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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:14Hebrews 11:14 “For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.” Something is wrong, Lord We have known it since the beginning Since we first knew what sin was Since the desire to have things our way started growing in our hearts Since the temptation…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 9:15
Hebrews 9:15 “Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.” Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 9:13
Hebrews 9:13 “For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh” Lord, who can pay for sin? We do wrong every day We take that which is not ours We speak words…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 1:5Hebrews 1:5 “For to which of the angels did God ever say, ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’? Or again, ‘I will be to him a father,and he shall be to me a son’?” t is not to angels that our worship is lifted, Lord For even…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 1:3a-4
Hebrews 1:3a-4 “After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.” Lord, I do not understand You were already higher than the angels; why…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 1:3a
Hebrews 1:3a “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.” How many times have I asked to see Your glory I have lost count, and the way still stretches long before…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 1:2
Hebrews 1:2 “but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.” Lord, You are not silent Though it often seems that You are As though evil has the upper hand As…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 1:1
Hebrews 1:1 “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, Godspoke to our fathers by the prophets” Lord, You know how desperately I need to hear from You. This world is no friend to grace I catch a glimpse of Your glory at dawn, but by nightfall my vision…
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Continue reading →: The Myth of the Rational Market: A Book ReviewThis book whispers an unsettling memento mori into the ear of the aspiring business leader: It doesn’t matter which lens you choose, because in the end the view is the same through both of them…
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Continue reading →: Lamentations 1:3Lamentations 1:3 “Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations, but finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress.” Once we dwelt among Your people, Lord Jerusalem – built as a city that…
Essays, poetry, meditations, and book reviews by Jeremy Vogan.
Jeremy Vogan
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