Comments on: Easter

By: Mary Johns

Mary Johns — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:03:53 +0000

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By: Tammie Hacker

Tammie Hacker — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:24:47 +0000

I love what you have to say, Mike. I, too, choose to believe. I pray that someday my children who are now 24 and 27 will come back to their belief and love they once had for the Lord!

By: TCS

TCS — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:17:05 +0000

bury me deep. Because I too chose to believe it won’t hold me.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:35:50 +0000

If my son, who has autism, does not learn to speak “perfectly” down here, I will be able to hold a whole conversation with him in heaven.

By: Conni

Conni — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:58:11 +0000

Thank you for saying it so beautifully Mike. There has been a lot of debate and garbage going on in the comments of my blog, all because I said that it was a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ! I stopped by your blog, and all of a sudden I don’t feel nearly as beaten into the ground as I did after reading the last comments on my own blog.

Thanks for the reminders of what matters most.

By: vtc3po

vtc3po — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:22:32 +0000

Happy Patriot’s Day Everyone

But wait — Massachusetts is the only place that has this HOLIDAY! We’re enjoying a nice day off.

The Marathon is running. Go Sox!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:38:29 +0000

Thanks, Steve. They’re back. It’s what I believe, of course — that there is risk and decision in faith. We walk by faith and not by sight. But still, I know it’s disorienting to some people. But back to the original!

By: clint

clint — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:40:06 +0000

By faith men set them selves on fire and find no peace
By faith cities lay in ruins and yet there is no victory
By faith great explorations are sent out only to end up lost
By faith Andrea Yates drowned her children
By faith I believe yet I cannot prove it
Therefore I choose to believe my faith
Who else has the words of life?
Choose me!

By: Steve McMillan

Steve McMillan — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:08:06 +0000

Hey Mike, for me those “maybe’s” really need to be left in! I thought they were ‘grace-full’ and they made me think it through again. What’s up?

By: David U

David U — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:47:56 +0000

We buried a High School classmate yesterday. Yes, the irony was palatable. I choose by faith to believe also.

By: Calvin (G'ampa C)

Calvin (G'ampa C) — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:36:14 +0000

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their (our) humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is the devil- and free those (us) who all their (our) lives were held in slavery by their (our) fear of death…
Therefore, since we have a great High Priest who has gone into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are –yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

By: vtc3po

vtc3po — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:43:49 +0000

From the Saint John Passion by Bach

Beloved Savior, let me ask,
Since you, forever nailed to the cross,
Yourself did say: It is fulfilled!
Am I set free from death at last?
Can I, by your pain and death,
Inherit the Kingdom of Heaven?
Is all the world’s redemption there?
Your pain is such, you cannot speak;
And yet, you bow your head to say in silence: Yes!

By: Lawrence Underwood

Lawrence Underwood — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:30:13 +0000

Oh, it’s true brother. It’s true. Here is a powerful prayer from the Puritan period.

O God of my Exodus
Great was the joy of Israel’s son,
when Egypt died upon the shore,
far greater the joy
when the Redeemer’s foe lay crushed in the dust.

Jesus strides forth as the victor,
conqueror of death, hell and all opposing might;
He bursts the bands of death,
tramples the powers of darkness down,
lives for ever.
He my gracious surety,
apprehened for payment of my debt,
comes forth from the prison house of the grave
free, and triumphant over sin, Satan, and death.
Show me herein the proof that his vicarious offering
is accepted,
that the claims of justice are satisfied,
that the devil’s sceptre is shivered,
that the wrongful thron is levelled.
Give me the assurance that in Christ I died,
in him I rose,
in his life I live, in his victory I triumph,
in his acension I shall be glorified.
Adorable Redeemer,
thou who wast lifted up upon a cross.
art ascended to the highest heaven.
Thou, who as man of sorrows
wast crowned with thorns,
art now as Lord of life wreathed with glory.
Once, no shame more deep than thine,
no agony more bitter,
no death more cruel.
Now, no exaltation more high,
no life more glorious,
no advocate more effective.
Thou are in the triumph car leading captive
thine enemies behind thee.
What more could be done than thou hast done!
Thy death is my life,
thy resurrection my peace,
thy ascension my hope,
thy prayers my comfort.

Every blessing,
Lawrence

By: clint

clint — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:15:14 +0000

if death is the enemy then is it wrong to become friends with it, for my hope runs through it. i don’t mind keeping the scars but please God let me be whole again. i choose to believe!

By: paul

paul — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 03:40:33 +0000

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