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the official blog of M.C. Kennedy
mckennedyauthor
Feb 26, 20242 min read
A Lament
"'For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate,...
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mckennedyauthor
Feb 19, 20242 min read
A True Security
"'You are telling a lie. The LORD our God did not send you to say, "Do not go to Egypt to live there"'" (Jeremiah 43:2). The people of...
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mckennedyauthor
Feb 12, 20242 min read
A Hard Word
"'If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I relent...
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mckennedyauthor
Feb 5, 20242 min read
An Impractical Command
"'"Yet you, O Lord GOD, have said to me, 'Buy the field for money and get witnesses'--though the city is given into the hands of the...
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mckennedyauthor
Jan 29, 20242 min read
A Stubborn Faithfulness
"'For twenty-three years [...] the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened'"...
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mckennedyauthor
Jan 22, 20242 min read
An Honest Cry
"'Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?'"...
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mckennedyauthor
Jan 15, 20242 min read
A Grieving God
"'Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?'" (Jeremiah 13:27). Jeremiah's title, "The Weeping Prophet,"...
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mckennedyauthor
Jan 8, 20242 min read
Only a Youth
"But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, "I am only a youth"; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you...
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mckennedyauthor
Dec 25, 20232 min read
Thou Long-Expected Jesus
"And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling...
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mckennedyauthor
Dec 18, 20232 min read
What Child Is This
"'Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel'"...
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mckennedyauthor
Dec 11, 20232 min read
Born Is the King
"'And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever'" (2 Samuel 7:16)....
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mckennedyauthor
Dec 4, 20232 min read
O Come, Emmanuel
“‘I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: he shall bruise you head, and you shall...
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mckennedyauthor
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Strange Hope
"In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ‘So shall your offspring be’”...
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mckennedyauthor
Nov 20, 20232 min read
High Standards
“For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?” (1 Corinthians 5:12). The...
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mckennedyauthor
Nov 13, 20232 min read
Servants
“‘Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this...
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mckennedyauthor
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Finished
“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30). The time...
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mckennedyauthor
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Joy in Heaven
“‘Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no...
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mckennedyauthor
Oct 16, 20232 min read
Empty Tradition
“‘You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men’” (Mark 7:8). After the Jewish people returned from their...
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mckennedyauthor
Oct 9, 20232 min read
Mourning to Dancing
“‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted’” (Matthew 5:4). Jesus liked to turn things upside-down. He spent the majority...
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mckennedyauthor
Oct 2, 20232 min read
False Righteousness
“But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Come and stand here.’ And he rose and stood there” (Luke...
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