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Tag Archives: Tragedy
Keeping Tragedy in Perspective
Laughter can conceal a heavy heart, but when the laughter ends, the grief remains. Proverbs 14:13 (NLT) We witnessed a lot of tragedy in the past week. In the U.S., we were bombarded with non-stop coverage of the Boston Marathon … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombing, Boston Marathon, Explosion, God, Grief, Joy, Perspective, Proverbs 14, Texas, Tragedy, West
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Tragic Stories Touch Secret Wounds
Chapter-a-Day Genesis 27 Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthright, Blessing, Deception, Esau, Family, Family System, Favoritism, Film, Genesis 27, God, Isaac, Legends of the Fall, Rebekah, The Godfather, Theatre, Tragedy
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Honest Reflections
Chapter-a-Day Psalm 71 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. Psalm 71:20 (NIV) The Christmas season and the subsequent … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Flaw, Honest, Life, Need, New Year, Psalm 71, Reflection, Savior, Saviour, Tragedy, Tragic, Trouble
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Chapter-a-Day Psalm 12
Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! Psalm 12:1 (NLT) Everyone of us feel things extremely from time to time. Stretches of life’s journey which are particularly stressful or anxious tend to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad, Doom, Gloom, Good, Optimism, Perspective, Pessimism, Preacher, Press, Psalm 12, Sensationalism, Tragedy
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Chapter-a-Day Psalm 2
“Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.” Psalm 2:3 (NLT) I was chatting the other day with an avowed atheist. Raised as a child in the church, my friend was not taught to … Continue reading
Chapter-a-Day Acts 8
A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. Acts 8:2 (NLT) The other night I watched a snippet … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Bulls, Circumstances, Conflict, Confusion, Despair, Eternal, God, Jerusalem, Jesus, Joy, Kyle Korver, Persecution, Purpose, Story, Tough Times, Tragedy
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Chapter-a-Day Acts 7
Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 7, Eucatastrophe, Hope, Murder, Mystery, Saul, Stephen, Tragedy, Whodunnit
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Chapter-a-Day Deuteronomy 21
Finally, all the leaders of that town that is nearest the body will wash their hands over the heifer that had its neck broken at the stream and say, “We didn’t kill this man and we didn’t see who did … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Anxiety, Bible, Community, Confession, Deuteronomy 21, Fear, Health, Tragedy
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Chapter-a-Day Deuteronomy 12
Be vigilant, listen obediently to these words that I command you so that you’ll have a good life, you and your children, for a long, long time, doing what is good and right in the eyes of God, your God. … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Deuteronomy 12, Evil, Family, Insomnia, Night Watchman, Sleeplessness, Tragedy, Vacation, Vigilant, Watchful
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Chapter-a-Day Jeremiah 52
When Jehoiachin king of Judah had been in exile for thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became king in Babylon and let Jehoiachin out of prison. Jeremiah 52:31 (MSG) I’ve been amazed at some of the stories coming out of Japan after the … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Earthquake, Hope, Japan, Jehoiachin, Jeremiah 52, Silver Lining, The Kings Speech, Tragedy
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