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the official blog of M.C. Kennedy


Holiness
“‘Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy’” (Leviticus...

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Feb 1, 20212 min read
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Digory Kirke and the Grace of God
Today, I’m posting the first installment in my new series, Of Fairy-Tales and the Father. The series will explore the Christian elements...

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Jan 28, 20214 min read
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God Knew
“God saw the people of Israel—and God knew” (Exodus 2:25). The people of Israel were in Egyptian slavery for several centuries before God...

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Jan 25, 20212 min read
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Inconvenient Power
“Then the LORD said to him, ‘Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now...

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Jan 18, 20212 min read
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In My Father’s Footsteps
Random fact #1: I have a horrible sense of direction. I’ve gotten turned around in my own house before, and the grocery store can become...

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Jan 14, 20213 min read
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God of Promise
“‘I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise...

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Jan 11, 20213 min read
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Growing Faith
“After these things God tested Abraham […]. He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah,...

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Jan 4, 20213 min read
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Quietly Wait
“I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will...

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Dec 28, 20202 min read
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You Did Not Return
“‘I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places […] I also withheld the rain from you […] I...

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Dec 21, 20202 min read
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Looking Ahead
Hello, everyone! Here we are at the end of the year. It’s been a crazy one in many ways, but honestly, it’s also been one of the best...

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Dec 19, 20203 min read
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Unquenchable Love
“And the LORD said to me, ‘Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children...

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Dec 14, 20202 min read
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Restoration
“‘And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The LORD Is There.’” (Ezekiel 48:35b) The last few chapters in Ezekiel center on...

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Dec 7, 20202 min read
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Spiritual Eyesight
“For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord...

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Nov 30, 20202 min read
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Things Not Seen
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) The book of Hebrews deals with Jesus...

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Nov 23, 20202 min read
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The Great High Priest
“Therefore He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death...

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Nov 16, 20202 min read
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When God Says Wait
“‘For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring...

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Nov 9, 20202 min read
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Fan the Flame
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of hands, for God gave us a spirit...

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Nov 2, 20203 min read
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The Chief of Sinners
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the...

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Oct 26, 20203 min read
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The Great I AM
“‘[R]emember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me.” (Isaiah 46:9) In the...

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Oct 19, 20202 min read
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Growing in Godliness
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you...

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Oct 12, 20202 min read
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