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the official blog of M.C. Kennedy

A High Standard
“For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach” (Titus 1:7a). The apostle Paul took seriously his responsibility of passing...
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Sep 12, 20222 min read
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Thanksgiving in Anxiety
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God”...
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Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Power Made Perfect
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more...
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Aug 29, 20222 min read
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All for God’s Glory
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). One of the many issues the...
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Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Faith in God’s Power
“And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but...
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Aug 15, 20222 min read
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Death by Justification
“We were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too...
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Aug 8, 20222 min read
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God’s Quiet Work
“And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying,...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read
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You Follow Me
“When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come,...
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Jul 25, 20222 min read
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Abide in Me
“‘Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide...
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Jul 18, 20222 min read
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True Discipleship
“To another [Jesus] said, ‘Follow me.’ But he said, ‘Lord, let me first go and bury my father.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Leave the dead to...
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Jul 4, 20222 min read
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Compassion on the Needy
“When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began...
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Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Preparing the Way
“As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one...
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Jun 20, 20222 min read
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Jesus and Doubts
“Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to...
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Jun 13, 20222 min read
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Remembering in Readiness
“‘Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel’” (Malachi 4:4). Malachi was...
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Jun 6, 20222 min read
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A Wise Investment
“‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. […] You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home,...
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May 30, 20222 min read
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Jonah’s Heart
“When God saw what [the Ninevites] did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to...
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May 23, 20222 min read
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Holy Love
“How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? […] My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and...
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May 16, 20222 min read
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The Redemption of Nebuchadnezzar
“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who...
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May 9, 20222 min read
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Prophesying to Bones
“Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. […] So I prophesied as I was...
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May 2, 20222 min read
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Turn and Live
“‘Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die,...
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Apr 25, 20222 min read
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