Tag Archives: Christ

Paschal Mystery

Posted on June 14, 2013 by billtonnis

2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the … Continue reading →

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True Greatness

Posted on May 29, 2013 by billtonnis

Mark 10:43 “Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant.” Two of the apostles had just boldly asked Jesus to allow them to sit at his right and left when he comes into glory. They were expressing … Continue reading →

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Connected to Your Source

Posted on May 1, 2013 by billtonnis

John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” Is the Risen Christ at the very center of your life? … Continue reading →

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Love Is the Answer

Posted on April 30, 2013 by billtonnis

Acts 14:22 They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” Paul had just been stoned and dragged … Continue reading →

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No Division

Posted on April 25, 2013 by billtonnis

John 13:16-17 “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.” In Christ all are … Continue reading →

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Love Transforms

Posted on April 19, 2013 by billtonnis

Acts 9:17 “Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit.” When Saul was blinded by … Continue reading →

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Radical Acceptance

Posted on April 17, 2013 by billtonnis

John 6:37-39 “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one … Continue reading →

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Love Overcomes Hate

Posted on April 16, 2013 by billtonnis

Acts 7:58 They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. Stephen, the first martyr, was wrongly accused…thrown-out and murdered by the … Continue reading →

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Bread of Life

Posted on April 3, 2013 by billtonnis

Luke 24:30-31 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from … Continue reading →

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Blind Faith

Posted on April 2, 2013 by billtonnis

John 20:15-16 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I … Continue reading →

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