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Author Archives: Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter
What If God Seems Absent?
I thoroughly enjoy experiences where I felt like I’ve encountered the Living God. I’m blessed to feel this way after many of the worship services at my church (New Life Church). You may also have experienced such feelings at a … Continue reading
Reaping What You Sow
Fall is harvest season, so maybe that’s why it caught my attention when we read through Paul’s letter to the Galatians in the #Daily Audio Bible and encountered this verse: Logically, this makes sense. Nobody would argue with the fact … Continue reading
Imitation Jesuses
Paul calls us to imitate him imitating Jesus. Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. Paul the Apostle, in 1 Corinthians 11:1 (NIV) Worthwhile things are often imitated to make them more accessible to more people. For … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:1, Apostle Paul, Imitating Paul imitating Jesus, Romans 7:15
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Masterpieces in the Making
This past week, in our journey through the Bible in one year, Brian Hardin and the Daily Audio Bible family passed through Ephesians chapter 2. A particular verse caught my attention: I was pondering the idea of writing this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged Being made holy, God's masterpieces, Sanctification, Sanctification is a process
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I am a Child of God
<Author’s note: I reworded this to try to clarify my point> Who am I? Within my family, I have many titles: husband and father; son and brother before that. I love those roles. I am loved in them. In spite … Continue reading
Even Job Has a Happy Ending
This past week, in the Daily Audio Bible’s journey through God’s Word, we slogged through the book of Job. I know I’m not alone when I say this is one of the most difficult books of the Bible to process–if … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged Book of Job, Job's faith, Job's happy ending, The Lord blessed Job
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No Such Thing as Unanswered Prayer
Last week, I talked a little bit about prayer. I also mentioned Pete Greig’s book, How to Pray. The combination of these two things got me thinking a lot about prayer over the course of the last week. Honestly, I … Continue reading
No Gold Scepter Required – But Still, We Should Tremble
This past week I had an interesting confluence of thought-threads that inspired me to write this post. I suppose you could call it a coincidence, but from what I’ve seen of the way God has worked through my multi-decade journey, … Continue reading
Earn This – Oh Wait, You Can’t!
In the epic World War II film “Saving Private Ryan,” there’s a moving scene (among many) in which Captain Miller (Tom Hanks’ character), who is about to pass into eternity as one of many men who sacrificed their lives to … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Faith
Tagged Earn this, Grace, It is by grace you have been saved, We can't earn this
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