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The Savior in Gethsemane; Archived writing by A.C. Holmgren
THE SAVIOUR IN GETHSEMANE And they came to a place that was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall...

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Mar 13, 20194 min read
Trust in God
“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my...

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Mar 7, 20195 min read
Truth, Love
“But speaking the truth in love,” is a part of the 15th verse of Ephesians chapter 4, written by the Apostle Paul to encourage the...

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Feb 10, 20193 min read
Promised
What do promises mean? They come in many forms. As a child, how often did we try to hold our parents to their promises? Was the...

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Feb 2, 20193 min read
Looking Forward
We often find ourselves looking forward, in anticipation or even sometimes in fear. It is a part of the way God has created us. The...

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Jan 16, 20192 min read
It is Christmas
I don’t often stop and think about the fact that, it is Christmas! We know, because of the festivities and decor that surrounds us, that...

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Dec 21, 20184 min read
Thanksgiving
Thankfulness and Thanksgiving go hand in hand. It may seem redundant to say that, but in our society we often associate the fourth...

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Nov 21, 20182 min read
Thankfulness
Philippians 4:6-13: “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made...

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Nov 11, 20183 min read
Faith and works
The main tenet of Christianity is that of being justified by faith. Yet is often found to be the most difficult to understand. The book...

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Oct 19, 20183 min read
The Seasons
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”- Ecclesiastes 3:1 To us that live in a world of...

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Sep 8, 20183 min read
By Faith
” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. ...

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Jul 23, 20183 min read
The Light of the Gospel
“Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty,...

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Jul 9, 20182 min read
The Result of Waiting
The disciples waited at Jerusalem as they were instructed to do by Jesus. Pentecost was a powerful work upon them, by God’s grace. They...

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May 30, 20183 min read
He ascended!
The ascension of Our Lord is often forgotten in the busyness of life. Perhaps waiting doesn’t sit easy with us. Jesus told His...

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May 10, 20183 min read
Time of Waiting
After the stillness of quiet comes a time of waiting. How many of us are skilled in waiting? I know many that seem to have a natural...

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Apr 10, 20183 min read
“It is Finished”
Jesus spoke these final words from the Cross, “It is finished”. There was another day of silence. It must have been a long day for the...

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Mar 31, 20182 min read
The Quiet Week
The closing of the season of Lent brings a silence to all of humanity. The events that took place from, what we call Palm Sunday to...

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Mar 25, 20182 min read
Toward Jerusalem
Faith in God points us toward Jerusalem in this time of Lent. The Gospel writer Luke, puts it this way in Chapter 9 verse 51 : “And it...

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Mar 8, 20182 min read
Lent’s Focus
The focus of someone that believes is called faith. Hebrews chapter 11 is often referred to as the faith chapter. The chapter opens...

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Feb 23, 20182 min read
Lent
We are approaching the time in the church year known as Lent. It seems as though the Christmas season was just yesterday. The birth of...

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Feb 6, 20182 min read
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