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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Jesus wept. -John 11:35 Is Jesus really that much like us? Did He feel pain? Did He experience sorrow, joy, exhilaration, exhaustion, temptation? He cried genuine tears of sorrow at the grave of His good friend, Lazarus. He cried with his sisters and friends while standing outside his tomb, when »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. -Luke 23:34 Apparently it was a very rabid crowd in Jerusalem calling for His crucifixion, even more so than the two real criminals who were crucified with Him. They had listened to the ring leaders stir up their »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles. -1 Corinthians 15:7 We are today in the 40-day period after Easter Sunday when Jesus originally made all of His post-resurrection appearances, ten in all. Sometime just prior to His last appearance to all the apostles when He ascended into »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt... Jude 21-22 Doubters are common and complex. The practice and process of doubting the sensibleness of faith, believing in the God who »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. -2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth. -Hosea 6:3 Mosquitos, humidity, heat, rain – all are a part of »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick, who can understand it? -Jeremiah 17:9 What an enormous blight on civilization! There are too many such stains to count, but among the greatest are the Killing Fields of Cambodia. Unfortunately, there are so many in this ahistorical modern society »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. -2 Corinthians 11:14 At any given time in the Vietnam War, especially daytime, an entire army was out of sight, hidden underground in myriads of tunnels throughout South Vietnam. The enemy, Vietcong or North Vietnamese soldiers, were expert »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Which commandment is the most important of all? Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You »

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:3-4 So what will it be like to return to the place »