Category Archives: pain

Today’s devotion: Life Haters – Ecclesiastes 2:17

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Stushie

Ecclesiastes 2:17         So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The horrendous mass-murders that took place last week in Norway shocked … Continue reading →

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Helping Haiti: Good News

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Stushie

Mark 1:15            “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” We talk a lot in church about the good news, but do we actually take it to others? I’m … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Return to Love

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Stushie

Hosea 14:4 I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. The prophet Hosea lived a tragic life. He fell in love and married a woman called Gomer. She was a prostitute … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: Light of Liberty

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Stushie

Matthew 5: 14 “You are the world’s light. You cannot hide a city on a hill. The days following the 9/11 tragedy were amongst the weirdest that many of us ever experienced. To begin with, there were no planes in … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Resident Evil

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Stushie

Our community in Knoxville is grieving and angry this morning. A while ago, a young couple – Chris Newsom and Channon Christian – were car-jacked, kidnapped, raped, tortured, horrendously mutilated, and savagely murdered by a gang of people over several … Continue reading →

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Compassion for a Killer

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Stushie

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. There’s been a lot of outrage expressed on both sides of the Atlantic about the Scottish Secretary of Justice’s decision to … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: End Stoning!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Stushie

Jeremiah 9: 20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. It was both brutal and harrowing. I wept … Continue reading →

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Movie Devotions: The Stoning of Soraya M

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Stushie

Today’s devotion may be alarming to some. Please do not read if you are squeamish. Isaiah 53: 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: Divine Doodles

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Stushie

Isaiah 40:18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare Him to? If you had seen my math notebook when I was in High School, you would have found penciled images of two things in between … Continue reading →

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