2026
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Deep Depression, Trauma, and the Memories You Think We “Forgot”There’s a quiet kind of grief that doesn’t get talked about much—the kind where you start losing pieces of your own life, and no one around you even notices. From the outside, it looks small. Someone forgets a conversation. Misses details. Can’t recall a moment that… Read more
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“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking,… Read more
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In the true place of reflection, where a man considers the things of God and weighs the Scriptures carefully, there arises an honest question about giving, about this matter we call tithing. Some people after seeing the awful word ‘tithe’ are now immediately turned off,,, but snag a piece of candy and hang out and… Read more
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It’s difficult at times for me to realize that people, even ministers don’t know what the patibulum or stipe or titulus are. It baffles my thinking to know that the truth of the crucifixion hasn’t been studied, especially now with all the easily available accesses to information ……. Without the cross, we’d all be in… Read more
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Satan and his minions always trying to breathe life into old memories that no longer belong to us, to whisper shame and convince us that history is the same as identity. When those familiar reflections come, lay them at the cross. Release the weight that tries to press upon your heart, and learn to laugh… Read more
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The Apostle Paul teaches that when Christ was crucified, our old nature, our sinful self that once served sin, was also crucified with Him…. This truth reaches far beyond symbolic meaning; it speaks of a spiritual reality in which the believer’s former life is put to death through union with Christ.Before salvation, humanity lived under… Read more
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Listen closely.. this needs to be said no matter how many times you hear the stories…. listen again! Every day I walk among people who are carrying deep wounds of trauma that has not been seen, not been heard, not been given room to heal. And while I show up, so many of those who should… Read more
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Gematria,… Numerology… EisegesisLeadership in many places has begun attaching spiritual meaning to numbers, patterns, and coincidences, believing they reveal divine messages or hidden codes, or steps of faith.Some see the same number repeatedly, such as on clocks, receipts, or church attendance numbers, license plates, and conclude that God is trying to say something through it.… Read more
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My belief and idea of a Wednesday crucifixion might not be the mainstream view among some New Testament scholars, yet as a theologian and scholar myself, I say it deserves a fair look. Folks who hold this view lean hard on the plain wording of Matthew 12:40, where Jesus said He’d be “three days and… Read more
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If you’ve truly trusted Christ as your Savior, then going back to calendar rules, feast days, or ceremonial observances as a requirement for being right with God is a spiritual slap in His face no different than keeping them for gratitude, it still serves as a ‘work’ Keeping these or remembering these like it’s a… Read more
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Tonight’s writing is part reflection, part elegy, and it says something many healers, empaths, and compassionate people experience but rarely express out loud: the exhaustion that comes from always being the giver, never the receiver. The healer was never meant to mend their own wounds, not the ones hidden in the heart, nor the quiet… Read more
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“And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day… Read more
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If we ask for wisdom as it regards the settling of disputes, or for anything, it shall be given. This refers to God’s Goodness, and the fact that everything from the Godhead comes to us through the Person and Agency of the Holy Spirit; and all that He does for us is based upon the… Read more
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When you read the Gospels, Peter and Judas can seem alike at first; both were close to Jesus, both made terrible mistakes, and both failed Him in horrible, traumatic, hurtful ways. However, when one dives beneath the surface you soon see: Their hearts couldn’t have been more different.Peter’s failure was born from being human, and… Read more
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“And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” (Mark 9:29, Webster) First off, let me say this so everyone knows where I stand: There is no such thing other than foolishness about a ‘Daniel Fast’ or ‘miracle fasting’ or ‘fasting your way to healing’, or etc.… Read more
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The clock ticks,,each second a reminderof the charade,the performance that has grown too heavy,too worn Outside, the world around acts happy and joyful with family and home, while I stand numbed by the absurdityof my own existence,my polished and painted on grin cracking,revealing shadows beneath, as ,an urgent whisper: says “Stop,just stop.” It’s time to… Read more
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As the first line of light stretches across my local horizon, whispering that time still moves forward, yet eternity stands unchanging In that these moments at 0141 the heart senses something beyond what the eyes can see; a longing for the home where no shadow follows, where the ache of separation ends We who walk… Read more
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“Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who… Read more
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The “great whore” refers to all the religions of the world that ever have been, which are devised by men as a substitute for “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”; God’s Way is Christ and Him Crucified Alone; as well, the “many waters” are a symbol for multitudes of people. Since the very beginning, most nations… Read more
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May 2025 This morning, I set out for a quiet walk along the track near my home. The air was mild for the season, and several others were already out, enjoying the unexpected warmth. I parked near the tennis courts, stepped through the gate, and began walking, using the time to talk with the Lord… Read more
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“And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to… Read more
The Quill of Samantha Grace Newcastle 