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John 1:9
“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” It is really interesting how John distinguishes, here, between the light and the true light. There have been other lights you can consider such as the prophets or even the law given to Moses to be light. John is making sure… Read more
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John 1:7-8
“He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.” John the Baptist is still being talked about here in this passage. We see the mission for which God has sent him—to bear… Read more
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John 1:6
“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” After talking about the God man, Jesus, a second man is introduced. Who is this man? He is the man simply described in his introduction as a man sent from God. John the Baptist—not to be confused with John the writer of the gospel—is the… Read more
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John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” There are two competing forces that Johns shows in this verse: the light and the darkness. These have always been commonly known to oppose each other, but what do they represent? The Light we get clues to what it represents in… Read more
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10th Anniversary in South Dakota
It is crazy to think Thomas and I have been married for so long, but we celebrated our 10th anniversary in 2024. Because of scheduling conflicts, we didn’t get to take our celebratory trip until close to August. That turned out to be a bit of a good thing because we didn’t decide until about… Read more
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John 1:4
“In him was life, and the life was the light of men” The previous context for this verse is how Jesus is the creator of all things and how nothing was made without Him. Here, we see the paraphrase of this context “in Him was life.” Reiterating in practical terms the same thing that… Read more
The Traveling Mountains 