Category Archives: Devotional

Musings and Confessions from Personal Bible Study

Unprecedented Opportunities

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=beg&iid=5095143″ src=”2/c/9/9/Young_woman_cupping_c228.jpg?adImageId=11158329&imageId=5095143″ width=”234″ height=”205″ /]Hurricanes, earthquakes, famine, war and the coldest winter in the northern hemisphere in several decades:  it shouldn’t be long and the “end times” folk will once again be hanging from every chandelier, lurking around … Continue reading →

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Singing to a Rock

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Robert Franklin

I have suffered a myriad of strange urges in my life, singing to a rock has not been one of them.  Why would someone serenade a mineral or be joyful over a stone?  I suppose I have seen the light of happiness in a woman’s … Continue reading →

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Smashing Doors

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=smashing+doors&iid=6779440″ src=”2/0/c/b/Smiling_Through_be16.jpg?adImageId=10413064&imageId=6779440″ width=”380″ height=”570″ /]Last night I was working really late.  I was alone and the lights in the office were off.  I had to leave my desk to retrieve something and I ran shoulder-square into a door … Continue reading →

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Negotiating the Ice (of Discontent)

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=ice&iid=7945539″ src=”1/c/3/3/Snow_and_ice_76f1.JPG?adImageId=10366444&imageId=7945539″ width=”234″ height=”147″ /]Once upon a time there was this thing called “winter.”  I read about it in the Little House on the Prairie books.  One scene in particular remains in my memory: visiting the barn during … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Thomas

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=doubt&iid=7313315″ src=”c/5/a/f/The_Incredulity_of_edfe.jpg?adImageId=10329777&imageId=7313315″ width=”234″ height=”243″ /]More often than I care to admit, the question “What am I doing?” pops into my mind.  Sometimes this thought is connected to a present frustration.  Perhaps someone I have diligently prayed for falls … Continue reading →

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Hairy Arms (Pt. 1)

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Robert Franklin

Yesterday I shared just a few thoughts about the current version of “men” purveyed by popular “culture.”  It is my firm belief that only man’s Creator has the right to define what makes “a man.”  Yesterday I encouraged men to learn how to … Continue reading →

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