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Fixed Upon Him

Luke 20:18 – Luke 23:29 This post comes from this weekend’s reading… For a moment try to imagine the scene of Bethesda. Five porches filled to bursting with multitudes of people surrounded a pool of water. The blind, halt, and withered gathered waiting. The water in the pool before them had the potential to offer…

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Where Is Your Sycomore Tree?

Luke 16:13 – Luke 20:18 Luke, chapter 19, tells the story of a man named Zacchaeus who hoped to see Jesus when He passed through Jericho. The scriptures tell us that this man held a high position and was quite rich. However, notwithstanding these things, he was not able to see the Savior when He…

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What Makes a Man a Disciple

Luke 12:29 – Luke 16:13 This post comes from tomorrow’s reading…Luke 17 I will never forget the Thanksgiving that I visited the Detention Center in Salt Lake City. This facility is a temporary home for boys and girls ranging in age from eight to 17. Most are there because they have committed a crime. Some…

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All These Things

Luke 9:46 – Luke 12:30 I heard the email arrive at 3:35AM. I knew it was from Croatia.  You’d think after 23 months I would have learned to sleep all the way through a Sunday night…but I haven’t…not since the day he left. 3:35AM in Lehi, Utah happens to be 11:35AM in Zagreb, Croatia, and…

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When Heaven Meets the Earth

Luke 7:1 – Luke 9:46 Sometimes there are moments when the earth meets the sky, and it seems as if  all that separates the two is a line so thin you have to look carefully to see it there. In those moments I am reminded that every so often Heaven reaches down to touch the…

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