Christ or Chaos

Cynthia Forde

April 4, 2021 9:02 am

Happy Easter! Alleluia! He is risen!

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Reed Bates

He is risen indeed!

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Cynthia Forde

I am Re-reading a devotion book from forty years ago, by Andrew Murray. I was struck by a statement regarding Gods victory over rulers... Jesus was raised from the dead... despite the rulers. Many of my friends and I prayed fervently for a different outcome in the 2020 election. That was a sort of ... View More

April 4, 2021

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"If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied." (1 Corinthians chapter fifteen)

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Cynthia Forde

April 2, 2021 10:30 pm

Holy Saturday’s journey to Easter morn, a hymn devotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3NZEdHQaI

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An Easter Hallelujah - Cassandra Star & her sister Callahan

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Cassandra Star (10) & her big sister Callahan (19) sing this beautiful & meaningful Easter version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. These Easter lyrics were wr...

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Cynthia Forde

April 1, 2021 10:51 pm

Good Friday Hymn Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRaFdFkOVyY

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Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) A Capella by Pegasis

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Our names are Marvelis, Rissel, and Yaina, and we are known as Pegasis. We hope you enjoy our arrangement of this classic hymn!If you like it, subscribe to o...

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Reed Bates

February 26, 2021 12:49 pm

There is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all.

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Colossians chapter three

February 26, 2021

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"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you als... View More

February 26, 2021

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Reed Bates

February 27, 2021 9:28 am

As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

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Colossians chapter three

February 27, 2021

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February 27, 2021 10:16 am

A "woke" church is an unbiblical church. It is a church that needs to repent and believe the gospel.

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Colossians chapter three

February 27, 2021

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March 7, 2021 7:28 pm

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They Don’t Really Own Your Face, You Know

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Cynthia Forde

April 1, 2021 8:34 pm

Maundy Thursday’s hymn meditation is O Sacred Head Now Wounded, from the movie Passion of the Christ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO2d0AD5wBg

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O Sacred Head Now Wounded

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Images from Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ coupled with the hymn O Sacred Head Now Wounded sung by Fernando Ortega.Lyrics:O sacred Head, now wounded,...

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Cynthia Forde

March 27, 2021 8:22 pm

Sunday Offering 27 Mar: Sedona, AZ, There are so very many reasons to be grateful: Thank God for joyous news of negative biopsies today! Yayayay! We slept deliciously late, exercised, and oatmeal... View MoreSunday Offering 27 Mar: Sedona, AZ, There are so very many reasons to be grateful: Thank God for joyous news of negative biopsies today! Yayayay! We slept deliciously late, exercised, and oatmealed to face another excellent, cool, maybe wet day. Ron started hiking at 5:30 PM while Cynthia stayed warm researching hiking on the Camino de Santiago Trail Sept and Oct of 2022. Ron returned cold and wet, with the exception of his head. The bald spot was still dry. The rain started at the Spaceship Mountain, about halfway along the trail. Simultaneously, the light started failing. Ron removed his down coat and stuffed it into its pocket to keep it dry because down does nothing good when wet, and my raincoat no longer sheds water. (I keep it because it is still windproof, i.e. invaluable for motorcycling.) As he hurried along through the Wilderness area, there was one brief moment he savored the sight of the massive cliffs enshrouded in fog, but without the time to stop and absorb the sight. There was just a glimpse of sunset through the clouds at the same time as the trail started getting muddy. I now know that it is called slickrock because the mud becomes very slick in rain, treacherously slick. Several times Ron detoured through the grass alongside the trail rather than risk a mudsliding fall. Fortunately Ron had completed the hazardous part of the loop before it was fully dark. And then, miraculously, the rain stopped and a full moon appeared enshrouded in clouds. Ron was able to see enough to enjoy walking on rock the rest of the way instead of mud. As he paused to peer at one of the signposts, he suddenly heard the sounds of an animal rapidly rushing towards him. This causes an automatic paresthesias response. The animal was a large black shaggy poodle sort of a dog, and before I could make friends with him, his owner called him back to take a different trail. I was amazed that there was another man out here in the cold and wet without a light. Oh, I forgot to mention that I was talking on the cell phone the entire time. and my hands were like ice after the rain. By this time I had remembered the Phone trail to the Courthouse Rock Trailhead that I could use to get onto the highway rather than slipping and sliding on the slickmud Bell Rock Pathway back to town. That transition went smoothly and the return to town was uneventful although the shoulder is rather narrow in the many places protected by a guardrail. And a fun time was had by all the survivors.

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Reed Bates

March 27, 2021 10:50 am

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glor... View More

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