Category Archives: Redemption

Reflecting and Recounting

Posted on April 18, 2021 by wamplerp

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy … Continue reading →

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Holy Spirit Poured Out

Posted on April 11, 2021 by wamplerp

“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to … Continue reading →

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Simon by the Sea

Posted on April 10, 2021 by wamplerp

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. One … Continue reading →

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Curiosity, Conversion, and Closers

Posted on April 8, 2021 by wamplerp

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of … Continue reading →

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Childbirth

Posted on December 30, 2020 by wamplerp

Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a … Continue reading →

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The Great Conjunction

Posted on December 25, 2020 by wamplerp

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will … Continue reading →

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More than a Monarch

Posted on December 19, 2020 by wamplerp

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the … Continue reading →

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Come and See

Posted on December 14, 2020 by wamplerp

“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from … Continue reading →

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Deep Wells of Living Water

Posted on December 13, 2020 by wamplerp

Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from … Continue reading →

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Mixing up the Messenger and Master

Posted on December 12, 2020 by wamplerp

After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming … Continue reading →

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