Category Archives: Devotional

Musings and Confessions from Personal Bible Study

Never Seen a Sunrise…

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Robert Franklin

What does the world look like through wonder-less eyes? This idea was first introduced to me through a Carl Sagan/Stephen Hawking YouTube video compilation extolling the “wonders of the universe.” After watching, I asked myself, “Why I would ever consider … Continue reading →

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Earth Splitting Joy

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Robert Franklin

And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise. (1 Kings 1:40, RSV) The “splitting of the earth” is an obvious hyperbole, so much so that … Continue reading →

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Day 20 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Robert Franklin

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, 4 he will speak peace to his people, to his saints http://goo.gl/vC6GOA  Noisy lives need #peace The magnificence of the God of justice is that he deliberately intermingles that which we would naturally … Continue reading →

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Day 19 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Robert Franklin

Our children will also serve him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord-Ps. 22.30 Promises sealed by 1 who was forsaken The day this picture was ‘snapped’ now seems to be an eternity ago. We are in … Continue reading →

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Day 16 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Robert Franklin

The expletive was not deleted: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. http://goo.gl/C9jbd0  Amazing! God stooped so far to scoop us up   The Law’s curse is death. Harsh, but true. Death … Continue reading →

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Day 15 of 140, Personal Devotion Tweets

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Robert Franklin

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. http://goo.gl/OQ541L  Power I need everyday. This simple phrase speaks perhaps the most overlooked truth of the Christian life. Modern Western Christianity … Continue reading →

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