;This is my body.” (Luke 22:19). Do you ever feel that you live among the pawns of Satan? Do you ever wonder if you are Satan’s pawn (be careful how you answer)? Jesus invites you to his table to eat of his body. Ronald Friesen © 2015. Monday, March 30, 2015. 8220;Take this and divide this among yourselves. (Luke 22: 17). Ron Friesen © 2015. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Welcome to Holy Week 2015. I invite you to the table to eat and talk with Jesus.
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: Befriend the despicable...
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Monday, August 10, 2015. St Paul reminds us that followers of Jesus are known for their friendship of the most unsavory this world offers for the sake of the Good News:. 8220;I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. Ronald Friesen © 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There Is A Time.
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: January 2015
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Saturday, January 31, 2015. What is your choice? As the early church continued to spread the Good News of God’s forgiveness, the church continued to grow. St. Luke summarizes this growth in this manner:. 8220;God has granted repentance that leads to life” (Acts 11:18). To repent is to have a change of mind. Of course, the question must be asked, “Change of mind about what? Chapter of the Acts of the Holy Spirit – do you worship Caesar or Jesus? Ronald Friesen © 2015. A few ...
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: April 2014
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Friday, April 25, 2014. Living in the Shadow. The picture is of people running down the street fleeing a huge cloud of dust and smoke. It is a photograph burned into my mind of September 11, 2001. The cloud of dust and smoke created a giant shadow over the panicking victims. Many people live in shadows: some of their own making, many of them created by life around them. It is tempting to live our lives under these shadows, feeling we are going to be overtaken any minute.
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: Where is the truth?
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Friday, August 7, 2015. Where is the truth? For followers of Jesus, discerning truth is an important part of their lives. There are several principles that guide the follower of Jesus. Here is St. Paul’s instruction:. 8220;The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? There is a Spirit that is searching for truth wherever it can be found especially the truth of God. A Little Bit of Class.
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: June 2014
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Have you ever been really angry? No, I mean really angry. So angry that you wanted to see babies thrown on rocks and their bodies smashed? Well, not sure if I have ever been that angry. Been pretty angry in my lifetime. Here is the Palmist expressing his anger over being hauled off to a foreign country and enslaved:. Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. Monday, June 2, 2014.
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The Wandering Desert Preacher: August 2015
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The Wandering Desert Preacher. Friday, August 28, 2015. In the concluding words of St. Paul’s first letter to the saints at Corinth, we read these words:. Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love” (I Corinthians 16:13-14). The above words as timely in the 21. Century as they were in the First Century. Ronald Friesen © 2015. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Death, O death? Death swallowed by triumphant Life! Who got the last word, oh, Death? Dr Ernest Becker, a...
