Category Archives: Devotional

Musings and Confessions from Personal Bible Study

Cherished: A Love Confessed

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Robert Franklin

When someone says,”I love you” it is decision time, isn’t it?  Do you remember the first time you uttered those words to someone who wasn’t your mother?  Did you mean it? Did you understand what you meant?  In the days … Continue reading →

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Wrapped

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=wrapped&iid=7310676″ src=”0/3/f/d/Ancient_Egyptian_mummy_ff41.jpg?adImageId=9643399&imageId=7310676″ width=”234″ height=”355″ /]What are you wrapped up in?  A television show, a sports season, a job, a relationship, a house, a hobby?  What empowers you to face the difficulty of the day and to look forward … Continue reading →

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Unrecoverable Loss

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=hurricane+katrina&iid=914721″ src=”5/9/3/3/Demolition_Continues_On_9ac7.jpg?adImageId=8962211&imageId=914721″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /]Due to the events of the past decade we are becoming familiar once again with unrecoverable loss.  The new millenium promised a recovery from the stock market blowout of the late ’90 but … Continue reading →

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Feeling Worthless

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”right” wrap=”true” link=”term=worth&iid=175814″ src=”0172/f1c91276-dabb-4ad6-a689-f468004e4013.jpg?adImageId=8861712&imageId=175814″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /]Whatever the future holds, it is likely to prove impossible to restore in full the sanctity of life view. The philosophical foundations of this view have been knocked asunder. We can no longer base our … Continue reading →

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To Give an Offense

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=eating&iid=7386012″ src=”9/b/0/a/Indonesian_Tree_Man_50bd.jpg?adImageId=8819663&imageId=7386012″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /]Grace that reflects the power and presence of the Holy Spirit is simultaneously strong and sensitive.  Long before “political correctness” became a catch phrase, there stood a Biblical command to exercise freedom in … Continue reading →

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Joy Above, Below and In-between

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Robert Franklin

“Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the Lord, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. … Continue reading →

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