Ramblings of an Accidental Artist

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Daily Graces 2024 #1004 #165

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November Book Report

C.S. Lewis (1956) The Last Battle. [Audible]. Narrated by Patrick Stewart. HarperAudio (2005) I’ve worked my way through the Audio versions of the Chronicles of Narnia this year. Patrick Stewart is an exceptional narrator to wrap up the series with The Last Battle.  Narnia began with The Magician’s Nephew, and ends with this story of a final war with the Calormenes and their god, Tash. Aslan…

November Book Report

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Let us reason together

Outdo one another in showing honor “Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord (Isaiah 1:18). Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor (Romans 12:10). Image created by author on Night Café Studio AI A week ago the world did not come to an end. Emotions range from triumph to relief to fear, and everyone is allowed to feel their emotions. But there is…

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October Book Report

An eclectic mix Frieda McFadden (2024). The Boyfriend. [Kindle]. Poisoned Pen Press. Just when I thought I was on to her game, McFadden does it again. It’s another psychological thriller with enough red herrings to sink a fishing trawler — and that’s all I can say, because, well, spoilers! Okay, one line. But only to give you a sample of why I enjoy this writer so much. “Arlene’s hatha yoga…

October Book Report

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September Book Report

C.S. Lewis (1946) That Hideous Strength.  [Audible] Narrated by Geoffrey Howard. Blackstone Audiobooks. 2000 Of the three books in Lewis’ science fiction trilogy, this title has aged the least well. Set in England decades after Ransom’s experiences in Perelandra and Malacandra, the story revolves around a facility dedicated to non-material scientism, with the end goal of separating the mind from…

September Book Report

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1 John 5:18–21

The last word 1 John 5:18-21 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Without question, this world is…

1 John 5:18–21

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1 John 5:12-19

The Christian life may not be easy, but it is rooted in simplicity. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know…

1 John 5:12-19

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1 John 5:1-5

Faith is the victory Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God…

1 John 5:1-5

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1 John 4:13-21

Abiding in love and light By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in…

1 John 4:13-21

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1 John 4:7-12

The origin of love is God. The manifestation of love is the incarnation of Jesus. The perfection of love is completed in us, those who are so overwhelmed and overflowing with God’s love that it spills out and over the people around us. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because…

1 John 4:7-12

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1 John 4:1-6

Plain and straightforward “No system can be tolerated, however loud its claims or learned its adherents, which deny that Jesus is the Christ come in the flesh, in other words, either his eternal deity or his historical humanity. Those who deny the Son have neither the Father nor the Spirit” (Stott 156) For three chapters, John laid out his argument that false teachers regularly infiltrated the…

1 John 4:1-6

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1 John 3:19-24

By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him, for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the…

1 John 3:19-24

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Book Report August 2024

I’ve been writing these for a while–what better place to share them? Fredrik Backman (2014). A Man Called Ove. [Kindle] Atria Books. Lovely lovely story about humanity’s basic need to live in community. Ove spends much of the book interrupted in his attempts to commit suicide after losing his beloved wife to cancer. Their story is revealed in flashbacks , and it is a sweet love story between a…

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1 John 3: 11-18; 3 John

They’ll know we are Christians by our love _”A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35). This powerful message from the book of John emphasizes the importance of love and compassion in the teachings of Jesus. It…

1 John 3: 11-18; 3 John

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1 John 2:18–25

Endure in the Truth you already know image by author Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.…

1 John 2:18–25

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What happens when the world loves itself.

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and the pride of life — is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:15–17). I…

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1 John 2:12–14

Suddenly, a poem  I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.  I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.  I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the…

1 John 2:12–14