quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 28, 2012, 7:18 pm
I was reading for this week's Bible Study Fellowship lesson from Acts, chapter 19 when I was struck by verse 32:  "Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together." The context was that the apostle Paul was...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 22, 2012, 1:53 pm
As of yesterday in Orlando, Florida a new denomination of Presbyterians was formed.   The interim group, The Fellowship of Presbyterians, had met to discuss options of those members of the PCUSA who had fought to retain purity standards for clergy as well as other parts of the constitution which...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 30, 2011, 1:48 am
I was tagged by Veronica_Leigh@xanga (Thanks) 1. I have been knowing and loving Jesus for 46 years 2. I was brought up to respect girls and women, think of them as pure and gentle (still do, mostly) 3. I am an artist 4. I am father of 6 children and stepfather(same thing, to me) of 3 more a...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 28, 2011, 1:53 pm
Today's lesson for Bible Study Fellowship has a reading from the book of Acts, chapter 14, verses 19 through 21: "...Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered ab...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 26, 2011, 11:40 am
  In celebrating Reformation Sunday, we used this following confession.  There is a beauty in community as Christ's people when we look at His holiness realizing our sinfulness in light of His enormous grace and love: Corporate confession of sin would bring only despair were it not for our kno...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 26, 2011, 10:15 am
   Something to think about when we begin to trivialize or belittle our Sovereign Lord.  He IS holiness!: "We know nothing like the divine holiness. It  stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. Only the Spirit of  the Holy One can impart to the human spiri...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 24, 2011, 9:16 pm
 Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise? 3 Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times! 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You h...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 12, 2011, 2:28 pm
Even before Jesus was crucified, He told His followers what would happen and that He would rise again the third day.   He would leave earth to return to the Father and to be seated at His right hand.   But the disciples would remember that Jesus had reassured them, saying that the peace in th...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Oct 7, 2011, 10:32 am
She sat at the front room window, her first-born with his arm about her waist munching a cookie and looking up at her face as she read.  This was a special moment for her - these times didn't come often, what with three others and a fifth one ready to pop out just any day now.   The rest of the c...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Sep 13, 2011, 2:53 pm
There is a very recent post by a Xangan I love as a brother/ sister, (I had thought - erroneously, I now hear, that he is a he and not a she) on the warnings in the book of Hebrews, chapter 10.   At first, I was going to write in the comments box a very different view of those same verses, but ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Aug 14, 2011, 10:49 pm
Forty-five years ago, as a troubled young man, I began asking people around me (those whom I thought could give me a good answer)  "How does a person find God?   What must I do?" One man that I asked was a lay preacher.   I felt sure that he would understand what I was asking and would answe...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Aug 9, 2011, 11:17 am
The irritating "f" word. You know "the word."   It appears more and more often here on Xanga/Revelife.   That word, and others of the same "caliber," are included in titles as well as the body of posts.   It is showing up in great profusion - in the writings of young girls as well as the mos...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jul 27, 2011, 6:34 pm
Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social S...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jul 27, 2011, 5:00 pm
I'm not exactly sure when the change was made, but I didn't do it myself.   Here I am on the new Weblog Editor text centering and all.   I've had trouble with my computer today - when will it all get straightened out? So here is my new theme (for now)   I hope I can make the whole thing a bi...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jul 24, 2011, 10:39 am
I have complained about this before, but not to the right person, I guess.   It's about this Weblog Editor and my site in general.   A year ago, I went Premium in hopes of having a more interesting-looking site and better features on the Editor.   None of the options above work for me....no it...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jul 21, 2011, 10:11 am
What do the terms "far right" and "far left" mean to you?   I believe there is no real difference!   In today's news, the reporter of the evacuation of the grave of Nazi "hero," Rudolf Hess described Hess' admirers as members of the "far right."   (The nuisance of the so-called pilgrimage of...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jul 20, 2011, 8:38 pm
Down from His glory, Ever living story, My God and Savior came, And Jesus was His name. Born in a manger, To His own a stranger, A Man of sorrows, tears and agony. O how I love Him! How I adore Him! My breath, my sunshine, my all in all! The great Creator became my Savior, And all God's fulness dwel...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jun 29, 2011, 7:46 pm
There was a man who owed the King an enormous debt - one that was impossible ever to pay.   Even all of his possessions, indeed his very life would not be enough to pay the debt ...and if he lost his life, what would that avail him?   The man came shaking in fear before the King and said, "Lord ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jun 28, 2011, 2:04 am
When this passing world is done, When has sunk yon glaring sun, When we stand with Christ in glory, Looking o'er life's finished story, Then, Lord, shall I fully know, Not till then, how much I owe.   When I hear the wicked call On the rocks and hills to fall, When I see them start to shr...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jun 25, 2011, 9:09 pm
Here is a good message by Mickey Connolly from CrossWay Community Church in Charlotte. 55 Minutes well spent. Hope you get to listen: http://www.crosswaync.org/audio/20110612_mc_turningpoint.mp3 Peter gets it right. Sheer genius?
