Tag Archives: Christ

We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

Posted on August 23, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Elisabeth Wales “We accept the love we think we deserve” (Stephen Chbosky). Sadly, we are not only prone to accepting the love we think we deserve, but only the love we think we deserve. And it severely limits … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Heaven

Posted on July 19, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Roman Odintsov A Taste of Heaven “For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son … Continue reading →

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Carry One Another’s Burdens

Posted on April 19, 2026 by mitchteemley

Galatians 6:2 Doing Life Together Have you ever moved, almost without realizing it, from learning about another person’s burdens to helping carry them? Indeed, if we don’t carry one another’s burdens, are we even truly alive? It is possible, and … Continue reading →

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A Hidden Mystery Now Revealed

Posted on June 8, 2025 by mitchteemley

The Old Testament: God made us. The New Testament: God is with us. The Living Testament: God is in us. ∴

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What We Will Be Has Not Yet Been Revealed

Posted on January 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, the new has come into being.” ~2 Corinthians 5:17 “I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly.” ~John … Continue reading →

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He Is Risen!

Posted on March 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

He is risen in me! “For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God … Continue reading →

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Do the Right Thing

Posted on January 29, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Something has changed. For most of its first two centuries, my country benefited from a unifying code of values. Most married couples stayed together because it was the right thing to do. Most adults strove to … Continue reading →

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The Holes in Our Reality

Posted on December 17, 2023 by mitchteemley

The familial warmth and sentiment of Christmas can, ironically, obscure the real reason Christ came: to reveal the holes in our reality. Our world isn’t a natural one, he showed, but an unnatural one, a broken shadow place hidden from … Continue reading →

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Put the X Back in Xmas!

Posted on December 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week People often assume that the term “Xmas” is an attempt to take “Christ” out of Christmas. But did you know that: The term Xmas dates all the way back to the Middle Ages. X is an … Continue reading →

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Real Life

Posted on September 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Awake, O sleeper, arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” ~Ephesians 5:14 “For if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” ~John 8:36 †

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