Category Archives: Devotional

Musings and Confessions from Personal Bible Study

Faithful Intimacy

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Robert Franklin

      I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. (John 17:23, … Continue reading →

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Where Geoffrey Went Wrong

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Robert Franklin

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the … Continue reading →

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The Changing of Seasons

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Robert Franklin

And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34.26) I really enjoy the changing of seasons. I … Continue reading →

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Crazy Dumb Love

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Robert Franklin

My life is marked by two challenges:  Loving God with all I am and loving others like I am someone who loves God with all I am.  The words are short and the sentence simple.  Attempting the lifestyle proves why I … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day for Pooping…Joy!

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Robert Franklin

It’s 4:50am and my morning prayer is already lifted up and I am up out of bed trying to convince myself that I need to go workout. I lose the argument, succumbing to the queasy rumble in my stomach and … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Terror

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Robert Franklin

The “T” word is now part of our regular vocabulary.  As with many other contemporary words, “terror” once conveyed a definite meaning, but now the word is stripped of its emotional power through common usage by unimaginative and unmotivated news writers.  … Continue reading →

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