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Admonitions for Crucial Times Part 1 ~ Be Informed
The significance of times and events isn’t always apparent to those observing or living through them. For instance, in spite of
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Tagged Admonitions for Crucial Times - Be Informed, Come and let us return to the Lord, Gallagher's Pen, Information is academic; knowledge is personal, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher, There is no knowledge of God in the land, Therefore the land will mourn
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A Strange Way to Celebrate
Just wondering … Did you know that this past week, practicing Jews around the world have been observing a holiday called Sukkot? If you’re like the
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Tagged A Strange Way to Celebrate, Gallagher's Pen, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher, Sukkot, You shall dwell in booths for seven days, You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, You shall rejoice in your feast
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Maybe We’ve Been Gettin’ It Backwards
If you’ve been reading the Bible for a while, you’ve probably noticed that God sometimes does things in ways that don’t coincide with our expectations and natural inclinations. Beyond that, He has a tendency to
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Tagged Evening to evening you shall celebrate your sabbath, Gallagher's Pen, Maybe We've Been Gettin' It Backwards, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher, the evening and the morning were the first day
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Spiritual Armor ~ It’s Time to Take It Seriously
Most of the time when I sit down at my computer to write, I feel a kind of optimistic hopefulness. I love the stimulating awareness that
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Tagged Armor - It's Not Just a Social Media Meme, Gallagher's Pen, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, We do not war according to the flesh, We do not wrestle against flesh and blood
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There’s More Going on Than We Think
In the first chapter of Mark’s Gospel, there’s an encounter recorded that Jesus had with an unidentified man with leprosy – one that’s easy to overlook. The story’s brevity and its proximity to
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Tagged Gallagher's Pen, I am willing; be cleansed, If You are willing You can make me clean, Immediately the leprosy left him, Jesus drama, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher
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A Condition “Big Pharma” Can’t Treat
Maybe it’s just me, but I find the growing number of TV commercials for new drugs to be almost astonishing. I mention that because
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