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The Danger of Confusing Reformation with Accommodation
By Dr. Scott Rodin | For the past nine years, this blog has been dedicated to helping the body of Christ embrace the call to be faithful stewards in a world of owners. We have written frequently on the contrast between the worldview of an owner vs. the calling of ... read on
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Who Will Be Standing at the Door?
By Dr. Scott Rodin | A few nights ago, while watching the news, I found myself muttering the same words story after story. “How can people think that way? What kind of values drive these attitudes? How can they see the world this way? I can’t even begin to conceive ... read on
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What Do You Expect?
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Easter Saturday morning Linda and I were having prayer and coffee on our deck, and we were discussing how this day was called Black Saturday by the ancient church. We wondered how the disciples must have felt, huddled in a secret room, scared, stunned, despondent. ... read on
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Easter Sunday — The Incarnation of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself ... read on
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Holy Saturday — The Anticipation of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. (John 17:24) Thought Before God shouted out across the darkness, “Let there ... read on
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Good Friday — The Unity of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the ... read on
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Maundy Thursday — The Spread of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. (John 17:18-19) Thought The form of these two verses is striking. Jesus compares and equates his coming into this world to ... read on
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Holy Wednesday — The Distinction of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of ... read on
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Holy Tuesday — The Covering of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are. While I was with them, I was keeping them ... read on
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Holy Monday — The Transfer of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | I have revealed Your name to the ones whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have followed Your word. Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave ... read on
