Entries by Josh Rice

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When Grace is Better than the Dinner

January 16, 2022 Mark 8:22-26 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And […]

January 16, 2022 by
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When Near is Not Enough

January 9, 2022 Zechariah 1:1-6 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, “The Lord was very angry with your fathers. Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says […]

January 9, 2022 by
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Tenpenny Nails for 2022

January 2, 2022 Proverbs 27:7-10 One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. […]

January 2, 2022 by
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Toasting Heaven

December 26, 2021 Psalm 116:5-14 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, […]

December 26, 2021 by
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Rotten Tomatoes Wear Well in Heaven

December 19, 2021 Mark 8:34-38 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does […]

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