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jun 19, 2011, 2:13 pm
What is the most important thing to know about God?   His holiness?   His sovereignty?  His omniscience, omnipotence?   How about His love? Well, for my part, I would hesitate to pick any one thing, but if pushed to choose one that seems to embody all other attributes, I would say His Father...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jun 18, 2011, 1:35 pm
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Just over a month ago (May 11th) our denomination PC(USA) completed a voting process that had taken most of a year and which followed at least 15 years of effort by liberal elements in the denomination.   As of that date, specific wording in the rules was stricken.   N...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jun 13, 2011, 7:02 pm
Further thoughts on God's revelation to us.... This is a c&p of a reply I made to a Xangan on my last post. Revelation of God is intended for our enlightenment.   Understanding what God has revealed about Himself does not make us geniuses.   Up to a point, we cannot know anything.   Then, a...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - May 30, 2011, 3:14 pm
Recently, I have been traveling two hours to and from a job we are doing.  There are three of us most days.  Since we all claim to know Christ, yet differ on several points of practice, we have been conversing on those things during our commute.   I think it has been profitable, but it is unlike...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - May 21, 2011, 10:54 am
For the past few weeks, I have been traveling two hundred miles per day to and from work (this is a temporary situation).   I have several men riding with me, and we try to determine the best route to take each day - depending upon weather and rush-hour traffic.  Most days, our commute goes smoot...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - May 6, 2011, 10:23 pm
Those of us who are believers, who follow the Way, are family.   We are not alone in the sense of being forsaken and without companions.   We are Christian and Faithful.   As a community, we are alone because we are not of this world.   At the times when we are feeling alone, we realize God...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Apr 29, 2011, 6:49 pm
Ephesians 4Walk in Unity I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,  with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Apr 26, 2011, 8:53 am
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who wa...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Apr 11, 2011, 1:26 pm
This is 2011, I know, but on this day one year ago, my whole life changed.   While I was asleep beside my wife, the angels came and escorted her to heaven.  Many people have seen my tributes to her since then, and may even be a little tired of hearing about her.   She was a wonderful person as ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Apr 9, 2011, 1:32 pm
And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.  The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.    Leviticus 19:33-34 I have many friend...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 27, 2011, 8:01 pm
Rejoice, my heart, be glad and sing, A cheerful trust maintain; For God, the source of everything, Your portion shall remain. He is your treasure, he your joy, Your life and light and Lord, Your counselor when doubts annoy, Your shield and great reward. Why spend the day in blank despair, In rest...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 20, 2011, 8:33 pm
In an earlier post entitled "How Does the World View Christians,"  I was attempting to read the minds of unbelievers based in part on my own recollection of my BC days, and in part based on the criticisms we read of each day in the press, etc.   So this blog may be a bit more biased because I am...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 20, 2011, 8:33 pm
In an earlier post entitled "How Does the World View Christians,"  I was attempting to read the minds of unbelievers based in part on my own recollection of my BC days, and in part based on the criticisms we read of each day in the press, etc.   So this blog may be a bit more biased because I am...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 17, 2011, 7:42 pm
 The song, "The Rose of Tralee" rewritten on this St. Patrick's DayThe Sweet Rose of Sharon, My Lord, My Love The pale moon was rising above the green mountainThe sun was declining beneath the blue seaThe blood of God's Son there flowed from that fountainIt flowed from the Cross on old Calvary.He ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 16, 2011, 7:33 pm
I heard this little story today on BBN Radio.   The announcer credited Martin Luther as being the author, but I was unable to substantiate that.   Well, here is the story...author, unverified: Two goats were making their way along a narrow road, high up along the face of a steep cliff.   Far...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 15, 2011, 4:49 pm
