This blog is copied from Substack @THEHIDDENDAY I thought it would be fun, interesting and educational if we discussed a Psalm in Haiku form. We will explore what it means to each of us, via the Holy Spirit. Join the study at http://www.TheHiddenDay.com and use the Study button link. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive …
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1 Peter 2:9-10 NIVBut you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. [10] Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not …
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What advice would you give to your teenage self? Three responses, first philosophical, second humorous, and a lastly spiritual. On a philosophical note... * Be patient and kind to yourself. * Don't be afraid to make mistakes. * Find your passion and pursue it. * Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. …
I don't wish to take sides, this poem could be called Israel Weeps, but I believe there has been more grief and weeping in Gaza and the West Bank than in Israel. There have been over 47,000 Palestinians killed in this conflict against less than 3,000 Israelis, and so it's Gaza weeps. A controversial poem …
Church tradition from the earliest days of Christianity has ascribed these letters to John, commonly believed to be the apostle John—one of Jesus’ chosen twelve, the son of Zebedee, and “the disciple whom Jesus loved” of John’s gospel. But there’s a problem. Neither the text of the gospel nor that of the letters bears John’s …
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Here’s a reflective poem about Bethlehem at Christmas during times of war. May the spirit of peace and resilience be with all those touched by conflict. A view of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church's Nativity scene in Bethlehem. Last year, (2023), it portrayed a baby Christ born under rubble and wrapped up in a Palestinian …
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Following on from my reflection on Peter's first letter published last month... 5th December 2024 Who Wrote the Book of 2 Peter? Christian tradition states that the Apostle Peter authored 2 Peter, his second letter to church communities in Asia Minor. Context The events in 2 Peter occur in the Roman province of Asia Minor. The …
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Background: Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; died AD 64–68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Catholic tradition accredits Peter as the first bishop of Rome—or pope—and also as the …
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The Acts of Paul and Thecla. A contemporary English Translation - New Revised and Extended Edition. Third Edition Published March 2024 A pseudo-theological book. Thecla's story is one of many in the Apocryphal Acts which portray women giving up riches and sexual activity to follow the Apostles. The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles is a …
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