• Victory in Jesus!

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    Read: Acts 2:22-29 Welcome to our fourth week of meditation. We are now on the theme of glorification. Remember that we have this guiding outline in our lenten monthlong meditation: Week 1: Suffering Week 2: Death  Week 3: Resurrection Week 4: Glorification Week 5: Mission  By glorification we mean the very victory our Lord Jesus…

  • The Resurrection: Our Reward Guarantor

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    Read: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 The entire chapter fifteen of the first letter to the Corinthians is Apostle Paul’s argument for the reality of resurrection, extensively treating the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in the gospels, and the promised resurrection of the believers. At the end of the chapter, the apostle concludes with…

  • Rendezvous With the Resurrected 

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    Read: Philippians 3:7-11 Had the risen Lord Jesus not apprehend Saul, nothing would have stopped him in his deathly tracts. He was sincere but sincerely wrong. So convinced was he of his beliefs that he was willing to kill for it. But his rendezvous with the Risen on the road to Damascus confronted, converted, and…

  • The Resurrection Power-Spawned Hope

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    Read: 1 Peter 1:1-9 1 Peter is one of the general epistles of the Bible, the others being James, John, and Jude. Written by Apostle Peter between 64 AD and 65 AD, 1 Peter was written shortly after the burning of Rome in July of 64 AD to strengthen the believers who were undergoing escalating…

  • The Perspective Changing Power of the Resurrection 

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    Read: Philippians 3:7-11 It’s forty degrees below freezing point, but with the wind chill factor, it feels a lot colder. The fingertips of the guitarist are numb, and the snow makes it harder to walk for everyone. But the night is not getting any younger and the people are getting ready for bed. The team…

  • The Resurrection Power in the Daily 

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    Read: Ephesians 1:18-20 Fighting death is the ultimate goal of medical science. The strength, power, and efficacy of a medicine is based on its ability to cure illness or prevent death from happening. Undoubtedly, a number of medical advances have resulted in prolonged lives, low mortality rate, and prevention and cure of diseases.  But until…

  • Because He Lives!

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    Read: 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 Today we start a new theme in our March month-long Lenten Season devotionals. We started with Christ’s suffering, then we moved on to His death, and for the next five days our devotionals will revolve around His resurrection. The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the second component of the…

  • Perish to Proliferate

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    Read: John 12:23-35 One of my chores as a child was to watch over large thin spreads of rice grains as they dry on the side of the street or plaza. After harvest, the grains need to be completely moisture free before being put away for either consumption or for next season’s seedlings. The sweltering…

  • Fools With And For Christ

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    Read: 1 Corinthians 1:18-30 No one wants to be called, or even thought of as a fool. I think to make it hit harder, let me use the word idiot, forgive my language. No one wants to be called, or even perceived as stupid. To be made fun of or to be condescended upon is…

  • Freedom Isn’t Free 

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    Read: John 8:31-36 I grew up on the eastern foothills of Mount Tirad, a 1,154 meter high mountain near the city of Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. The mountain is significant to Philippine history because it was the site of the 1899 Battle of Tirad Pass, where a Philippine hero, the young General Gregorio del Pilar,…