 Some of you may know that I am in a transition period....still, after 11 months of adjustment to loss and accompanying growth.   This little quote from Catherine Marshall came across my desk today.    It's not earthshakingly new, it's just good advice - and I need it: " When life caves in we...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 13, 2011, 8:03 pm
Today was scrumptious!   Seventy-five degrees, blue sky, just the slightest breeze.   Perfect day for a picnic on the patio!  After church, I fixed one of the best lunches I've had since I became the chief cook....New York strip steak, rubbed with garlic, and other seasonings and grilled on the...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Mar 12, 2011, 8:53 pm
I just received this from CaringBridge.  The wife of a cancer patient put this on the notebook.  She says her Daddy wrote these words which he sang to the tune of "Edelweiss."   That tune is beautifully nostalgic, but these words even more resonate with those of us who love the Lord Jesus: Jesu...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Feb 25, 2011, 1:43 pm
Or, "if a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one to hear it,  does it make a sound?   Lately I find myself checking and rechecking my site to see if anyone has visited or commented on a  post or pulse.   The reason I am writing this is that for hours and days on end, there is no traffic...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Feb 22, 2011, 1:08 pm
 How Does The World View Christians? Recently, at a church I visited, the pastor gave a sermon on the way the the non-believer views Christians. This information, he said, comes from the results of a Barna survey: Christians are AGAINST things Christians are ANTI homosexual Christians are CRITICA...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 28, 2011, 11:39 am
Lately I have pulsed several times on forgiveness.  There is a reason.  God, in His wonderful mercy and grace has forgiven me some things that I would be hard-pressed to forgive others, had they been done to me.  Not only that, but friends and family are also forgiving.  Those who are averse to ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 23, 2011, 9:56 pm
We sang this song (prayer) this morning.  I'm sure you know it.  Sing along.   Translation in progress. Please wait... Lord the Light or Your Love is shining, In the midst of the darkness shining, Jesus light of the world shine upon us, Set us free by the truth You now bring us, ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 18, 2011, 1:34 pm
This isn't a post meant to solve the problems of society or to promote any solution whatever.   It comes from random bits of news and my own musings on them. This is my question: What are They (Economists, Sociologists, Politicians) talking about when they talk of Trillions of dollars? (Supposedly...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 17, 2011, 12:59 pm
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie. Refrain I am bound for the promised land, I am bound for the promised land; Oh who will come and go with me? I am bound for the promised land. ...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Jan 1, 2011, 10:55 am
Elizabeth Drew Laman arrived in this world on December 30th at 9:00PM!   She is 19 inches long and weighs 6 pounds and 1 ounce!  I don't have a picture yet, but I hear tell that she is a beautiful child. Of all my 16 grandchildren, Justin is the first to present me with a great-grandchild!   O...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Dec 20, 2010, 11:03 pm
Jonah was a good man... Wait, let this fabulous storyteller give it to you straight...and I mean straight.  You'll love it!  Share with others. http://vimeo.com/16404771  
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Dec 15, 2010, 8:15 pm
This poem is purported to have been written by a young boy ,13 years old, named Ben just prior to his home-going.  It was used in a memorial service for my wife and others who are in Heaven for their first Christmas.   Please don't argue that the celebration there isn't the same as ours.   Ch...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Dec 12, 2010, 6:24 pm
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.  Isaiah 7:14 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.  Isaiah 9...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Dec 7, 2010, 8:19 pm
  Our Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ came to this earth in the form of man - a baby.  The angels sang "Glory to God in the Highest."   Yet that coming was very plain...so much so that it could easily have been overlooked, but for the angel chorus. When He comes again...well that will be an enti...
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quest4god posted an article on quest4god's Revelife Site - Nov 24, 2010, 9:29 am
The following passage from Colossians that God has given me today may not be your ordinary choice to emphasize thanksgiving, but God has shown me something special in this that I would love to share.   We are exhorted to give thanks to God for all His blessings to us; and when we think about it, w...
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