To Break God's Heart
"The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil...
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the official blog of M.C. Kennedy
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Jun 102 min read
Sinful Desires
"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to...
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Jun 32 min read
Great Treasure
"I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil" (Psalm 119:162). Psalm 119 employs many metaphors for God's Word, comparing it to...
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mckennedyauthor
May 272 min read
Delightful Word
"If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction" (Psalm 119:92). God's Word is an amazing thing. It is not...
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May 202 min read
A Conscious Choice
"I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me" (Psalm 119:30). Psalm 119 is all about one man's love for God's law....
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May 132 min read
A Gracious Life
"And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all...
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Apr 292 min read
The Gift of Today
"When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see...
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Apr 222 min read
Pursuit of More
"What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? For all his days are full of sorrow, and his...
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mckennedyauthor
Apr 152 min read
Cheerful Giver
"Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians...
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Apr 12 min read
Victorious Death
"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,...
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Mar 182 min read
Back to the Basics
"For I decided to know nothing among you except Christ and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul is one of the most famous characters...
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Mar 42 min read
A Suffering Savior
"For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted" (Hebrews 2:18). The opening chapters...
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mckennedyauthor
Feb 262 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 192 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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Feb 52 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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Jan 292 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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Jan 222 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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Jan 152 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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Jan 82 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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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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